UTSA Wins at Texas State 31-26 on a 25-yard Run with 14 Seconds Left
Brandon High Jr. ran 25 yards for a touchdown with 14 seconds left, and that was the difference. UTSA beat Texas State 31-26 after the game changed hands four times and was tied twice.
UTSA scored first on a one-yard pass from Owen McCown to Brandon Young Jr., and Texas State answered with Davian Jackson's 16-yard run, a six-yard run from Brad Jackson and a 51-yard field goal at the gun to lead 17-7 at the half. That was the biggest hole UTSA had to climb out of: ten points. Mekhi Anderson cut it with a 44-yard touchdown catch from David Amador II, a 34-yard field goal tied it at 17, and then Texas State went back in front 23-17 as the third quarter ended on a 13-yard pass from Brad Jackson to Chris Dawn Jr. (the extra point failed, so it was 23-17 and not 24-17).
A'Marion Peterson ran in a two-yarder with 11:54 left to put UTSA up 24-23. Texas State took it back with a 26-yard field goal, 26-24 with 4:36 to go, and then the last word belonged to High.
The yardage says Texas State should have won. The Bobcats had 481 yards (289 rushing on 50 carries) to UTSA's 398, and still lost, because they threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. UTSA turned it over zero times.
UTSA is 2-0 and Texas State is 0-2.
For fantasy, Brad Jackson was the top scorer of the day with 23.6 points, interceptions and all, and Anderson and Dawn were within five points of him.