Texas State (2-0, 0-0 Sun Belt) at Arizona State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025
Mountain America Stadium | Tempe, Arizona
Kickoff: 9:30 p.m. CT

TV: TNT
            J.B. Long (Play-by-play)
            Mike Golic Jr. (Analyst)
            Coy Wire (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 3 Media Availability
Wide Receiver Beau Sparks | Week 3 Media Availability
Safety Ryan Nolan | Week 3 Media Availability 

Opening Drive...

• The Bobcats were picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division as announced in the 2025 preseason coaches poll, sharing first-place votes with division-favorite Louisiana. 
• 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 Arizona State Means...

• The Bobcats win their first in the series after falling to Arizona State 31-28 in 2024.
• TXST moves to 3-0 to open the season for the first time since 1983 (finished season 9-3).
• The Bobcats move to 8-21 all-time against Big 12 opponents with their last win coming against Baylor in 2023. TXST has wins over 3 Big 12 opponents (Baylor, UCF & Houston).
• Head Coach GJ Kinne wins his 19 game at the helm of the Bobcats putting him one shy of ranking in the top five among all-time coaches.
• TXST wins 3 non-conference games for the first time since 2023 (at Baylor, Jackson State, Nevada).

Inside the Series...
All-Time Record: TXST trails 1-0
In San Marcos: TXST trails 1-0
In Tempe: TXST trails -
Most points scored by TXST: 28 (2024)
Most points scored by ASU: 31 (2024)
Largest margin of victory by TXST: -
Largest margin of victory by ASU: 3 (2024)
Longest win streak by TXST: -
Longest win streak by ASU: 1

Last Time vs...
9/7/24 | San Marcos, Texas | L, 31-28
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. 

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