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The Maroon’s Bobcats took
at 28-14 victory over the Gold kicked off a new chapter for Texas State in
front of 4,608 fans at Bobcat Stadium. Yes indeed a new chapter, as the Bobcats
move into a new era this fall with great expectations.
The Maroon team was led by
redshirt freshman quarterback Jordan
Moore and sophomore running back Chris Nutall (63 yards and a touchdown on seven carries), scored all 28 of its points in the second half and could have produced more but there was two red-zone turnovers. Moore hit on five of his seven passes for 107 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown to junior tight end Kris Patterson, and ran for 43 yards and a TD on 11 carries.
Texas State head coach and
assistants are looking to eliminate some mistakes to help them win games. The
Bobcats seen a lot of mistakes in last season games, which they do not want to
repeat. Saturday game at Bobcats Stadium was all about business.
Arndt, who hit on 12 of 18
passes for 151 yards, did his part to stay in the QB equation. He threw scoring
passes of 22 and 11 yards to junior wide receiver Ben Ijah and ran three times
for 19 yards.
The defense came out to
perform well in the Annual Spring Football Game in San Marcos.
The Gold defense was
spurred by freshman linebacker Stephen Smith’s six tackles (including two for a
loss) and junior cornerback Craig Mager’s interception. The Maroon defense got
a big time performance from junior linebacker Michael Orakpo (the brother of
former Texas stalwart and current Washington Redskins player Brian Orakpo),
senior safety Aaron Matthews and senior defensive end Jamie Clavell-Head.
“We looked a lot more like
a football team than we did in the spring game last season – that’s for sure,”
Texas State coach Dennis Franchione said.
