West Texas A&M 41, Tarleton State 21
No. 23 West Texas A&M broke open a 7-7 game in the second quarter for a 41-21 victory Saturday night at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium over visiting Tarleton State. With the win, the Lone Star Conference leading Buffaloes improved to 4-1 on the year and 3-0 in conference play. Tarleton State fell to 2-2 on the year and 2-2 in league play.
Buffalo quarterback junior Dustin Vaughan threw 23 of 37 for 331 yards and four touchdowns, while senior running back Khiry Robinson had a season-high 125 yards on the ground on 18 carries and had a 90 receiving yards and a touchdown. Junior wide receiver Torrence Allen had a game-high 104 yards receiving with two touchdowns. (
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Midwestern State 34, Incarnate Word 7
Midwestern State's Keidrick Jackson rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns to lead the 14th-ranked Mustangs to a 34-7 win over Incarnate Word Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
MSU have now won three consecutive games to improve to 3-1 on the season while the Cardinals fell to 1-4.
The Mustangs chewed up 260 yards on the ground while halting six UIW drives in plus territory as the Cardinals struggled mightily to 4-of-17 on third downs and converted just one of eight fourth-down tries. (
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Angelo State 49, Eastern New Mexico 19
Angelo State (3-2, 2-0) quarterbacks Blake Hamblin and Michael Cochran combined for 341 yards passing and two touchdowns as the Rams remained unbeaten in the Lone Star Conference with a 49-19 victory at Eastern New Mexico (2-3, 1-1).
Hamblin completed 7 of 10 passes for 171 yards and two scores and picked up 15 yards on two carries and another score leading ASU to a 28-6 halftime lead.
Hamblin was injured late in the first half and did not return in the second half. (
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Texas A&M-Commerce 21, Texas A&M-Kingsville 14
Trailing by a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, A&M-Commerce rallied to tie the game with eight seconds remaining, then held off A&M-Kingsville in overtime to notch an emotional 21-14 victory on a rainy night at Memorial Stadium. The Lions halt a four-game skid, improving to 1-3 on the year and 1-1 in Lone Star Conference play, and capture the Chennault Cup for the first time since 2001.
Quarterback Deric Davis led the Lions on the evening, completing 17-of-38 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions while rushing for the game-tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter. On the evening, the Lions held the edge in passing yards, throwing for 214 compared to just 116 for the Javelinas. (
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Abilene Christian 34, Delta State 28
Abilene Christian University's defense came up with three huge fourth-down stops Thursday night and Mitchell Gale threw three touchdown passes as the Wildcats rebounded with a big 34-28 win over Delta State at McCool Stadium.
The win pushes the Wildcats to 3-2 on the season, while the Statesmen fall to 1-3. The Wildcats will be back home in Abilene next Saturday (Oct. 6) as they host Eastern New Mexico in a Lone Star Conference contest at 6 p.m. (
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