2019 Week 1- Fresno State vs. USC

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 24: USC Trojans running back Vavae Malepeai (29) runs the ball for a gain during a college football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish versus USC Trojans on November 24, 2018, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Fresno State (12-2) vs. USC (5-7) 

-Fresno State won 12 games in 2018 against 11 FBS opponents (UCLA, Toledo, Nevada, Wyoming, New Mexico, Hawaii, UNLV, San Diego State, San Jose State, Boise State and Arizona State) who had a combined overall record of 64-75 or .460%. 

-The Bulldogs won those eleven games by a total score of 375-140 or 21.3 ppg. 

-Fresno State also defeated FCS opponent Idaho by a score of 79-13. 

-Fresno State lost 2 games in 2018 to FBS opponents (Minnesota & Boise State) who had a combined overall record of 17-9 or .653%.

-The Bulldogs lost those two games by a total score of 45-31 or 7.0 ppg. 

 

-USC won 5 games in 2018 against FBS opponents who had combined overall record of 27-34 or .442%. 

-The Trojans won those five games by a total score of 175-118 or 11.4 ppg. 

-USC lost 7 games in 2018 against FBS opponents (Stanford, Texas, Utah, Arizona State, CAL, UCLA and Notre Dame)  who had a combined overall record of 57-35 or .619%. 

-The Trojans lost those seven games by a total score of 206-138 or 9.7 ppg. 

-Five of the team’s seven losses came in the PAC-12 by total score of 145-107 or 7.6 ppg. 

 

 

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About Joseph Lisi

Joseph Lisi is a member of the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America), the Maxwell Football Club and the National Football Foundation. He is the owner of the website: www.goforthe2.com and hosts a weekly college football radio show on SB Nation Radio and FNSTY Sports Radio from 10-12pm EST every Saturday morning. Listen live at: www.sbnationradio.com or www.fntsy.com/radio. Joseph is a former college football researcher for ABC Sports and has been featured on: SportsXRadio with Ken Thomson, ESPN Radio, Sirius XM Radio, FNTSY Sports Network, the Sid Rosenberg Show (640 AM Sports-South Florida), 1560 AM CBS Sports Melbourne, FL and multiple media outlets throughout the nation. Joe appears every Friday with Ken Thomson on SportsXRadio for the Football Fiasco in which every game on the college board is broken down during the show. Follow Joe on Twitter: @goforthe2

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