The West : Fresno State Opens With Win Over Las Vegas, 26-6

Junior tailback James Williams rushed for 156 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Fresno State to a 26-6 victory over Nevada Las Vegas in a Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. game Saturday night at Fresno.

Williams, a junior college transfer from Taft making his Fresno State debut, scored on runs of seven and one yards in the first half to give the Bulldogs a 14-6 halftime lead.

Freshman tailback Kelly Skipper scored a touchdown on a six-yard run, and Berry Belli kicked field goals of 47 and 37 yards to complete Fresno State’s scoring.

Nevada Las Vegas got field goals of 35 and 32 yards by Joey DiGiovanna.

Fresno State is 1-0. Las Vegas is 1-1 overall and 0-1 in conference.

Air Force 49, Wyoming 7--Quarterback Bart Weiss ran for three touchdowns and threw a six-yard touchdown pass to lead Air Force to a Western Athletic Conference victory at Laramie, Wyo.

Air Force (2-0) has scored 97 points in two games. Wyoming, ranked as the third-worst defensive team in the nation last year, has allowed 88 points in two losses.

Air Force lost three first-quarter fumbles as Wyoming took a 7-0 lead on a 38-yard touchdown pass from Scott Runyan to Allyn Griffin.

But it was all Air Force after that. The Falcons’ first score came on their first possession of the second quarter as Weiss capped a 56-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run. Weiss added another one-yard touchdown later in the quarter, and the Falcons led, 14-7, at the half.

Colorado State 41, Texas El Paso 24--Steve Bartelo rushed for 174 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo.

John Harvey scored three touchdowns, and Hugo Castellanos kicked a 35-yard field goal for Texas El Paso.

New Mexico 34, New Mexico State 27--Quarterback Billy Rucker victimized New Mexico State’s secondary with three long touchdown passes at Las Cruces.

The victory snapped New Mexico’s nine-game losing streak dating back to 1984 and gave the Lobos (1-1) their ninth straight win over New Mexico State.

Rucker hit freshman Terance Mathis with touchdown passes of 74 and 58 yards and threw an 84-yard bomb to wide receiver Tori Brown.

New Mexico State is 0-2.