Texas State Edges Utah State 20-17 on a Late Field Goal
Fourteen seconds. That is how long Utah State's lead lasted. Kian Afrookhteh kicked a 43-yard field goal at 11:12 of the first quarter, and at 10:58 Jaylen Jenkins took the ensuing kickoff 100 yards to the house for Texas State. The Bobcats went on to win 20-17.
It was the kind of game where the points came in small pieces. Utah State kicked three field goals (43, 48 and 27 yards) and led 9-7 at 11:07 of the second quarter. Brad Jackson ran in from 3 yards at 10:10 of the third, and Jacob Bonilla's 51-yarder early in the fourth made it 17-9. Utah State came back with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Kaina Watson and a two-point conversion at 8:07 to tie it at 17-17, and then Bonilla kicked a 37-yarder with 1:56 left to win it.
The yards belonged to the loser. Utah State had 285 total yards to Texas State's 250 and Texas State's passing game had 167 yards, which is not a number that wins many games. Jackson went 27 of 37 without a touchdown pass, so the Bobcats' only offensive touchdown was his own 3-yard run, and the rest of the scoring was the kickoff return and two Bonilla field goals. Neither team threw an interception or lost a fumble, so the whole thing came down to who kicked straighter and who had the return touchdown. Take away the kickoff return and Utah State wins 17-13.
Texas State is 4-3. Utah State is 2-5, with a fourth-quarter tie that did not hold. For fantasy, the surprise was a Utah State pass-catcher named Anthony Garcia, whose 22.9 points led everyone.