Texas State (3-6, 0-5 Sun Belt) vs Southern Miss (7-2, 5-0)
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
M.M. Roberts Stadium (36,000) | Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN+
Jason Baker (Play-by-play)
Austin Davis (Analyst)
Radio: KTSW 89.9 &
Varsity Network (free app)
Clint Shields (Play-by-play)
Geff Gandy (Analyst)
X/Twitter Updates: @TXSTATEFOOTBALL
Head Coach GJ Kinne Week 12 Media Availability
Cornerback Jaden Rios Week 12 Media Availability
Opening Drive...
- TXST won its second consecutive bowl game and finished the 2024 slate 8-5 overall and 5-3 in conference play, winning the most Sun Belt league games for the program since 2014.
- The eight overall wins gave the Bobcats back-to-back seasons of reaching the mark, having not done so since the 1982-83 seasons.
- GJ Kinne became the first head coach to record consecutive eight-win seasons since Jim Wacker in 1981-82.
- TXST enters its final season in the Sun Belt, announcing on June 30 that it will transition to the Pac-12 conference on July 1, 2026.
- Texas State posted the highest home season attendance average the program has seen in 2024 (22,649) besting the 2023 total, and had two sellouts at UFCU Stadium in 2024 (UTSA & Arkansas State).
- In January, Head Coach GJ Kinne announced a trio of football staff updates including the promotion of Landon Keopple to Offensive Coordinator and the hirings of Tanner Burns and Randy Martinez.
- Brad Jackson, Lincoln Pare, Dorion Strawn, Kalil Alexander, Ryan Nolan, Treylin Payne and David Nunez were voted on by their teammates as captains for the 2025 season.
- For the second consecutive season, and third in the last four, Texas State has won the Sun Belt Conference's Vic Bubas Cup, which is presented annually to the league's top athletics department.
- Beginning with the 2025 season, the Sun Belt Conference will publish availability reports for all conference football games.
- TXST opens the Johnny and Nathali Weisman Football Performance Center this season, which includes coach's offices, athletic training facilities, the Trevillion Weight Room and team meeting rooms.
A Win vs Southern Miss Means...
- Texas State extends its lead in the series to 4-2 and wins its third straight in the series.
- GJ Kinne wins his 20th game at the helm for TXST making him the 6th Bobcat coach to reach 20 wins at the FBS/FCS level.
- TXST snaps a 5-game losing streak.
- The Bobcats keep their quest for Bowl eligibility alive. This season would be the fifth season TXST is bowl eligible.
Inside the Series...
All-Time Record: TXST leads 3-2
Home: TXST trails 2-1
Away: TXST leas 2-0
Most points scored by TXST: 58 (2024)
Most points scored by USM: 56 (2015)
Largest margin of victory by TXST: 55 (2024)
Largest margin of victory by USM: 6 (2015, 2022)
Longest win streak by TXST: 2
Longest win streak by USM: 2
Last 5 Meetings
| Date |
S |
Res |
TXST |
USM |
| 11/16/24 |
H |
W |
58 |
3 |
| 9/30/23 |
A |
W |
50 |
36 |
| 10/22/22 |
H |
L |
14 |
20 |
| 9/19/15 |
H |
L |
50 |
56 |
| 8/31/13 |
A |
W |
22 |
15 |
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Jordan McCloud threw four touchdown passes and Texas State had a program-record 703 yards of offense and scored on nine of its 12 possessions to rout Southern Miss 58-3 on Saturday night.
McCloud was 23-of-28 passing for 335 yards and threw two scores to
Ismail Mahdi.
Brad Jackson also threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score for Texas State (5-4, 3-2 Sun Belt Conference).
Kole Wilson had six receptions for 116 yards for the Bobcats.
Konner Fox,
Jaden Williams and
Drew Donley each had a touchdown catch.
Lincoln Pare's 68-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter capped the scoring.
Connor Gibbs kicked a 46-yard field goal in the second quarter for Southern Miss (1-9, 0-6), which was held to 194 yards. Rodrigues Clark had 66 yards rushing on 15 carries for the Golden Eagles.
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