Louisiana football vs. Texas State: Live updates from key Sun Belt Conference matchup
Louisiana football touchdown
Chriss to Rob Williams for the touchdown.
5:54 remaining. Texas State 30 Louisiana 28
Touchdown Texas State Bobcats
Finley finds a wide-open joey Hobert for the 18-yard TD pass.
Texas State looking to put Louisian away.
Bobcats 30 UL 21 / 10:14 4Q
END 3 | Texas State 23 Louisiana football 21
Touchdown Louisiana
Freshman Zylan Perry is finally showing up. He carried the ball five times that drive for 50 yards and capped it with the 6-yard TD run.
We've got a 2-point ballgame.
3:45 3Q | Texas State 23 Louisiana 21
Texas State Bobcats field goal
Another Louisiana turnovers is converted into a field goal for Bobcats.
6:59 3Q | Texas State 23 Louisiana 14
HALF | Texas State 20 Louisiana 14
Touchdown Louisiana football
Another big-play touchdown pass from Chriss. This time he finds a wide open Peter LeBlanc for the 34-yard TD.
Cajuns needed that score desperately.
3:56 2Q | Texas State 20 UL 14
Field goal Texas State Bobcats
Texas State pads its lead with a field goal. Bobcats turn the UL red zone fumble into 3 points.
Mason Shipley's second FG today.
6:46 Texas State leads 20-7
Touchdown Texas State Bobcats
Bobcats take advantage of a couple of careless penalties from the Ragin' Cajuns and end up scoring from the 2. Finley hit Cole Wilson on the jet pass for the TD.
Early second quarter, Texas State has taken a two-score lead, 17-7.
END 1 | Texas State 10 Louisiana football 7
Field goal Texas State football
UL defense bends but doesn't break that drive. Texas State settles for the 37-yard field goal to regain the lead, 10-7.
13 plays, 60 yards for the Bobcats that drive but not enough for a TD.
4:21 1Q
Touchdown Louisiana
10 plays 70 yards, 4:27 off the clock. If you the Cajuns that's what you want all day. Long drives that end in touchdowns.
Zeon Chriss hits Dre'Lyn Washington for the 4-yard TD pass. First career TD catch for the Washington.
We're tied, 7-7. 7:43
Touchdown Texas State
Bobcats go the ground on the opening possession and it pays off.
Running back Ismail Mahdi went up the gut untouched for the 10-yard touchdown run. He had four rushes for 27 yards that first drive.
Bobcats up early. 7-0. 12:10 1Q
Due to funky scheduling, Louisiana football breaks out of a three-week hiatus from Sun Belt Conference play this weekend.
And it's a big one. The Ragin' Cajuns (3-2, 0-1), who dropped their conference game at Old Dominion back in Week 2, host a Texas State team that's off to one of its best starts in program history under first-year head coach G.J. Kinne inside Cajun Field on Saturday (2:30 p.m., ESPNU).
Auburn transfer quarterback T.J. Finely, who signed with LSU football out of Ponchatoula High School, has been the X-factor to the hot start for the Bobcats (4-1). Finley ranks first in the Sun Belt in passing efficiency and points responsible at 80 through five games, and is second in passing yards at 1,393, which also sits 12th in FBS.
UL freshman QB Zeon Chriss, who stepped in for an injured Ben Wooldridge three games ago, has led the league in passer rating since taking over at the position. Chriss has completed 67% of his passes this season for 595 yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions.
A win for the Cajuns puts them right back in the thick of the West division race but a second conference loss could possibly be too deep a hole to climb out of.
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Louisiana football faces Sun Belt Conference West foe Texas State at 2:30 p.m. at ESPNU
Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers and Cajuns coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU/UL athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
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