Sept. 5, 2009

 

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San Marcos, Texas- - Bradley George threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns to lead the 20th-ranked Texas State football team to a 48-28 victory over Angelo State to open the 2009 season  Saturday night on the Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium.

"The most important stat of the game is that we won," said Texas State head coach Brad Wright. "I saw a lot of mistakes that can and will be fixed. We have lots of things to learn from when we look at film. We're 1-0, that's the bottom line."

The victory capped off a day of celebration for the Bobcats as Texas State announced that Jerry and Linda Fields had given the largest gift to Bobcat Athletics in school history with a $6 million donation, and the school opened the Jerry D. and Linda Gregg Fields Bobcat Stadium West Side Complex.

The Bobcats jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on their first possession of the game as George hit Da'Marcus Griggs on a two-yard slant and freshman Justin Garelick kicked the extra point with 10:19 left in the opening period.

Angelo State scored their first points of the game when Garrett Tidwell returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and tied the score. Texas State came right back and seized the lead with a pair of touchdown runs. The first came on a wide receiver reverse by Cedric Alexander, who ran the ball around the right side for a 10-yard TD run. Then, Trey Hampton closed out the scoring in the opening period with a one-yard plunge up the middle to give the Bobcats a 21-7 lead.

Alexander scored his second touchdown of the night with 3:58 left in the first half when he caught a 48-yard pass from George to put the Bobcats up 27-7 after Texas State's Justin Garelick missed the extra point.

Freshman running back Frank Reddic gave the Bobcats a 34-7 lead with 4:49 left to play in the third quarter as he scored on a six-yard run to cap an 8-play, 60-yard drive.

Angelo State climbed back into within 13 points with a pair of touchdowns as Dwight Pete ran for a two-yard TD and Josh Neiswander hit V'Keon Lacey on a five-yard TD pass to close to within 34-21 with 10:30 left to play in the game.

Texas State answered after the second touchdown when Daren Dillard recovered the onside kick and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown to give Texas State some breathing room at 41-21.

"Good teams go for four quarters and we didn't do that," Wright added. "We had a lull during the game, but luckily for us Daren Dillard's kickoff return picked it up for us and that was key. We have the potential to be a good team and we will learn from this game."

Angelo State scored their final points in the game when Josh Neiswander hit Brandon Ritchey for a 14-yard touchdown pass with 8:21 left.

Texas State closed out the scoring with 3:33 left in the game when George threw his third touchdown pass in the game as he hit Kyle Anderson with a one-yard touchdown to make the final score 48-28.

The Bobcats play their next game at TCU on Sept. 19 before returning home to play host to Texas Southern on Sept. 26. Angelo State fell to 1-1 this season with the loss and return home to play host to Southwestern Oklahoma State on September 12.

Notes

Da'Marcus Griggs, Cedric Alexander and Frank Reddic all recorded their first-career touchdowns in tonight's victory.

An attendance of 14,116 ranked the tenth-best crowd in Texas State football history.