Final Stats

Head Coach GJ Kinne Postgame

SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Texas State suffered its first loss of the season on Thursday night, a 31-28 setback against Arizona State at home.

Jordan McCloud passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns, two of them to Jaden Williams, while Beau Sparks and Chris Dawn, Jr. added one apiece. Sparks led the Bobcats with 60 yards off five catches, while Ismail Mahdi had 14 carriers for 68 yards.

Texas State garnered 400 yards of total offense to Arizona State's 347, but lost the turnover battle with an interception and a pair of fumbles.

Chris Mills led the TXST defense with eight tackles, including 1.5 for loss and a half sack, and an interception. 

The Bobcats return to action Saturday, September 28 against Sam Houston at NRG Stadium in Houston. Kick is set for 2 p.m. CT on ESPN+.

Texas State Postgame Notes – September 12, 2024
Texas State 28 (2-1), ASU 31 (3-0)
Attendance: 25,187

UFCU Stadium | San Marcos, Texas
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NEXT GAME: vs Sam Houston | Saturday, September 28, 2024 | 2 p.m.
NRG Stadium | Houston, Texas
TV: ESPN+
Radio: Varsity Network/89.9 FM KTSW

TEAM NOTES
Captains: Jordan McCloud, Joey Hobert, Ismail Mahdi, Tory Spears, Nash Jones, Kenny Haynes,  Kaleb Culp, Mason Shipley

Texas State opened the season receiving votes in the US LBM preseason Coaches Poll and are currently receiving eight votes in the week 3 edition.

Series vs. ASU: 0-1
In San Marcos: 0-1

Head Coach GJ Kinne
Career Record: 22-8
Career FBS Record: 10-6
Record at TXST: 10-6

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
29-44, 268 yards, 4 TD
Rush: 8-45

• Third Consecutive Game with 100+ yards passing in the first half
• First game as a Bobcat with 3+ passing TDs in the first half
• Most rushing yards (45) in a single game as a Bobcat
• Second consecutive game with 4 TDs

Chris Dawn, Jr. | WR
3-21-1 TD

• Three receiving TDs in two games (UTSA, ASU) 
• Three Career TDs

Jaden Williams | WR
4-75-2 TDs

• Three total TD catches as a Bobcat
• Tied for his record for most TDs in a season (3) 2021 Boston College

Beau Sparks | WR
5-60-1 TD

•  TXST career high rec yards (60)
• First Texas State Career TD

Chris Mills | CB
8 TKLs, 1.5 TFL, 1 BrUP, 1 INT (0 yds)

• 5 solo tackles (season high)
• First career Int

Joshua Eaton | CB
6 TKLs (5 solo)

• Career-high 5 solo

Head Coach GJ Kinne

On the team's performance against a Big 12 opponent...
I thought the guys came out and played hard and executed very well at times… It's not offense, defense, special teams, coaches. It's collective as a group. So we'll do a better job coaching next time and get those guys the win. 

On the defensive performance...
They played really well, and it's unfortunate we couldn't win that one for those guys. They played really well and we put them in some tough situations, and they responded almost every time.

On making sure that loss doesn't halt the season momentum...
Yeah we got it, we have a ton of time and we have a long break before the next one, so we will get in there and go to work. We have a bunch of really good leaders, and a bunch of really good coaches. We will come together, we'll watch the film and get in the training room and recover. Getting ready for the next one.

The message heading into an open week...
I think we just have to get healthy, get the bumps and bruises cleaned up. And we're playing really good football right now. We really are, so there won't be a ton to clean up.

On the ESPN primetime game...
I think it's awesome, I hate it for the kids that we weren't able to get that win, but I think we performed well. I think we earned a lot of respect around the country tonight.