Head Coach GJ Kinne Postgame
Beau Sparks Postgame
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Christian Veilleux threw three touchdown passes to Dorian Fleming, Freddie Brock ran for three TDs and Georgia State scored 31 consecutive points Saturday night to beat Texas State 52-44 and snap a seven-game losing streak.
Jordan McCloud threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chris Dawn Jr. that gave Texas State (6-5, 4-3) a 14-7 lead with 12:26 left in the second quarter. Georgia State answered with an eight-play, 75-yard drive that culminated with a 30-yard TD pass from Veilleux to Fleming. Three plays from scrimmage later, Kenyatta Watson intercepted a pass and returned it 30 yards to the 8 to set up an 11-yard TD catch by Fleming that gave the Panthers the lead for good at 21-14 with 1:14 left in the first half.
K.D. McDaniel's strip-sack of McCloud was recovered by Christian Lorenzo at the Texas State 39 with 19 seconds remaining in the second quarter and Braeden McAlister kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired to make it 31-14 at halftime.
Brock, who scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter, added a 57-yard TD run in the third and his 16-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter gave Georgia State a 52-29 lead.
McCloud finished 28-of-44 passing for 302 yards and three touchdowns, all to Dawn, with two interceptions for Texas State. Dawn had five receptions for 42 yards.
Texas State returns to action Friday at 2:30 p.m. CT at South Alabama for the regular season finale.
Texas State Postgame Notes – November 23, 2024
Texas State 44 (6-5, 4-3), Georgia State 52 (3-8, 1-6)
Attendance: 18,271
UFCU Stadium | San Marcos, Texas
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NEXT GAME: South Alabama | Friday, November 29 | 2:30 p.m.
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Radio: Varsity Network/89.9 FM KTSW
TEAM NOTES
Captains: Nash Jones, Mason Shipley, Ismail Mahdi, Kaleb Culp, Tory Spears, Jordan McCloud
Series vs. Georgia State: 4-5
Home: 2-3
Head Coach GJ Kinne
Career Record: 26-12
Career FBS Record: 14-10
Record at TXST: 14-10
Individual Stats
Jordan McCloud | QB
Maxwell Award Watch List, Walter Camp Award Watch List, Davey O'Brien Award Class of 2024, Manning Award Watch List, Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List, Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
28-44, 302 yards, 3TD
- Set the Texas State record for single-season passing TDs with 28 (was Bradley George 26, 2008)
- 5th 300+ yard game
- 7th game w/ 3+ TDs
- 2,671 season passing yards is 5th at TXST
Career active numbers (NCAA Rank heading into Georgia State)
TD passes | 86 (5)
Total TDs responsible for | 105 (5)
Passing Yards | 9,580 (14)
Total Offense | 10,537 (15)
Completions | 799 (15)
Chris Dawn Jr. | WR
5-42 yds, 3 TD
- Career-high 3 TDs
- 2nd multi-TD game (2, UTSA)
- Most receiving TDs by a player in a single game this season
- First time for a TXST player with 3 TD receptions since Cameron Luke (3) at McNeese State 10/11/08
Kole Wilson | WR
4-65
- Now has a reception in 29 straight games dating back to Nov. 5, 2022
Beau Sparks | WR
2-7 yds
Punt Return: 3-200 yds, TD
- Punt return yards - Texas State & Sun Belt single-game record
- Punt return avg. - 66.7 yds - TXST record
- Combined KR/PR - best in SBC in 2024
- Tied for single-game punt return TDs at TXST
Lincoln Pare | RB
3-21 yds, TD
- 2 straight games with rushing TDs
Torrance Burgess Jr. | RB
5-40 yds, TD
- 2 straight games with rushing TDs
