Fresno State Beats Oregon State 38-22 as Mandal Accounts for Four Touchdowns and Beavers' Five Game Win Streak Ends

Fresno State beat Oregon State 38-22 at Valley Children's Stadium in Fresno, California, on Saturday night, October 31, 2026. Quarterback Jayden Mandal threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, accounting for four touchdowns in all, as the Bulldogs ended Oregon State's five game winning streak.

Both teams came into the game off a bye week. Oregon State was 5-2, and Fresno State was 4-3. Fresno State led 7-3 after the first quarter, 21-9 at halftime, and 38-16 after the third quarter.

Oregon State scores first, Fresno State answers

Oregon State scored first on a 54 yard field goal by Caleb Ojeda. Fresno State answered in the first quarter when Mandal ran 15 yards for a touchdown and a 7-3 lead.

Ojeda kicked field goals of 28 and 29 yards in the second quarter. Fresno State scored twice in the same quarter. Bryson Donelson ran 63 yards for a touchdown, and Mandal threw a 26 yard touchdown pass to Josiah Freeman with 2:00 left in the half. Fresno State led 21-9 at halftime.

Seventeen points in the third quarter

Manaki Watanabe kicked a 30 yard field goal early in the third quarter to make it 24-9. Mandal then ran 3 yards for his second rushing touchdown, and the score was 31-9.

Cornell Hatcher Jr. ran 5 yards for an Oregon State touchdown that cut the score to 31-16. Mandal answered with a 31 yard touchdown pass to Freeman with 1:42 left in the third quarter. Freeman finished with two touchdown catches, and Fresno State led 38-16 going into the fourth quarter.

Late Oregon State touchdown closes the scoring

The only score of the fourth quarter came late, when Braden Atkinson threw a 9 yard touchdown pass to Eric Olsen. The Statesman Journal reported that it was Olsen's fourth touchdown of the season.

That touchdown closed the scoring at 38-22. Oregon State fell to 5-3 and held sole possession of second place in the Pac-12, according to the Statesman Journal report on the game.

Mandal and Atkinson lead the stat sheet

Mandal completed 11 of 17 passes for 202 yards, with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. He also carried the ball 8 times for 34 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns.

Donelson carried 16 times for 108 yards and 1 touchdown. Freeman caught 6 passes for 88 yards and 2 touchdowns. Fresno State rushed for 190 yards as a team.

Atkinson completed 33 of 59 passes for 373 yards, with 1 touchdown and no interceptions, but he lost 2 fumbles. Olsen caught 7 passes for 71 yards and 1 touchdown, DeCorion Temple caught 6 passes for 97 yards, and Hatcher carried 9 times for 53 yards and 1 touchdown.

Oregon State wins the yardage and loses the game

Oregon State outgained Fresno State 450 yards to 392 and led in first downs 25 to 15.

Oregon State allowed 5 sacks, lost 2 fumbles, and scored on only 4 of its 7 trips to the red zone. Ojeda finished with three field goals, from 54, 28 and 29 yards, and no misses in the scoring summary.

The game was shown on USA Network. Conditions at Valley Children's Stadium were a light rain shower and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Fresno State improved to 5-3 with the win, the same record as Oregon State.