SAN MARCOS, Texas — The Texas State football team (1-9, 1-5 in the Sun Belt) returns to Bobcat Stadium at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, to host Arkansas State (3-5, 1-4) in a Sun Belt Conference game.

ESPNU will televise the contest with John Scriffen (pxp) and Jay Walker (analyst) describing the action. Clint Shields, Geff Gandy, and Koral Riggs will call the game on KTSW (89.9 FM in San Marcos) and the TuneIn App.  
 
LOOKING AT THE BOBCATS 
Saturday's game will be the first of two final home games in the 2020 season for Texas State. The Bobcats will host No. 15/17-ranked Coastal Carolina on Nov. 28 at Bobcat Stadium.
 
 The Texas State offense enters Saturday's game ranked fourth out of 126 teams in the nation with 206 first downs. The 206 first downs also put the Bobcats at the top of the Sun Belt standings. Only SMU (225), North Carolina (223), and BYU (211) have more first downs than Texas State this season. 
 
Jeremiah Haydel became the top return specialist in the FBS this season in combined kick returns. Haydel ranks seventh in punt returns, and no FBS player has more kickoff return yards than Haydel's 565. His 14.1 punt return average also leads the Sun Belt Conference.
 
Junior receiver Marcell Barbee's nine touchdown receptions this season are the most by a Sun Belt Conference player. Barbee's TD total trails only the 10 TD catches by Jaelon Darden's of North Texas in the NCAA rankings.
 
Junior cornerback Jarron Morris is tied for the NCAA and Sun Belt Conference lead in interceptions with four this season.
 
After collecting two turnovers at Georgia Southern last week, Texas State ranks 11th in the FBS with 14 total turnovers gained. The Bobcats trail UCF by five for the top spot in the NCAA FBS.
 
With his 59-yard touchdown pass to Javen Banks at Georgia Southern last Saturday, sophomore quarterback Brady McBride has now thrown at least one touchdown pass in every game of his Texas State career. McBride enters Saturday's game versus Arkansas State having thrown for a TD pass in seven straight games. His streak is the second-longest since Tyler Jones threw at least one touchdown pass in 16 consecutive games from 2013-14.
  
SCOUTING THE RED WOLVES 
Through eight games so far this season, Arkansas State's defense is tied for 10th in the Sun Belt after surrendering 38.6 points per game. The Red Wolves have allowed 40 touchdowns, 10 field goals, and 39 extra points this season. ASU also ranks 10th in the SBC in total defense after giving up 482.1 yards per game.  
 
On the flip side, the Red Wolves' offense leads the Sun Belt Conference with 456.2 total yards per game. Arkansas State has accumulated 3,650 yards (2,711 passing, 939 rushing) and 30 touchdowns on 622 plays in its first eight games. 
 
Arkansas State has used a two-quarterback system on offense throughout the 2020 season, with Logan Bonner and Layne Hatcher throwing 144-or-more passes. Hatcher has a leg up with 12 touchdown passes, while Bonner has thrown 11 TD passes this season. They have combined for 2,618 passing yards.  
 
Like Texas State's Marcell Barbee, Jonathan Adams, Jr. is blazing through the season with a high level of productivity. Adams has eight touchdown receptions, the fourth-highest total in the nation and second-most in the Sun Belt. Adams, Jr. also leads the SBC in receiving yards (832), receiving yards per game (104.0), and receptions per game (7.5).  
 
Arkansas State's Roshauud Paul ranks third in the nation and conference with 489 kickoff return yards.  
 
The Red Wolves' passing offense ranks 11th nationally and leads the Sun Belt with 338.9 passing yards per game.  
 
SERIES HISTORY 
Texas State has a 1-6 record against Arkansas State since joining the Sun Belt in 2013. The Bobcats' lone win in the series came on Nov. 20, 2014, when TXST won, 45-27, in San Marcos.  
 
In games played during November, Texas State holds a 1-3 record against Arkansas State, with the latest game played in November coming on Nov. 24, 2018, when TXST fell, 33-7, in San Marcos.  
 
Texas State is 1-2 against the Red Wolves in games played at Bobcat Stadium and looks to end a two-game skid against Arkansas State in Texas. 
 
The last time the two teams played, Arkansas State upended Texas State, 38-14, on Oct. 26, 2019, in Jonesboro, Ark.   
 
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