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2020 TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL 2020 SCHEDULE GAME 11 / TEXAS STATE vs. Arkansas State Sept. 5 SMU L 31-24 ESPN Saturday • Nov. 21, 2020 • 11:00 a.m. Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, Texas Sept. 12 UTSA L 51-48 (2 OT) ESPN2 Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Sept. 19 at ULM ABOUT THE BOBCATS ABOUT THE RED WOLVES W 38-17 ESPNU 2020 Record/Sun Belt Record: 1-9/1-5 2020 Record 3-5/1-4 in Sun Belt Malone Stadium Monroe, La. Head Coach: Jake Spavital Head Coach: Blake Anderson Sept. 26 at Boston College Record at Texas State: 4-18 (Second Year) Record at Arkansas State: 50-34 (Seventh Year) L 24-21 Fox Southwest Plus Career Record: Same Career Record: Same Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, Mass. Oct. 10 at Troy TELEVISION INFORMATION TEXAS STATE RADIO NETWORK L 37-17 ESPN3 Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, Ala. ESPNU Stations: TUNEIN APP, KTSW (89.9 FM) Oct. 17 at South Alabama Play-by-Play: John Schriffen Play-by-Play: Clint Shields L 30-20 ESPNU Analyst: Jay Walker Analyst: Geff Gandy Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, Ala. Sideline: Koral Riggs Oct. 24 at BYU L 52-14 ESPN ABOUT THE SERIES LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, Utah • -Texas State looks to win its second game against Arkansas State in a series that began in 2013, the year the Bobcats joined the Sun Belt Conference. Oct. 31 Louisiana L 44-34 ESPNU -The Bobcats have a 1-6 record against Red Wolves. Texas State’s lone win in the series came on Nov. 20, 2014, in Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas San Marcos. Nov. 7 Appalachian State • LAST MEETING: OCT. 26, 2019 • CENTENNIAL BANK STADIUM • JONESBORO, ARK. L 38-17 ESPN+ Texas State fought back from a 17-0 deficit with a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter to make the score 17- Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas 14 at halftime. But, the Bobcats had a punt blocked and surrendered a 32-yard punt return that set up two A-State Nov. 14 at Georgia Southern touchdowns. The Red Wolves won, 38-14. L 40-38 ESPN3 Paulson Stadium Statesboro, Ga. FIVE THINGS TO KNOW Nov. 21 Arkansas State • The Texas State football team returns to Bobcat Stadium for the first of two home games when the Bobcats host 11:00 a.m. ESPNU Arkansas State in a Sun Belt Conference game on Nov. 21. The Bobcats play their final game of the 2020 season Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas against No. 15-ranked Coastal Carolina on Nov. 28 at Bobcat Stadium. Texas State will be playing its 11th game overall this season, and is the first FBS school to have play 10 games this season. Nov. 28 Coastal Carolina 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ • Texas State ranks third among FBS schools with 22 first-time starters in 2020. The only teams with more first-time Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas starters are service academies, Navy and Army. The Bobcats are tied with Army for second with 22. Texas State’s first-time offensive starters include linemen Dalton Cooper, Russell Baker, and Alex Costilla, tight ends Jackson Lanam and Jake Lynch, wide receivers Marcell Barbee, Drue Jackson and Chandler Speights, quarterback Brady TABLE OF CONTENTS McBride and running back Brock Sturges. The new defensive starters are: linemen Jordan Revels, Gjemar Daniels, Samuel Obiang, Jaquel Pierce, and Kingsley Onyirioha, linebacker Christian Taylor, and safeties DeJordan Mask, Game Information 1 Kevin Anderson, Brendon Luper, Grid Isadore, Zion Childress, and Tory Spears. The Bobcats have a total of 50 new Radio and TV Information 1 players on its 2020 roster. Texas State has 21 new defensive players, 25 offensive players, and four specialists this Series Notes 1 season. Media Information 2 Quick Facts 3 • Texas State enters the Arkansas State game ranked 24th nationally in defensive touchdowns, 10th in fumbles re- Weekly Football Practice Schedule 3 covered, 11th in turnovers gained, and 24th in interceptions. The Bobcats are nationally-ranked fourth in offensive Coaching Staff Notes 3 first downs, ninth in blocked kicks, 19th in punt returns, and 25th in kick return defense. Team Notes 4 Bobcat Statistical Leaders 7 • The Sun Belt Conference announced Nov. 16 that Texas State wide receiver Jeremiah Haydel was named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week after he returned four kickoffs for 164 yards at Georgia Southern. Haydel -av Team Statistical Comparisons 7 eraged 41.0 yards per return, and that ranks as the second-highest average in the Sun Belt Conference this season. Bobcat Stadium 8 He returned one kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. His 164 kickoff return yards are the sixth-highest single-game Head Coach Jake Spavital 9 total in the nation and most by a Sun Belt Conference player in a single game this season. His 97-yard kickoff return Depth Chart 11 was the eighth-longest return in the nation and second-best return in the Sun Belt this season. Pronunciation Guide 11 2020 Roster 12 • Jarron Morris recorded the most tackles in a game by a Bobcat this season when he tallied 15 total stops at Georgia Statistics 16 Southern. He also recorded his fourth interception of the season against the Eagles. His interception helped set up Tyler Vitt’s 43-yard touchdown pass to Marcell Barbee. Barbee’s touchdown catch was his ninth this season, and nine touchdown receptions rank fourth among Texas State’s single season leaders and are the most TD catches by a Bobcat since Cameron Luke had 17 in 2008. MEDIA INFORMATION FOOTBALL SPORTS INFORMATION COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM on the same level. COVID-19 symptom screenings Assistant Athletic Director/SID Rick Poulter • CollegePressBox.com is an official media website and media credentials are required for admittance [email protected] for Texas State and Sun Belt Conference schools. to the press box and for pregame meals. Assistant SID Chris Brown Access and download weekly game notes, roster [email protected] cards, statistics, media guides, coach or player GAME DAY SERVICES Assistant SID Phillip Pongratz head shots and more for the Sun Belt and each of • Pregame notes and programs are provided online. [email protected] its member institutions throughout the season. Play-by-play, team and individual statistics, along Assistant SID Keonte Herrera Login information will be distributed to accredited with post-game quotes and notes will be provided [email protected] media, or you can apply for a password by online as well. Game statistics are also distributed sending an E-Mail to password@collegepressbox. via E-Mail following the conclusion of the game. SOCIAL MEDIA com. The login will also give you access to all 10 To be included in the post-game distribution Website txstatebobcats.com Football Bowl Subdivision conference partners list, please contact Rick Poulter via E-Mail at Twitter @TXStateFootball and independents. [email protected]. Instagram @TXSTATEFOOTBALL SUN BELT WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE SIDELINES WEEKLY NEWS INTERVIEWS • Head coach Jake Spavital participates in a weekly • Texas State follows guidelines set forth by • A weekly news conference with head coach Jake Sun Belt Conference each Monday morning the NCAA Public Relations Committee, the Spavital is held each Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (Central). Contact Sun NCAA Football Rules Committee, the Sun Belt (Central) in the North End Zone of Bobcat Stadium. Belt Conference associate commissioner Travis Conference, the American Football Coaches The news conference is streamed live on Texas Llewellyn via E-Mail at [email protected] Association, and the National Press Photographers State Athletics Facebook page and a recording on for the access number and schedule. Association. http://txst.com is posted later in the day. SUN BELT WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS AND INTERVIEWS • A total of six media photographers are permitted • Offensive coordinator Jacob Peeler or defensive • Weekly team highlights and interviews will to shoot outside the 8-yard lines and must have coordinator Zac Spavital, and a player are available be available online only through the Sun Belt wristbands visible at all times. In an effort to for interviews after practice on Wednesdays. Conference’s file sharing program. All file types can ensure the best possible working conditions, be easily downloaded through this program. This anyone holding a media pass who is not actively • Other interview requests for players and coaches will allow for interviews and highlights to be easily involved in coverage of the game will be asked to should be directed to Rick Poulter in the Sports accessible and available at earlier times. Please vacate the sidelines. Similar procedures will be in Information Office via E-Mail (rpoulter@txstate. E-Mail Travis Llewellyn at [email protected] effect in the press box. edu). for additional information and log-in access. POST-GAME INTERVIEWS PRACTICE COVERAGE HOME GAME COVERAGE • Texas State holds its post-game interviews in the • Practices are open to the media on Tuesdays and MEDIA CREDENTIALS team meeting room located inside the Football Wednesdays during game weeks beginning at • Limited working media and photographer End Zone Complex at Bobcat Stadium. Texas State 9 a.m. Check with the Sports Information Office credentials for Texas State’s home games are head coach Jake Spavital and requested players for the status of media attendance at Texas State distributed through the Sports Information Office. are available approximately 10 minutes after football practices. Requests should be made by sports editors or each game. Texas State’s locker room is closed sports directors of accredited media outlets. following each game and practice. PHOTOGRAPHERS/VIDEOGRAPHERS Requests should be made as early as possible and • Cameras are permitted in practice during warm- should be limited to working media only.