TEXAS STATE vs. NICHOLLS SEPT. 28, 2019 • BOBCAT STADIUM • SAN MARCOS, TEXAS BOBCAT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2019 TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Aug. 29 at Texas A&M Oct. 26 at Arkansas State L 41-7 SEC Network TBD TBD Kyle Field College Station, Texas Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, Ark. Sept. 7 Wyoming Nov. 2 at Louisiana L 23-14 ESPN+ TBD TBD Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Cajun Field Lafayette, La. Sept. 14 at SMU Nov. 9 South Alabama L 47-17 ESPN3 TBD TBD Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, Texas Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Sept. 21 Georgia State Nov. 16 Troy W 37-34 (3 OT) ESPN+ TBD TBD Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Sept. 28 Nicholls Nov. 23 at Appalachian State 6 p.m. ESPN3 1:30 p.m. ESPN3 Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, N.C. Oct. 10 ULM Nov. 30 at Coastal Carolina 8:15 p.m. ESPNU TBD TBD Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, Texas Brooks Stadium Conway, S.C. 2019 TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL GAMEDAY PROGRAM What’s inside TABLE OF CONTENTS GAME DAY INFORMATION TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY Game Notes ....................................................2 The Texas State University System ...... 24 Texas State Statistics ...................................2 Texas State University ............................. 25 Nicholls Statistics .........................................3 Texas State University Quick Facts ...... 26 Texas State Roster....................................... 4 President Denise M. Trauth ................... 27 Nicholls Roster ..............................................5 Director of Athletics Larry Teis ............ 28 Senior Spotlight ............................................6 Athletic Administration ........................... 29 Scouting Nicholls .........................................7 Head Coaches ............................................. 30 Texas State Sports Properties ................ 11 Bobcat Stadium .......................................... 32 Game Day Policies ......................................12 End Zone Complex .....................................33 Bobcat Stadium Map .................................12 Sun Belt Conference ................................. 34 Bobcat Stadium Seating Chart ...............13 SPIRIT PROGRAMS TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL Texas State Bobcat Marching Band ..... 36 Head Coach Jake Spavital ........................14 Texas State Spirit Program .................... 37 Coaching Staff .............................................16 The Strutters ............................................... 38 Support Staff ................................................18 2019 Bobcat Players ...................................19 BOBCAT CLUB Equipment Managers .............................. 36 Gift In Kind Providers ........................ 39, 41 Trainers ........................................................ 37 Legacy Suites/Champions Club Seats 40 Bobcat Club Donors .................................. 42 GAMEDAY NOTES AND STATISTICS GAMEDAY NOTES AND STATISTICS KICKING THINGS OFF TEXAS STATE • Texas State looks to win its second straight game when the Bobcats host Nicholls in a non-conference 2019 STATISTICS game. The Bobcats opened their Sun Belt Confer- TEAM STATISTICS TXST OPP ence schedule defeating Georgia State, 37-34 in tri- SCORING 75 145 ple overtime on Sept. 21. Texas State is 1-3 overall this Points Per Game 18.8 36.2 season. FIRST DOWNS 77 88 Rushing 22 50 • Nicholls enters the contest with a 2-1 mark in 2019 Passing 47 32 after opening its Southland Conference slate with a Penalty 8 6 48-30 victory at Stephen F. Austin. The Colonels be- RUSHING YARDAGE 295 1030 gan the season with a 49-14 loss at Kansas State on Rushing Attempts 116 194 Average Per Game 73.8 257.5 Aug. 31 and beat Prairie View A&M 42-35 on Sept. 14. TDs Rushing 4 9 PASSING YARDAGE 959 803 THE SERIES Comp-Att-Int 103-165-7 70-113-5 • Former Southland Conference foes Texas State and Average Per Game 239.8 200.8 Nicholls meet for the second time since the Bobcats TDs Passing 4 8 began their transition to the Division I FBS classifi- TOTAL OFFENSE 1254 1833 cation. The series started in 1980, and the Bobcats Total Plays 281 307 enter Saturday’s game with a 14-16 series record Average Per Game 313.5 458.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 13-256 8-197 against Nicholls. Texas State won the last meeting, PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-17 8-60 38-12, on Oct. 1, 2011, at Bobcat Stadium. INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-26 7-160 FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 4-4 • The two schools began playing in the “Battle for the PENALTIES-Yards 20-188 20-192 Paddle” in 1998 after the original game was post- PUNTS-Yards 26-958 15-605 poned due to flooding in San Marcos. The athletics KICKOFFS-Yards 15-920 26-1583 directors and head coaches coined the contest, the TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 26:02 33:58 “Battle for the Paddle,” joking that fans would need 3RD-DOWN Conversions 24/64 32/64 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/2 2/4 a boat and paddle to get to the game. The game took SACKS BY-Yards 3-9 14-105 place on Nov. 28, 1998, with Texas State prevailing TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 9 18 28-27 to win the Paddle Trophy. Since the two schools FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 4-7 7-10 began playing for the Paddle Trophy, the Bobcats RED-ZONE SCORES (8-12) 67% (19-25) 76% have a 7-7 record against the Colonels. PAT-ATTEMPTS (9-9) 100% (16-18) 89% 150-YEAR ANNIVERSARY RUSHING GP Att Net Avg TD Lg Twyford,Caleb 4 52 221 4.2 1 31 • College Football is celebrating its 150-year anniver- Taylor,Anthony D 4 38 115 3.0 2 20 sary in 2019. The Bobcats will wear a CFB150 patch on their uniforms. PASSING G C-A-I Pct Yds TD Lg Jensen, Gresch 4 91-147-5 61.9 868 3 50 Vitt,Tyler 2 12-18-2 66.7 91 1 35 TEXAS STATE IN BOBCAT STADIUM • Texas State enters the Nicholls game with a 125-101 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Lg record in home games at Bobcat Stadium after eve- White,Hutch 4 27 217 8.0 0 28 Sheread,J 4 12 143 11.9 1 50 ning its record to 1-1 in home games this season. The Twyford,Caleb 4 12 75 6.2 1 35 victory over Georgia State snapped a three-game los- GrahamJr, T 4 11 132 12.0 1 27 ing streak in home games for the Bobcats. The three previous losses came against Appalachian State and INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Lg Morris,Jarron 2 6 3.0 0 6 Arkansas State last season, and Wyoming this year. London II,Bryan 1 13 13.0 0 13 Smith,Jalen 1 7 7.0 0 7 • The Bobcats are 9-7 against Nicholls in games played Morris,Jarron 1 6 6.0 0 6 at Bobcat Stadium. Texas State won the last meeting, Taylor,Anthony J 1 0 0.0 0 0 38-12, on Oct. 1, 2011, at Bobcat Stadium. DEFENSE GP Solo-Ast-Total TFL-Yds Sack-Yds LondonII,Bryan 4 22-25-47 3.5- 6 1.0- 1 BOBCAT FOOTBALL HISTORY Daniels,Nikolas 4 10-21-31 3.0- 11 1.0 - 7 • Texas State is in its 118th season of football. The Smith,Jalen 4 10-17-27 . Patton,Caeveon 4 11-12 -23 1.5- 2 . Bobcats, who played their first game in 1904, and Morris,Jarron 4 18-4 -22 . enter the Nicholls game with an all-time record of Waddy,JaShon 4 10-11-21 . 538-475-33. Texas State has won two NCAA Division II national championships and 14 conference cham- pionships during its history. Texas State Football 2 GAMEDAY NOTES AND STATISTICS GAMEDAYGAMEDAY NOTES NOTES AND AND STATISTICS STATISTICS DEGREE IN HAND • Texas State has eight players on its 2019 roster who NICHOLLS have earned their bachelor’s degrees. The graduates are linebackers Bryan London II (management), Nikolas Daniels (finance), Frankie Griffin (criminal 2019 STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS Nicholls OPP justice) and Malik Alley (political science); defen- SCORING 104 114 sive end Ishmael Davis (management); offensive Points Per Game 34.7 38.0 lineman Jacob Rowland (construction science and FIRST DOWNS 73 78 management) and running back Anthony D. Taylor Rushing 36 35 (communications studies). Joshua Rowland is also Passing 28 38 a graduate transfer from Texas, where he earned a Penalty 9 5 bachelor’s degree in corporate communications. RUSHING YARDAGE 671 556 Average Per Game 223.7 185.3 TDs Rushing 12 8 BOBCAT NOTES PASSING YARDAGE 526 895 • Joshua Rowland is the Sun Belt Conference Special Comp-Att-Int 41-58-2 64-101-3 Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 23 after scoring 13 Average Per Game 175.3 298.3 points and making a game-winning field goal in tri- TDs Passing 3 6 ple overtime to give Texas State a 37-34 victory over TOTAL OFFENSE 1197 1451 Georgia State. Rowland kicked three field goals over- Total Plays 195 208 all and converted all four of his extra-point attempts Average Per Game 399.0 483.7 in the win. He averaged 63.7 yards on six kickoffs KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 8-149 17-417 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 0-0 4-43 with four touchbacks. INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-46 2-20 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.6 24.5 • Senior linebacker Bryan London II tied Texas State’s FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 3-2 single-game record when he logged 22 total tackles PENALTIES-Yards 15-130 24-214 against Georgia State. London had 10 solo tackles PUNTS-Yards 13-494 5-200 and assisted on 12 other stops against the Panthers. TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:12 28:48 3RD-DOWN Conversions 13/30 17/33 • Clifton Lewis Jr. recorded a career-high of 10 tack- 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/1 0/6 SACKS BY-Yards 4-16 7-42 les against Georgia State. He also tallied four stops TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 15 15 versus SMU. FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 0-1 3-4 RED-ZONE SCORES (12-13) 92% (11-12) 92% •Junior running back Caleb Twyford rushed for a PAT-ATTEMPTS (12-14) 86% (15-15) 100% career-best 137 yards on 27 carries against Georgia State.