DALLAS—Texas State is making strides. The team just isn’t making enough.
The Bobcat defense stifled SMU (3-0) during the first half of Saturday’s game inside Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas. The Mustangs came into the matchup averaging 43 points a game, but were held to just 13 by Texas State and turned the ball over twice during the first two quarters.
The maroon and gold offense couldn’t capitalize, though. The Bobcats countered with three points on a 27-yard field goal from senior kicker Joshua Rowland in the first quarter — the first for Texas State in 11 games, dating back to Sept. 15, 2018, against South Alabama. But the drive was set up by a Jarron Morris interception that the sophomore cornerback returned for six yards to the SMU 19-yard line.
