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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Brian Burrell threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns and Fresno State rallied to exhausted New Mexico 35-24 on Friday night in the Mountain West opener for both teams.

Burrell was 27 of 39 with one interception and ran for 63 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries for the Bulldogs (2-3). Marteze Waller rushed for 163 yards on 19 carries, and Josh Harper had six catches for 94 yards and a touchdown.

"The coaches got us ready, had a acceptable bold plan and we aloof went out there and executed," Burrell said. "I acquainted added adequate as the bold went on. The affair about it was I was dupe my receivers and dupe myself. There were several times I aloof threw the brawl up to my receivers and they went up and fabricated plays."

Burrell threw a 23-yard touchdown canyon to Harper aboriginal in the additional quarter, and affiliated with Josh Quezada on a 10-yard scoring bang with 16 abnormal larboard in the half.

"I'm absolutely admiring with our guys activity on the alley and accepting a acceptable appointment win," Fresno State drillmaster Tim DeRuyter said. "We didn't alpha off the bold decidedly well. Credit New Mexico, who came out and played adamantine and fabricated some things difficult with some wrinkles they added to their offense, but our guys came out and did a abundant job in the additional half."

The Bulldogs took a 21-17 advance on Burrell's 3-yard touchdown canyon to Greg Watson on the aperture drive of the third quarter.

The Lobos (1-3) regained the advance on Lamar Jordan's 36-yard touchdown canyon to David Anaya amid through the third. Fresno State took the advance for acceptable on Quezada's 1-yard run on fourth bottomward with 56 abnormal larboard in the third. Burrell set up the account with a 45-yard run to the 5.

Burrell capped the scoring with a 3-yard run in the fourth.

"We knew we were able of it," DeRuyter said about the Bulldogs' abhorrent output. "Last week's bold (a 56-16 achievement over Southern Utah) helped our aplomb and again this anniversary our guys acquainted like they had a acceptable anchor on the bold plan and we accomplished absolutely well. We confused the brawl absolutely well."

The Bulldogs' no-huddle breach accumulated 30 aboriginal downs and 593 yards of absolute offense.

"We're aloof not complete abundant appropriate now to assassinate at an continued aeon of time adjoin a acceptable team," New Mexico drillmaster Bob Davie. "We are boilerplate abreast area we will be on defense. Trust me. The date was set. We're aloof not yet acclimatized enough. ... I anticipate appropriate now, aloof actuality atrociously honest, the bold is too fast for us on defense."

Crusoe Gongbay ran for 163 yards on 28 carries for New Mexico.

"Offensively we accept appear a continued way to run the dive up in there as abundant as we ran the dive," Davie said. "There were a lot of positives. There absolutely were. We were absolutely in a position to win the game."

The Bulldogs captivated the Lobos to 93 yards in the additional bisected afterwards giving up 289 in the first.

"You aloof got to get a feel for the comedy calls, the linemen affairs and aloof the abhorrent tendencies," said linebacker Karl Mickelsen, who had a season-high 12 tackles. "In the advantage read, a aggregation like this back aggregate is affective so fast, you aloof got to apathetic aggregate bottomward and comedy your game."

Jhurell Pressley and Lamar gave New Mexico a 17-7 advance with scoring runs in a 3:52 amount in the additional quarter. Pressley denticulate from 18 yards, and Lamar from 26.

Lamar was 4 of 7 for 97 yards.

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