Texas-San Antonio 52, Texas Southern 24
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO - Frank Harris passed for 392 yards and four touchdowns, De'Corian Clark had three touchdown catches and UTSA pulled away in the second half to beat FCS-member Texas Southern 52-24.
Harris threw a 69-yard scoring strike to Clark just 47 seconds into the third quarter to push a four-point halftime lead to a 28-17 advantage for UTSA (2-2).
Harris added a 23-yard touchdown toss to Joshua Cephus later in the third quarter and hooked up with Zakhari Franklin for a 35-yarder 11 seconds into the fourth. Backup quarterback Eddie Lee Marburger connected with Clark for a 7-yard score to cap the scoring.
Harris completed 20 of 31 passes for the Roadrunners. Clark finished with nine receptions for 217 yards and tied his school record with three receiving touchdowns. Harris and Clark connected for a 31-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Chris Carpenter returned a kickoff 97 yards for a score in the first quarter.
Andrew Body had 229 yards on 17-of-32 passing with a touchdown and two interceptions for the Tigers (1-3). He added two touchdown runs. Jacorey Howard led all rushers with 88 yards on 12 carries.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
TxSo | Tx-SA |
| Tx-SA |
TD |
10:06 |
Frank Harris 19 yd run (Jared Sackett kick) |
0 |
7 |
| TxSo |
TD |
3:31 |
Andrew Body 4 yd run (Richard Garcia III kick) |
7 |
7 |
| Tx-SA |
TD |
3:18 |
Chris Carpenter 97 yd kick return (Jared Sackett kick) |
7 |
14 |
| Second Quarter |
TxSo | Tx-SA |
| Tx-SA |
TD |
5:25 |
De'Corian Clark 31 yd pass from Frank Harris (Jared Sackett kick) |
7 |
21 |
| TxSo |
TD |
4:29 |
Andrew Body 4 yd run (Richard Garcia III kick) |
14 |
21 |
| TxSo |
FG |
0:00 |
Richard Garcia III 20 yd FG |
17 |
21 |
| Third Quarter |
TxSo | Tx-SA |
| Tx-SA |
TD |
14:13 |
De'Corian Clark 69 yd pass from Frank Harris (Jared Sackett kick) |
17 |
28 |
| Tx-SA |
TD |
5:37 |
Joshua Cephus 23 yd pass from Frank Harris (Jared Sackett kick) |
17 |
35 |
| TxSo |
TD |
1:25 |
Jacorey Howard 33 yd pass from Andrew Body (Richard Garcia III kick) |
24 |
35 |
| Fourth Quarter |
TxSo | Tx-SA |
| Tx-SA |
TD |
14:49 |
Zakhari Franklin 35 yd pass from Frank Harris (Jared Sackett kick) |
24 |
42 |
| Tx-SA |
FG |
12:00 |
Jared Sackett 43 yd FG |
24 |
45 |
| Tx-SA |
TD |
5:51 |
De'Corian Clark 7 yd pass from Eddie Lee Marburger (Jared Sackett kick) |
24 |
52 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Texas Southern |
UTSA |
| First downs |
22 |
21 |
| Rushing |
11 |
5 |
| Passing |
10 |
16 |
| Penalty |
1 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
9-20, 45% |
1-8, 13% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
1-2, 50% |
| Rushes-Yards |
50-235 |
27-112 |
| Passing Yards |
229 |
441 |
| Return Yards |
122 |
149 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
17-32-2 |
23-34-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--4 |
0-0 |
| Punts |
7 |
4 |
| Punts-Average |
37.6 |
60.5 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
2-2 |
| Penalties - Yards |
3-35 |
5-70 |
| Time of Possession |
38:01 |
21:59 |
| Texas Southern Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| A. Body |
17 |
32 |
229 |
1 |
2 |
| Texas Southern Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Texas Southern Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| R. Garcia III |
7 |
263 |
37.6 |
| UTSA Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| L. Dean |
4 |
242 |
60.5 |
| UTSA Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Cephus |
3 |
14 |
4.7 |
| Texas Southern Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Lewis |
4 |
117 |
29.3 |
| UTSA Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| C. Carpenter |
2 |
120 |
60.0 |
| UTSA Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
