Final Stats
TROY, Alabama (AP) — Jordan McCloud accounted for four touchdowns, three of them through the air, and Texas State defeated Troy 38-17 on Thursday night.
McCloud threw three touchdown passes in the first half and Texas State (3-2, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference) rolled up 298 yards on offense before intermission. Troy also moved the ball well, with 235 yards, but managed only a touchdown and a field goal to trail 28-10.
After a field goal of 53 yards by
Mason Shipley put the Bobcats up by three touchdowns, McCloud scored on a 42-yard run on their next possession for a 38-10 lead.
Troy answered with a 19-yard TD pass from Tucker Kilcrease to Devonte Ross, but the Trojans barely crossed midfield on their remaining two full possessions.
After holding on downs at their own 49 with 5:57 remaining, the Bobcats drove to the Troy 23 before McCloud was intercepted in the end zone with 29 seconds left.
McCloud completed 20 of 29 passes for 252 yards with the three touchdowns.
Torrance Burgess Jr. had 85 yards rushing and Texas State gained 215 yards on the ground.
The Bobcats finished with a 467-331 advantage in total yards.
Texas State returns to action Saturday, Oct. 12 when it hosts Arkansas State for Family Weekend in San Marcos. Kick is slated for 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
Texas State Postgame Notes – October 3, 2024
Texas State 38 (3-2, 1-0), Troy 17 (1-5, 0-2)
Attendance: 20,349
Veterans Memorial Stadium | Troy, Alabama
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Schedule
NEXT GAME: Arkansas State | Saturday, Oct. 12 | 6:00 p.m. CT
Veterans Memorial Stadium | Troy, Ala.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: Varsity Network/89.9 FM KTSW
TEAM NOTES
Captains: Jordan McCloud,
Joey Hobert,
Nash Jones,
Mason Shipley,
Ismail Mahdi, Kaleb Culp,
Tory Spears
Series vs. Troy: 2-13
Away: 1-8
Head Coach GJ Kinne
Career Record: 23-9
Career FBS Record: 11-7
Record at TXST: 11-7
- Texas State has won 4 of 6 dating back to the 2023 season
- TXST opens the Sun Belt Conference slate 1-0 for the second consecutive season
- The Bobcats are 5-4 in their last nine SBC outings dating back to the start of 2023
Texas State in non-Saturday games
- 20-24-2
- Thursdays: 9-13
- 2024: 1-1 (loss to Arizona State Sept. 12)
- At Troy in non-Saturday games: 1-2 (2013, 2017)
TXST has scored on 3 of 5 opening drives (3 TD), while opponents have scored on 1 of 5
467 yards of total offense – 3rd time in 2024 with 467+ (486 Lamar, 504 UTSA)
TD passes to three different receivers – 1st time in 2024 (Hobert, Williams, Wilson)
TXST had 6 sacks (48 yds), 11 TFLs (58 yds)
- Second most sacks this season behind 7 vs Lamar
- Entered game ranked 2nd nationally in 1st in the SBC at 3.75
- Season-high for TFLs
- Entered game ranked 5th nationally in TFLs
3 forced fumbles (Parker, Polk, Neal)
Individual Stats
Jordan McCloud | QB
Maxwell Award Watch List, Walter Camp Award Watch List, Davey O'Brien Award Watch List, Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List, Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
20-29-2, 252 yards, 3TD
7-72 rushing, TD
- 3rd game with 3+ passing TD in 2024
- Has accounted for 4 TDs 3x in 2024
- Season-high for rushing yards (was 45 vs Arizona State)
Ismail Mahdi | RB
Maxwell Award Watch List, Paul Hornung Award Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List, Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
12-36, TD
Joey Hobert | WR
Biletnikoff Award Watch List, Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List, Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
6-45 yds, TD
- 28 consecutive games with a reception
- 3rd game with a TD reception in 2024 (Lamar 2, Sam Houston 2)
Mason Shipley | K
Lou Groza Award Watch List, Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
1-1 FG, long 53 yds
Torrance Burgess, Jr. | RB
12-85 yds
- Season high for attempts (was 7 vs UTSA)
- Season high for yards (was 27 vs UTSA)
- 102 all-purpose yards (17 rec)
Jaden Williams | WR
5-73 yds, TD
- 3rd straight game with 73+ receiving yards
Tory Spears | S
8 tkls (4 solo)
- 1st game in 2024 after returning from injury
Jo'Laison Landry | DE
5 tkls, 2.5 sacks (18 yds), 2.5 TFLs (18 yds), 1 QBH
- 2.5 sacks – career high, single-game high for a Bobcat in 2024
Steven Parker | DE
Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
6 tkls, 2.0 sacks (11), 4.0 TFLs (15), FF
- Season-high for tkls (was 5 vs Arizona State)
- Season-high for sacks (was 1.0) and TFLs (was 1.0 2x)
Coach GJ Kinne
Super proud of the team going on the road and getting a victory against Troy, back-to-back champs is a huge deal. Just super proud of these guys and the way they played. For most of the game, lots of discipline and things that we had talked about. So, it's a good start in your own conference on the road. It's always a good feeling.
On
Tory Spears returning…
Having Tory back was huge for us, just emotionally, on the field, all of it, just a super leader. I thought he played really well from the sidelines, you know seeing what I can see, but I thought he played really well. And that felt good for me to get him back out there.
On the depth of the offense…
It felt great to just continue to spread the wealth and we got a bunch of playmakers that just make it tough on the defense. Should've run the ball there at the end and I'm the head coach and I take full responsibility for that. That's not the way we want to do things but hey, it's part of it, and we'll learn from it just like we always do.
Jordan McCloud
On today's game after coming off a loss…
That was a big win for us, we needed to come back. Obviously last week was heartbreaking for the team but we needed to move on, and we needed to play a full 4 quarters, and we did that today.
On having so many weapons on offense…
You know we got like 6 to 8 guys that can go at any time. You can keep them all fresh and just keep rotating them. Some games, some people are going to be hot, you know, some games it's just, you know that's the good part about all this. It's never just one guy, you have to focus on everybody.
The Play of Torrance Burgess Jr….
It was good, we went into the week knowing that, you know he's going to get some carries, great player, and he showed that today.
On the play of the defense…
They showed up in a big way. We put them in one bad position earlier on with the stop. But besides that, they did a really good job today.
On the 1-0 conference start…
1-0 and now 1-0 every week, now all of our focus is on Arkansas State for next Saturday.
