Texas State had advantages all over the field on Saturday.
As an FBS school facing an FCS school in Incarnate Word, the Bobcats had 22 more players on scholarship. The maroon and gold gained more yards, converted more third downs, converted more fourth downs, were more efficient in the red zone, had more time of possession, forced more fumbles, recovered more fumbles, intercepted more passes, scored more points off turnovers and led the Cardinals on four separate occasions.
And yet, none of it mattered when the final buzzer sounded. Texas State, coming off its first non-conference road win since 2016, accomplished another historic feat on Saturday: For the first time since making the leap to the FBS, the team lost to an FCS program, suffering a 42-34 defeat inside Bobcat Stadium.
