SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State football team (3-7, 2-4 in the Sun Belt) couldn't overcome four turnovers and penalties in critical moments as Troy (5-5, 3-3 in the Sun Belt) handed the Bobcats a 63-27 loss in Texas State's final home game of the 2019 season.
 
BOX SCORE
Tyler Vitt completed a season-high 29 passes in 44 throws for 263 yards and two touchdowns. However, his season-high four interceptions led to four TDs by the Trojans.
 
Robert Brown, Jr. rushed for a season-high 67 yards on four carries and scored his first touchdown of the season with a 21-yard TD run.
 
Hutch White caught seven passes for 80 yards and a touchdown against the Trojans. Javen Banks also added five catches for 66 yards and a TD.
 
While Texas State managed to score the three touchdowns and two field goals, the Bobcats had four interceptions that led to four touchdowns for the Trojans, who scored a season-high 63 points. The 63 points are the most points surrendered by the Bobcats since No. 6 Houston netted 64 points in 2016.
 
Troy's senior quarterback Kaleb Barker completed 30 of 43 passes for 363 yards and a school-record six touchdowns for Troy. Kaylon Geiger led the Trojans with eight receptions for 61 yards, while Trevon Woolfolk caught two touchdown passes and ran for another TD.
 
The Trojans also scored on a pair of touchdown runs and returned an interception for a TD in the final eight seconds of the game.
 
KEY MOMENTS
Texas State opened the game with a 50-yard drive down to Troy's 12-yard line before a holding penalty forced the Bobcats to settle for a 33-yard field goal by Joshua Rowland to take an early 3-0 lead in the game.
 
After the Trojans scored a pair of touchdowns, the Bobcats closed to within 14-10 when Ron Brown Jr. scored his first touchdown of the season with a 21-yard run.
 
But, the Trojans ended the first half with three touchdowns to break open the close game and take a commanding 35-10 lead into the locker room at halftime.
 
After the Trojans held the Bobcats on downs to open the second half, the Trojans added another touchdown on Barker's two-yard slant pass to Khalil McClain.
 
The Bobcats closed the scoring in the third quarter with 10 points. Rowland kicked a 35-yard field goal, and Vitt threw a 35-yard pass to Hutch White in the right corner of the end zone to pull Texas State to within 42-20.
 
Both teams traded touchdowns in the early minutes of the fourth quarter. First, Troy scored their TD on Jabir Daughtry-Frye's six-yard run. Then, Vitt threw a 39-yard TD pass to Javen Banks for Texas State's final points in the game.
 
The Trojans scored the final 14 points in the game on Woolfolk's two-yard run and a 64-yard interception return by Carlton Martial.
 
VIEW FROM THE SIDELINES
"That's a very explosive team that we were playing," said Texas State head coach Jake Spavital. "We talked about that all week and I thought they came out and hit us for a lot of plays in that first half, especially when you go in (at halftime) trailing 35-10. You have to give them a lot of credit."
 
"I want to thank these seniors. We have 22 of them, and they have been through a lot. There are a lot of ups and downs in that locker room, but I think that group of kids is strong and resilient. You hate to see the look in their eyes right now, but you know, they won three games at Wacker Field and that is something. When we look back, we are going to end up saying that they built something special here. I wish we could do something different, wish that we could have had a good win for them, but I want to thank them for their time here. Now, we have two more games to go and fight."
 
UP NEXT
Texas State closes out the 2019 season with a pair of road games at Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina.
 
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