Louisiana-Lafayette 41, Texas State 13
Associated Press
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Chandler Fields threw two touchdown passes and Louisiana-Lafayette became bowl eligible with a 41-13 victory over Texas State.
Fields gave Louisiana-Lafayette (6-6, 4-4 Sun Belt) the lead for good in the first quarter when he threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Chris Smith for a 7-3 lead with 5:35 left in the first quarter.
Seth Keller's second field goal pulled Texas State (4-8, 2-6) within 7-6 at the 10-minute mark of the second quarter. Kenneth Almendares sandwiched two field goals around freshman Dre'lyn Washington's 8-yard touchdown run in the final 5:38 to send the Ragin' Cajuns into the locker room up 20-6.
ULL went 61 yards in eight plays on its opening drive of the second half, scoring on Smith's 1-yard run for a 27-6 lead. Texas State's Lincoln Pare answered with a 64-yard touchdown run on the Bobcats' ensuing drive to cut their deficit to 14 after three quarters.
Fields' 3-yard touchdown pass to Peter LeBlanc made it 34-13 early in the final quarter. Freshman backup Zeon Chriss threw his first collegiate touchdown pass - a 37-yarder to Lance LaGendre to complete the scoring.
Fields connected on 16 of 26 passes for 187 yards with one interception for ULL. Chriss, who was 0-for-3 passing coming in, completed 5 of 6 for 84 yards.
Pare, a sophomore, finished with a career-high 221 yards on the ground, carrying 28 times. The rest of the Bobcats offense managed 135 yards.
November 26, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
UL-Laf | TxSt |
| TxSt |
FG |
12:01 |
Seth Keller 38 yd FG |
0 |
3 |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
5:35 |
Chris Smith 18 yd pass from Chandler Fields (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
7 |
3 |
| Second Quarter |
UL-Laf | TxSt |
| TxSt |
FG |
10:00 |
Seth Keller 40 yd FG |
7 |
6 |
| UL-Laf |
FG |
5:38 |
Kenneth Almendares 33 yd FG |
10 |
6 |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
3:24 |
Dre'lyn Washington 8 yd run (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
17 |
6 |
| UL-Laf |
FG |
0:00 |
Kenneth Almendares 27 yd FG |
20 |
6 |
| Third Quarter |
UL-Laf | TxSt |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
12:19 |
Chris Smith 1 yd run (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
27 |
6 |
| TxSt |
TD |
10:23 |
Lincoln Pare 64 yd run (Seth Keller kick) |
27 |
13 |
| Fourth Quarter |
UL-Laf | TxSt |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
12:08 |
Peter LeBlanc 3 yd pass from Chandler Fields (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
34 |
13 |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
2:58 |
Lance Legendre 37 yd pass from Zeon Chriss (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
41 |
13 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Louisiana |
Texas State |
| First downs |
27 |
15 |
| Rushing |
10 |
8 |
| Passing |
16 |
7 |
| Penalty |
1 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
6-11, 55% |
7-15, 47% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-2, 50% |
0-1, 0% |
| Rushes-Yards |
36-165 |
37-223 |
| Passing Yards |
271 |
133 |
| Return Yards |
97 |
50 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
21-32-1 |
13-27-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--6 |
2--12 |
| Punts |
2 |
5 |
| Punts-Average |
53 |
35.2 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
1-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
3-25 |
4-35 |
| Time of Possession |
30:34 |
29:26 |
| Louisiana Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Fields |
16 |
26 |
187 |
2 |
1 |
| Z. Chriss |
5 |
6 |
84 |
1 |
0 |
| Texas State Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| L. Hatcher |
13 |
27 |
133 |
0 |
1 |
| Louisiana Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Washington |
10 |
73 |
7.3 |
1 |
| C. Smith |
13 |
69 |
5.3 |
1 |
| C. Fields |
5 |
28 |
5.6 |
0 |
| Z. Chriss |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| Z. Perry |
5 |
-6 |
-1.2 |
0 |
| Texas State Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Pare |
28 |
221 |
7.9 |
1 |
| E. Abdallah |
4 |
8 |
2.0 |
0 |
| D. Good |
2 |
6 |
3.0 |
0 |
| D. Moorer |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| L. Hatcher |
2 |
-12 |
-6.0 |
0 |
| Louisiana Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| M. Jefferson |
6 |
81 |
13.5 |
0 |
| L. Legendre |
4 |
81 |
20.3 |
1 |
| C. Smith |
3 |
36 |
12.0 |
1 |
| D. Fleming |
2 |
17 |
8.5 |
0 |
| J. Stephens, Jr. |
1 |
15 |
15.0 |
0 |
| P. LeBlanc |
2 |
13 |
6.5 |
1 |
| N. Johnson |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
| D. Washington |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
| P. Migl |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| Texas State Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Brown |
3 |
60 |
20.0 |
0 |
| R. Groves |
3 |
32 |
10.7 |
0 |
| D. Moorer |
2 |
13 |
6.5 |
0 |
| D. Jackson |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
| C. Speights |
2 |
9 |
4.5 |
0 |
| D. Good |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| L. Pare |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| Louisiana Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| E. Garror |
1 |
0 |
| Texas State Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| D. Mask |
1 |
0 |
| Louisiana Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| R. Byrns |
2 |
106 |
53.0 |
| Texas State Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| S. O'Kelly |
4 |
161 |
40.3 |
| Louisiana Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| E. Garror |
1 |
29 |
29.0 |
| Texas State Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| R. Groves |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Louisiana Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| E. Garror |
2 |
33 |
16.5 |
| C. Smith |
1 |
35 |
35.0 |
| N. Johnson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas State Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Moorer |
4 |
50 |
12.5 |
| Louisiana Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Texas State Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
