Texas State (3-5, 0-4 Sun Belt) vs Louisiana (3-6, 2-3)

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium (30,392) | Lafayette, Louisiana
Kickoff: 4:00 p.m. CT

TV: ESPN+
            Dan McDonald (Play-by-play)
            Eric Mouton (Analyst)
            Ben Schafer (Sideline)

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 11 Media Availability
Wide Receiver Mavin Anderson Week 11 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 Louisiana Means...

• Texas State wins its first game in the series after going 0-12 dating back to the first meeting on 10/5/13
• The Bobcats move to 30-71 in Sun Belt Conference action since joining the league in 2013
• 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 4-game losing streak, its first since 2022

Inside the Series... 
All-Time Record: TXST trails 0-12
Home: TXST trails 0-6
Away: TXST trails 0-6
Most points scored by TXST: 34 (2020)
Most points scored by LA: 49 (2015)
Largest margin of victory by TXST: -
Largest margin of victory by LA: 45 (2021)
Longest win streak by TXST: -
Longest win streak by LA: 12 (2013-24)

Last 5 Meetings

Date	S	Res	TXST	LA
10/29/25	H	L	17	23
10/7/23	A	L	30	34
11/26/22	H	L	13	41
10/30/21	A	L	0	45
10/31/20	H	L	34	44

SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Texas State fell, 23-17, at home to Louisiana.

The Bobcats struck first in the contest, going ahead on a pair of Mason Shipley field goals to open the scoring. However, Louisiana scored on a 64-yard rush to close the first quarter and doubled their total to take a 14-6 lead into the half.

TXST was able to tie the score at 14 off an Ismail Mahdi one-yard run in the third, but Louisiana went ahead 17-14 and never relinquished the lead.

Jordan McCloud went 12-for-18 passing for 88 yards before leaving the game in the second quarter. RJ Martinez entered and finished 11-for-14 for 113 yards and an interception.

Mahdi finished with 82 yards on the ground and a TD, while adding 17 yards off three catches and 16 yards off kick return. Kole Wilson led receivers with 57 yards.

Defensively, Ryan Nolan registered a season-high seven tackles to lead the team, while Steven Parker had five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack.

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