2019 TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL 2019 SCHEDULE GAME 12 / TEXAS STATE at COASTAL CAROLINA Aug. 29 at Texas A&M L 41-7 7:35 p.m. SEC Network Saturday • Nov. 30, 2019 • 11 a.m. (Central) Kyle Field College Station, Texas Brooks Stadium • Conway, S. C. Sept. 7 Wyoming L 23-14 6:05 p.m. ESPN+ Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Sept. 14 at SMU ABOUT THE BOBCATS ABOUT THE CHANTICLEERS L 47-17 6:05 p.m. ESPN3 2019 Record/Sun Belt Record: 3-8/2-5 2019 Record/Sun Belt Record: 4-7/1-6 Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, Texas Head Coach: Jake Spavital Head Coach: Jamey Chadwell Sept. 21 Georgia State Record at Texas State: 3-8 (first year) Record at Coastal Carolina: 7-16^ ( first year) W 37-34 (3 OT) 6:05 p.m. ESPN+ Career Record: 3-8 (first year) Career Record: 67-50 ( 10th year) Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas ^-includes record as interim head coach in 2017 TELEVISION INFORMATION Sept. 28 Nicholls TEXAS STATE RADIO NETWORK W 24-3 6:05 p.m. ESPN3 ESPN+ Stations AM 1300 The Zone, 89.9 FM KTSW Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Play-by-Play: Jeff McCarragher 930 AM in San Antonio, Tunein.com Nate Ross Oct. 10 ULM Analyst: Play-by-Play: Bill Culhane L 24-14 8:17 p.m. ESPNU Analyst: Clint Shields Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Sideline: Karina Medellin Oct. 26 at Arkansas State TEXAS STATE TRAVELS TO COASTAL CAROLINA L 38-14 6:05 p.m. ESPN+ •The Texas State football team closes out its 2019 season on Saturday, Nov. 30, when the Bobcats Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, Ark. travel to Conway, South Carolina and play Coastal Carolina in a Sun Belt Conference game. The Nov. 2 at Louisiana game kicks off at Noon (Eastern)/11 a.m. (Central) in Brooks Stadium, and will be streamed on L 31-3 4:05 p.m. ESPN+ ESPN+. Cajun Field Lafayette, La. •Texas State (3-8 overall/2-5 Sun Belt) enters the game looking to win its first road game of the Nov. 9 South Alabama season after suffering a 35-13 loss at No. 23/24-ranked Appalachian State on Nov. 23. The loss W 30-28 2:05 p.m. ESPN3 came after the Bobcats split their last two home games against South Alabama (won 30-28 on Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Nov. 9) and Troy (lost 63-27 on Nov. 16). Nov. 16 Troy L 63-23 2:05 p.m. ESPN3 •Coastal Carolina (4-7, 1-6 Sun Belt) enters Saturday’s game after suffering a 45-42 loss at ULM on Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Nov. 23. The loss was the third straight for the Chanticleers, who suffered a 48-7 setback against Nov. 23 at Appalachian State Louisiana, and a 28-27 decision at Arkansas State. Coastal Carolina’s last win came against Troy L 35-13 1:30 p.m. ESPN3 (36-35) on Nov. 2. Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, N.C. INSIDE THE SERIES Nov. 30 at Coastal Carolina Overall: Second Meeting (Texas State leads 1-0) 11 a.m. (Central) ESPN+ Current Streak: Texas State has won one Brooks Stadium Conway, S.C. Last Meeting: Oct. 28, 2017 (Texas State 27, Coastal Carolina 7 in Conway, S.C.) Dec. 7 Sun Belt Championship TBA ESPN or ESPN2 SERIES NOTES • Texas State enters Saturday’s game looking to win its second straight game at Coastal Carolina. TBD TBD The two teams met for the first time on Oct. 28, 2017, and the Bobcats won, 27-7. LAST MEETING TABLE OF CONTENTS • Texas State won the first game in the series against Coastal Carolina, 27-7, on Oct. 28, 2017. Game Information 1 Damian Williams completed 27-of-38 passes for 269 yards and a pair of touchdowns. His first TD Radio and TV Information 1 pass was a 54-yard throw off a reverse flea-flicker to tight end Gabe Schrade. His second TD pass Series Notes 1 was a seven-yard toss to Eric Luna. Foster Hilborn added a pair of field goals and Anthony Smith Media Information 2 scored the final TD for the Bobcats on a two-yard run. Quick Facts 3 Weekly Football Practice Schedule 3 Team Notes 3 TEXAS STATE BY THE NUMBERS Bobcat Stadium 7 Head Coach Jake Spavital 8 Depth Chart 10 Pronunciation Guide 10 2019 Roster 11 Anthony J. Taylor12 broke up a pass at Appa- Hutch White60 moved into a tie for Bryan445 London II registered 10 Statistics 13 lachian State, and that ties him for a school fourth place in Texas State’s sin- tackles at App State and is second single-season record of 12 pass breakups. gle season record books with 60 among Texas State’s career leaders He enters the Coastal Carolina game tied receptions this season. His two with 445 career tackles. He needs with Craig Mager (2011), Nicholas Jack catches tie him with Cameron Luke three tackles at Coastal Carolina to (1995), and Bobby Watkins (1980). (2007) and KR Carpenter (2003). set a new school record. SEASON NOTES FOOTBALL SPORTS INFORMATION KICKING THINGS OFF TEXAS STATE vs. NATIONALLY-RANKED TEAMS Assistant Athletic Director/SID Rick Poulter • Texas State is in its 118th season of football. The • Texas State played against a nationally-ranked team [email protected] Bobcats played their first game in 1904. Texas State for the second time this season when the Bobcats Assistant SID Phillip Pongratz enters the Coastal Carolina game with an all-time re- traveled to No. 24-ranked Appalachian State. The cord of 540-480-33. Texas State has won two NCAA Bobcats opened the season at No. 11-ranked Texas SOCIAL MEDIA Division II national championships and 14 confer- A&M. This marked the first time that Texas State has Website txstatebobcats.com ence championships during its history. faced two ranked teams in the same season since Twitter @TXStateFootball 2016 when the Bobcats played No. 6 Houston on • The Bobcats are in their eighth season in the NCAA Sept. 24 and No. 24-ranked Arkansas on Sept. 17. Instagram @TXSTATEFOOTBALL Division I FBS ranks and seventh year as a mem- ber of the Sun Belt Conference in 2019. Texas State AMONG YOUNGEST IN FBS SUN BELT WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS AND INTERVIEWS transitioned to the FBS in 2011, played one year in • Texas State’s Jake Spavital is the second-youngest • Weekly team highlights and interviews will the WAC in 2012, and joined the Sun Belt Confer- head coach in the nation in 2019. be available online only through the Sun Belt ence in 2013. Conference’s file sharing program. All file types can • Sean Lewis of Kent State is the youngest head be easily downloaded through this program. This • College Football is celebrating its 150th-year an- coach at age 33. Spavital and Charlotte’s Will Healy will allow for interviews and highlights to be easily niversary in 2019. The Bobcats will wear a CFB150 are 34. Healy is four months older than Coach accessible and available at earlier times. Please patch on their uniforms. Spavital. UMass head coach Walt Bell is 35, while E-Mail Travis Llewellyn at [email protected] Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley and Appalachian State’s for additional information and log-in access. 22 BOBCATS PLAY FINAL GAME AT TXST Eliah Drinkwitz are 36. • Texas State has 22 seniors playing in their last game COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM for the Bobcats at Coastal Carolina. The seniors YOUNGEST FBS HEAD COACHES • CollegePressBox.com is an official media website are: Malik Alley, Aaron Brewer, Nikolas Daniels, Head Coach, School Age Birth Date for Texas State and Sun Belt Conference schools. Ishmael Davis, Frankie Griffin, LeDarrius Harris, 1. Sean Lewis, Kent State 33 4-11-86 Access and download weekly game notes, roster Mason Hays, Kumonde Hines, Clifton Lewis Jr., 2. Jake Spavital, Texas State 34 5-1-85 cards, statistics, media guides, coach or player John Lilly, Bryan London II, Alvin Pacheco, Jacob head shots and more for the Sun Belt and Rowland, Joshua Rowland, Jalen Smith, David Tachie, 3. Will Healy, Charlotte 34 1-16-85 each of its member institutions throughout the Anthony D. Taylor, Anthony J. Taylor, JaShon Waddy, 4. Walt Bell, UMass 35 6-7-84 season. This website provides information for all Justin Warner, Lincoln Warren, and Hutch White. 5. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma 36 9-5-83 10 Football Bowl Subdivision conference partners 6. Eliah Drinkwitz, App State 36 4-12-83 TEXAS STATE IN BOBCAT STADIUM and independents. 7. Mike Norvell, Memphis 38 10-11-81 • Texas State had three wins in home games at Bobcat Stadium during the 2019 season to mark WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCE ALL IN THE FAMILY the first time since 2015 that the Bobcats have • Texas State’s head coach Jake Spavital and defensive • A weekly news conference with Head Coach Jake won three home games in a single season. The coordinator Zac Spavital are one of 10 sets of broth- Spavital and selected players is held each Tuesday Bobcats defeated Georgia State, Nicholls, and morning at 11 a.m. (Central) in the team meeting South Alabama this season, while falling against ers coaching at FBS schools in 2019. They come from room on the first floor of Bobcat Stadium’s End Wyoming, ULM and Troy. Texas State ends a coaching family as their father, Steve, was a high Zone Complex. The news conference is streamed the 2019 campaign with an all-time record of school coach in Tulsa and Broken Arrow, Okla.