Texas State buries Colorado State with eight rushing touchdowns

Colorado State could not contain Torrance Burgess Jr. or Brad Jackson, and Texas State kept handing the ball to the players doing the damage. The Bobcats rushed for 503 yards and eight touchdowns Thursday in a 66-27 home win, with Burgess scoring four times and Jackson adding three rushing touchdowns.

Burgess carried 24 times for 224 yards. Jackson gained 181 yards on 13 attempts, giving the pair 405 rushing yards between them. Jaylen Jenkins added 78 yards and the other rushing touchdown as Texas State reached 66 points before the fourth quarter began.

The Bobcats led 45-21 at halftime and answered Colorado State's first touchdown of the second half with three more scores. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter.

Burgess and Jackson open a big lead

Burgess supplied the first two touchdowns, scoring from two yards out before breaking a 51-yard run in the first quarter. Jackson followed with a pair of four-yard touchdown runs, one on either side of the quarter break, to put Texas State ahead 28-0.

Colorado State finally scored on Durell Robinson's 15-yard run after recovering a fumbled punt return. Texas State responded through the air, with Jackson finding Ty Stamey for a 22-yard touchdown that restored a four-touchdown margin.

K'saan Farrar's 21-yard touchdown pass to Nader Chirchi made it 35-14. Burgess answered with his third rushing touchdown, a six-yard run with 55 seconds left in the half. Robinson then scored from a yard out after a 57-yard completion to Tommy Maher, cutting the deficit to 42-21. Jacob Bonilla's 23-yard field goal ended the half with Texas State ahead by 24.

The third quarter closes the door

K'saan Farrar found Terrence Smith Jr. for a 37-yard touchdown on Colorado State's opening possession of the second half. The two-point attempt failed, making the score 45-27.

Texas State's next possession started with a 53-yard Burgess run and ended with Jackson's three-yard touchdown. Later, Jackson escaped into open space for 63 yards to the Colorado State 1, setting up Jenkins' touchdown on the next play.

Burgess finished the scoring with a 19-yard run on fourth down with 22 seconds left in the third quarter. His fourth touchdown stretched the lead to 39 points, and the Rams never scored again.

Jackson also completed 14 of 19 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown without an interception. Beau Sparks caught two passes for 57 yards, Burgess added three receptions for 52 and Chris Dawn Jr. had five catches for 44.

Farrar finished 26 of 41 for 282 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Jackson Harper led Colorado State with five catches for 91 yards; Maher had four for 66. Robinson scored both of the Rams' rushing touchdowns.

Colorado State did not commit a turnover, but it could not compensate for Texas State's advantage on the ground. The Bobcats outgained the Rams 716-430 overall and 503-148 rushing.

Texas State improved to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Pac-12. Colorado State fell to 2-4 and 0-2 in conference play.

Sources

Colorado State at Texas State: final box score and complete plays · Jack Randels, Rocky Mountain Collegian: on-site CSU–Texas State reporting