PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Texas State football team opened the 2018 season with a 35-7 loss at Rutgers on Saturday afternoon at HighPoint.com Stadium in the second annual "War before the Shore" game.
Rutgers, out of the Big Ten Conference, received the opening kick and wasted little time finding the endzone. The Scarlet Knights took 11 plays and 5:19 off the clock to travel 71 yards. Raheem Blackshear registered a total of 38 yards on the drive, collecting two receptions for 15 yards and five carries for 23 yards, including a nine-yard rushing score.
Following Texas State's opening drive, a 15-play, 59-yard drive that resulted in a blocked 51-yard field goal attempt, Rutgers took over at their own 46-yard line.