Texas State Outlasts North Texas 49-35 in a Shootout
Davian Jackson scored four touchdowns for Texas State, and the last one was the one that mattered. North Texas had just pulled within 42-35 on an 18-yard pass from Tayven Jackson to Jahiem White with 5:24 left. Texas State's answer took 2:17 of game clock: a 57-yard run by Davian Jackson with 3:07 to go, and the game was 49-35.
The first half was a trade. Texas State scored the first two touchdowns, both to Chris Dawn Jr. (12 and 39 yards, 14-0 in the first quarter), and North Texas kept answering. It was tied 21-21 at 5:25 of the second and again at 28-28 with 47 seconds left before the break. Texas State never trailed, but it took until the third quarter to get any air between them. Davian Jackson's 1-yard run at 4:10 of the third made it 35-28, and North Texas never tied it again.
The yardage tells you what each team was good at. North Texas threw for 483 yards (Tayven Jackson was 43 of 57) and ran for 82. Texas State went the other way, 337 yards on 48 rushing attempts, with Torrance Burgess Jr. carrying 25 times for 214, and 268 more through the air for 605 total. North Texas threw an interception and lost a fumble. Texas State turned it over zero times, and with the offenses this even that is a big piece of a 14-point margin.
Both teams finish 1-2.
For fantasy, the top three finished within four points of each other. Brad Jackson had 37.7, Tayven Jackson had 37.1 and Davian Jackson had 34. Three different Jacksons (yes, really), and two of them play for the same team.