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Following his team's 77-31 rout of Texas State on Saturday afternoon, Arkansas State football Coach Butch Jones donned a T-shirt at the postgame news conference that read "2023 Bowl Bound" with a Red Wolves logo above.
Texas State outyarded the Red Wolves, had 36 more plays from scrimmage and held an eight-minute advantage in possession time — yet lost by 46 points Saturday to an opponent that entered the game ranked 92nd in scoring out of 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. ASU’s 77-31 victory made the Red Wolves the 15th FBS team since 2000 to score at least 75 points in a league game and the first in the Sun Belt Conference. The point total was the highest in a conference game since SMU outscored Houston 77-63 in the American Athletic Conference last year.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas posted its fifth defensive score and its sixth non-offensive touchdown of the season on Saturday with Alfahiym Walcott's 33-yard interception return against Florida International.
The Arkansas State Red Wolves defeated the Texas State Bobcats 77 to 31 Saturday and have become bowl eligible for the first time in four years.
Arkansas State (6-5, 4-3 Sun Belt Conference) was trailing 17-14 when Cross finished off a 75-yard drive with a 42-yard run, giving the Red Wolves the lead for good with 9:14 left before halftime.