Gil Hernandez was a perfect 8 for 8 on field goal attempts this season for the College of San Mateo football team.

But he never faced the situation that confronted him late Saturday afternoon — a 29-yard field-goal attempt with just over two seconds to play and his team trailing by a point.

This year, the Bulldogs were 50 seconds away from beating nemesis City College of San Francisco and playing for the right to advance to the state title game

The first community college bowl game in College of San Mateo’s 84-year football history, the Bulldog Bowl, takes place on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 1 p.m. at the rebuilt College Heights Stadium.

Just because they are bowl-eligible, however, doesn’t mean the season is done. The Bulldogs have one game remaining in the regular season, on the road at Santa Rosa Saturday, and they want to finish the season on a high note.

The Bulldogs pounded Sacramento (3-6, 1-3), racking up 414 yards of total offense to the Panthers’ 272.