SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State football team (1-5, 0-3 Sun Belt) dropped a 15-13 defensive slugfest against the Georgia Southern Eagles (5-1, 3-0 Sun Belt) Thursday night at Bobcat Stadium in a nationally televised game on ESPNU.
The Texas State defense, five days removed from allowing 327 yards rushing by conference foe Louisiana, stifled a potent Georgia Southern triple-option attack. The Eagles managed just 164 yards on the ground on 52 carries. They entered the game with the nation's No. 7-ranked rushing attack at 275.5 yards rushing per contest. Georgia Southern was held to less than 200 yards rushing and 28 points for just the second time during the 2018 campaign, with the first coming on the road against No.