The Bobcats took care of business against Houston Christian (HCU).
Texas State rolled to a 34-0 victory over the Huskies, putting up the first shutout since Aug. 30, 2014, when the maroon and gold beat Arkansas Pine-Bluff 65-0. It was also a historic night defensively, the Bobcats gave up just 142 yards of offense — the least in Texas State’s FBS history.
“A lot of the credit (has to go) to that defense. The defense played extremely well. I thought the offense came out (and) had a good first half. Like that’s a scheme that we knew was gonna be tough. You know, kind of talking throughout the press conference on Tuesday, we said they’re gonna kind of be a little bit all over the place — (being) aggressive and blitz you and all that stuff,” head coach Jake Spavital said. “And we knew that we’d get hit with some plays, but we can have some explosive plays. And I thought that’s what happened with the offense in the first half. You know, I thought they played well (and) played tough. When we got out in the second half I didn’t think we played with that edge. We were moving a lot of bodies and we’re trying to save some guys, but that’s not the expectation we have.
