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 | |  | | Texas Southern (0-2) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | | Arkansas St. (2-0) | 31 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 83 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Arkansas St.: DAVID JOHNSON 53 YD PASS FROM COREY LEONARD (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: TREVOR GILLOTT 39 YD PASS FROM COREY LEONARD (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: JAVON MCKINNON 25 YD FUMBLE RETURN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: JOSH ARAUCO 33 YD FG | | | Arkansas St.: JEFF BLAKE 2 YD PASS FROM COREY LEONARD (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: DAVID JOHNSON 25 YD PASS FROM COREY LEONARD (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: REGGIE ARNOLD 2 YD RUN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: REGGIE ARNOLD 56 YD RUN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Texas Southern: ROBERT HERSH 34 YD FG | | | Arkansas St.: DEREK LAWSON 5 YD RUN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: JOSH ARAUCO 30 YD FG | | | Arkansas St.: TRAVIS HEWITT 8 YD RUN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Texas Southern: WILLIAM OSBORNE 32 YD PASS FROM BOBBY REID (ROBERT HERSH KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: JEFF BLAKE 15 YD RUN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | | | Arkansas St.: DEMARIO DAVIS 53 YD FUMBLE RETURN (JOSH ARAUCO KICK) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Arkansas St. | Texas Southern | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 13 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 670 | 223 | | Total Plays | 54 | 70 | | Average Gain | 12.4 | 3.2 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 441 | 95 | | Rushes | 44 | 39 | | Average per rush | 10 | 2.4 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 229 | 128 | | Completions-attempted | 9-10 | 10-31 | | Sacked | 0 | 2 | | Yards Lost | 0 | -21 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 1 | 5 | | Interceptions | 0 | 2 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 3 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 9 | 8 | | Penalty Yards | 83 | 60 | | Time of Possesion | 30:14 | 29:46 | | Punts | 1 | 7 | | Punt Average | 38 | 43.29 | | Return Yards | 173 | 214 |
| Passing | | Arkansas St. | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Corey Leonard | 9 | 10 | 229 | 4 | 0 | 22.9 | | | Texas Southern | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Cornelius Harmon | 7 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | | | Bobby Reid | 3 | 12 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 4.4 | |
| Rushing | | Arkansas St. | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Derek Lawson | 18 | 209 | 1 | 11.6 | | | Reggie Arnold | 8 | 123 | 2 | 15.4 | | | Jeff Blake | 5 | 40 | 1 | 8.0 | | | Jermaine Robertson | 5 | 32 | 0 | 6.4 | | | Travis Hewitt | 3 | 22 | 1 | 7.3 | | | Corey Leonard | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21.0 | | | Brice Beck | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Jahbari McLennan | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4.0 | | | Team | 2 | -7 | 0 | -3.5 | | | Texas Southern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Lucas Caparelli | 10 | 41 | 0 | 4.1 | | | William Woods | 11 | 27 | 0 | 2.5 | | | Bobby Reid | 5 | 27 | 0 | 5.4 | | | Jerrell Mabry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | | | Marcus Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Cornelius Harmon | 8 | -2 | 0 | -0.3 | |
| Receiving | | Arkansas St. | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | David Johnson | 3 | 87 | 2 | 29.0 | | | Jahbari McLennan | 1 | 74 | 0 | 74.0 | | | Trevor Gillott | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39.0 | | | Jarriel Norman | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | | | Reggie Arnold | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Anthony Robinson | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Jeff Blake | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | | | Texas Southern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | William Osborne | 5 | 68 | 1 | 13.6 | | | Brian Haith | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Roland Robins | 1 | 39 | 0 | 39.0 | | | Andrew Thomas | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Marcus Wright | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | |
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