Oct. 4, 2008

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SAN MARCOS, Texas - Bradley George came in as quarterback for the Bobcats and connected on three touchdown passes for Texas State, as they beat visiting Texas Southern, 63-39. The Bobcats had nine touchdowns to rally a highly motivated offense. Improving their record to 3-2, Texas State had their highest point total since last season against Stephen F. Austin.

Karrington Bush opened up the game with a 59-yard kickoff return to get the Bobcats pumped up and reared to go.

Cameron Luke caught a 34-yard pass from quarterback Clint Toon to put the Bobcats on the board first and take an early lead with 13:15 to go in the first. The Bobcats went four plays in 1:45 to score the touchdown.

Texas Southern attempted a field goal at the 8:44 mark but the ball went wide right, leaving the score at 7-0 in favor of the Bobcats.

Texas Southern's Andrew Thomas caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Tiger quarterback Bobby Reid with 4:17 left in the fourth quarter to tie the game seven all.

Alvin Canady rushed for 38 yards to give the Bobcats a 14-7 lead. After a roughing the passer flag on the defense, Texas State was able to get another try at an extra point as it was good.

A forced fumble by Brian Williams was recovered in the end zone by defensive back Derek Lopez two minutes into the second quarter. It gave the Bobcats the ball at their own 20 to start the next drive. Toon's pass was intercepted by Texas Southern two minutes later to give the Tigers the ball on the 12-yard line after a late hit call on the Bobcats. The Tigers scored two plays later to bring the game to a 14-14 tie.

Bradley George came into the game for the Bobcats as he connected with a wide open Blake Burton on a 39-yard pass with 7:47 to go in the second to score the Bobcats third touchdown of the night. The touchdown was Burton's first of the season and third of his career; making it his longest touchdown catch.

Luke connected again, this time with George, as he scored his second of the night as Luke scored a 70-yard touchdown pass for his second of the game at the 5:55 mark before the half.

Texas Southern scored a touchdown to come to within eight points of the Bobcats. They went for a two-point conversion, but were stopped at the two-yard line on a tackle by T.P. Miller.

Darren Dillard added to the Bobcat points as he caught a 22-yard pass from George, for the Bobcats fifth touchdown of the night.

After a failed field goal attempt by both teams in the low minutes, they entered halftime with the Bobcats up, 35-20.

Stan Zwinggi got things started in the second half as he had a 39-yard touchdown run at the 11:22 minute mark for his second touchdown of the season, to spread the Bobcat lead to 22.

Bush got on the touchdown route as he bypassed the Tiger defense to run for a 63-yard touchdown. His touchdown brought the Bobcat lead to, 49-26. He scored the next Bobcat touchdown on a 49-yard run as he battled his way through the defense for another Texas State score.

The Texas State defense stopped the Tigers twice on a two-point conversion attempt. Defense came up big as Courtney Smith had 13 tackles (nine solo) to lead the defense, including two-tackle for loss (TFL), a forced fumble, a pass break-up and a sack for 12 yards. Smith leads the team in tackles with 41 stops.

Six different Bobcats scored in tonight's match-up against Texas Southern, making a team wide scoring affair.

Bush had 98-yards on two kickoff returns. He finished the game with 219 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns.

Texas State led the Tigers in rushing yards 334-481, but was behind in passing as the Tigers had 481 to their 334. The Bobcats were a perfect 9-9 on PAT's and 0-1 in field goal attempts.

The Texas State football team will hit the road next week as they begin Southland Conference action on the road in Lake Charles, La. at McNeese State. Game time is set 7:00 p.m.