San Marcos, Texas – After pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college football history with a 30-13 victory at Houston, Texas State received 10 votes in this week's Associated Press poll.  Despite being a 34.5-point underdog in the game, Texas State opened the 2012 season with a 30-13 victory at Houston.

The Bobcats opened up a 27-10 halftime lead when senior Marcus Curry scored three touchdowns and Will Johnson added a pair of field goals.  Curry scored his first touchdown when Shawn Rutherford threw a 21-yard pass to Curry. Then, he ran 73 yards for another touchdown. ESPN Sportscenter named the run as its No. 8 Play of the Day. After Houston, closed to within 14-10, Curry added another touchdown on a two-yard run. Johnson closed out the scoring in the first half with a pair of field goals from 32-yards and 45-yards. Johnson scored the final points in the game with a 34-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.  
 
Defensively, Texas State held Houston to just 1-of-16 attempts in third and fourth-down conversions during the game. The 13 points also was the fewest points the Cougars had scored since playing at UCLA in 2010. Houston entered its season-opener after posting a 13-1 record and leading the nation in total, passing and scoring offense in 2011.
 
Texas State returns to San Marcos to play host to Texas Tech in its first home game of the 2012 season and first home contest in a newly-renovated Bobcat Stadium this Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. in a game that is being shown on ESPN3.
 
The game will be the first played at the newly renovated Bobcat Stadium that includes a new North End Complex that increases seating capacity from 16,000 to 30,000. In addition, there have been temporary bleachers added behind the South End Zone to increase the seating capacity for the Texas Tech game to 32,000.
                                                             
The North Side Complex also houses visiting team locker rooms, officials locker rooms, the Mark and Linda Smith Bobcat Ticket Office, three fan shops for Bobcat fans to purchase game-day attire, new dressing rooms for visiting teams and game officials, track and field locker rooms and offices, weight and training rooms, along with the Linda Gregg Fields Strutters Gallery.
 
Texas Tech also enters the game with a 1-0 record after posting a 44-6 victory over Northwestern State in Lubbock last Saturday night. The Red Raiders unveiled a 4-3 defense that held the Demons to just 13 yards rushing and 84 yards of total offense. Eric Stephens also ran for a pair of touchdowns and quarterback Seth Doege completed 23 of 34 passes for 199 yards and another TD.
 
Season tickets for the 2012 season and single-game tickets to the Texas Tech game are available for purchase online at www.txstatebobcats.com/tickets or by calling the ticket office at 512-245-2272. The cost for season tickets begins at just $80. Tickets to the Texas Tech game are on sale for $65. Questions regarding ticket prices and availability can be directed to gametickets@txstate.edu.
 
The Bobcat Club has limited parking remaining on the west side of the football stadium as the home opener versus Texas Tech is fast approaching.  Lot 2 is currently sold out, however there is some availability in Lot 3, which requires a $500 donation to the Bobcat Club.  At the Bronze Level, benefits include a parking pass, two (2) meal tickets for a pre-game meal in the Sac N Pac room catered by Texas Roadhouse among other benefits for all home football games.