On a rainy day in Harrisonburg, Va., the Bobcats couldn’t get out of their own way.
Texas State (2-3, 0-1) fell 40-13 to James Madison (JMU) with the help of a touchdown run by redshirt junior running back Jahmyl Jeter on the final play of the game. The Dukes jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, capitalizing off penalties and turnovers from the maroon and gold.
“Overall, they handled the elements better than we did. We weren’t as good on critical downs as they were. They made some explosive plays on us — on third downs and third-downs-and-longs, they were getting some conversions,” head coach Jake Spavital said. “When we did get turnovers, we couldn’t capitalize on them. We threw a pick-six after one of those turnovers on a play that was wide open, (and) it just gets deflected at the line of scrimmage. So, there were some things that didn’t go our way.”
