SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Tucker Kilcrease passed for 415 yards and five touchdowns and Troy rallied to beat Texas State 48-41 in overtime on Saturday night.

Kilcrease tossed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Trae Swartz early in the fourth quarter to pull Troy to 41-33 and then threw an 18-yard TD pass to DJ Epps that tied it 41-all with 1:13 remaining in regulation.

Brad Jackson completed 19 of 22 passes for 248 yards and had 77 yards rushing on 18 carries with a touchdown. Greg Burrell added 136 yards rushing and a touchdown for Texas State (3-3, 0-2). Lincoln Pare scored three times on the ground and finished with 113 yards on 22 carries.

Troy (3-2, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference) trailed 31-14 late in the second quarter before Paddy McAteer's 53-yard field goal pulled the Trojans to 31-17 at the break.

Kilcrease finished 30-of-39 passing and Epps had 10 catches for 148 yards. RaRa Thomas added 81 yards receiving with a touchdown for the Trojans. Jackson Worley also had a TD catch.

Texas State Postgame Notes – October 11, 2025
Texas State 41 (3-3, 0-2), Troy 47 (4-2, 2-0) OT
Attendance: 24,369
UFCU Stadium (28,000) | San Marcos, Texas

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NEXT GAME: Saturday, October 18 | at Marshall | 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT | ESPN+

Captains: Brad Jackson, Lincoln Pare, Dorion Strawn, Kalil Alexander, Ryan Nolan, Treylin Payne, David Nunez
 
Series vs. Troy | 2-14
Home | 1-6
First overtime game for TXST since Oct. 9, 2021 vs South Alabama

TEAM NOTES
Head Coach GJ Kinne
Career Record: 31-15
Career FBS Record: 19-13
Record at TXST: 19-13

Score | TXST 41, Troy 48
Third 40+ game of 2025

Total Yards | TXST 574, Troy 458
Fifth game this season with 400+ total yards

Rushing Yards | TXST 326, Troy 43
Second game at 300+ in 2025
Fifth time this season with 3+ rushing TDs
Second time this season with 5+ rushing TDs
Third time this season with 3+ players with a rushing TD
Last time with 5+ rushing TDs – Nicholls 9/20/25
Held an opponent under 100 yards for the first time since North Texas (98) 1/3/25

Sacks | TXST 5, Troy 3
Second game with 5 sacks in 2025

Individual Stats
 
Brad Jackson | QB | R-Fr.
Passing: 19-22-0, 248 yards
Rushing: 18-77 yards, TD

Fifth straight game with a rushing TD  

Lincoln Pare | RB | R-Sr.
Rushing: 22-113 yards, 3 TD

First Bobcat with three rushing TDs in a game since Jahmyl Jeter vs Rice 12/26/23
First Bobcat with back-to-back 2+ rushing TD games since Ishmail Mahdi vs Nevada/at Southern Miss (2023)

Greg Burrell | RB | So.
Rushing: 13-136 yards, TD
Career-high rushing yards

Second career 100-yard game, first at TXST

Chris Dawn, Jr. | WR | Jr.
Receiving: 7-119 yards

Second 100-yard game in 2025, third career

Jaylen Jenkins | RB/KR | R-Jr.
Kickoff Returns: 16-137 yards
Second 100-yard return game in 2025
Career-high kick return yards
Season-high 6 attempts

Khamari Terrell | CB | R-Jr.
8 tackles, 0.5 TFL
Season-high for tackles

Ryan Nolan | S | Jr.
7 tackles, 0.5 TFLs
Fourth game with 7+ tackles in 2025