Cold night here at Memorial Stadium as the #15 Tarleton Texans take on the #18 Midwestern State Mustangs. Both teams come into tonight's contest with a 5-1 record and looking to improve on that. Kickoff is coming up next.
> The Texans have started out slow here so far. The pass defense has looked suspect so far as the Mustang quarterback was able to go 3 for 3 on the opening drive including a 36 yard strike to a wide open reciver streakin down the middle of the field. Tarleton did hit a bit of luck however when Midwestern kicker Jose Martinez slipped during his extra point attempt causing it to bounce off the right upright. Mustangs jump out to an early lead at 6-0.
> Texans are still not on track allowing Midwestern to methodically drive down the field and into the endzone with a 16 yard strike from quarterback Zack Eskridge to wide reciever Sheldon Galloway. The Tarleton defense is getting very little pressure on Eskridge and allowing the receivers to get open in the soft spots in coverage. The Texan offense will look to turn things around as they come back out on the field with the Mustangs 13-0.
> Tarleton was finally able to get a little bit going offensively as they were led down the field by runningbck Evan Robertson and quarterback Scott Grantham. They drove 61 yards downfield until they were finally stalled at the Mustang 27 yard line. Garrett Lindholm came on and made his first attempt of the night from 44 yards out to put the Texans on the board for the first time tonight. Mustangs still lead 13-3.
> After the first points of the night the Texans allow the Mustangs to drive down the field to score on another connection from Eskridge to Galloway, this time on a 27 yard scoring strike. Mustangs go out and convert the 2 point conversion making the score 21-3.
HALFTIME: The Texans started out very slow tonight as they allowed Midwestern State to jump out to a 21-3 lead early. The Texan defense was very lacking at first giving up 119 yards through the air along with 3 touchdowns. They finally started to pick things up in the back end of the 2nd quarter. The offense also had a hard time getting things going as Grantham was repeatedly hurried and the runningbacks had very slim choosing when picking their running lanes. Luckily the Texans were able to escape the 1st half down by only 11 points as the 2 minute offense got things going. Mustangs are still leading 21-10 as they get ready to start the 2nd half.
> The Texans are alive. Come out of halftime and force a Midwestern 3 and out. They put the ball in the hands of Scott Grantham and Roderick Smith as they drive 66 yards to the endzone, capped off by a 13 yard Roderick Smith touchdown. Texans close the gap with the score now standing at 21-17.
> Tarleton's defensive woes rear its ugly head as they allow the Mustangs to drive 84 yards on 9 plays. Mustang quarterback Zack Eskridge passed for 85 yards on the drive highlighted by the 21 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Andy Tanner. Wide receiver David Little was also able to get behind the Texan coverage and caught a 47 yard bomb down the middle of the field. We will see if the Texan offense can continue its hot streak into the endzone again.
> Tarleton takes the ball at their own 9 yard line and drives the ball 91 yards to score again. Grantham capped off the drive with a 1 yard plunge into the end zone. The play was highlighted by a 40 yard scamper up the middle and then a nice lateral shift to the left sideline by Roderick Smith. Texan defense will look to get a huge stop here and give the offense a chance to take the lead.
> WHAT A BALLGAME!!! The Texan special teams comes through huge in the last minute of this one. Tarleton takes the ball from their own 2 yd line and drive it all the way to the Midwestern 19 yard line where Garrett Lindholm kicked his 2nd field goal of the night, this time from 36 yards out. That tied the game at 28 each. On the ensuing kickoff, Midwestern fumbles and allows Tarleton to recover on the Midwestern 38 yard line with 7 seconds left. After a quick incompletion Lindholm trotted on the field with 3 seconds left and booted a school record 55 yard field goal as time expires to give the Texans a victory by the score of 31-28.
GAME NOTES: Grantham finished 27-47 for 353 yards and 1 touchdown...Roderick Smith and Evan Robertson did their job on the ground finishing with 159 yards...The Texan defense stepped up when it mattered most with a HUGE interception by Brandon Johnson in his own endzone...Texans next home matchup is homecoming weekend against #2 Abilene Christian University, be sure to come out and support your Tarleton Texans!
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