Texas St. 38, N. Colorado 35

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	29
Total Yards	407	568
Passing	227	392
Rushing	180	176
Penalties	8-80	9-65
3rd Down Conversions	5-15	6-15
4th Down Conversions	1-2	3-4
Turnovers	2	5
Possession	31:51	28:09

Air/Ground Leaders
Texas State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Toon 18/36 227 1 1	Northern Colorado Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Waggener 31/51 392 3 3
Texas State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Zwinggi 16 109 1 32 Canady 11 34 2 8	Northern Colorado Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Smith 2 78 1 80 Woods 11 54 1 10
Texas State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Luke 4 70 0 20 Canady 4 50 1 30	Northern Colorado Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Smith 2 111 1 75 Thompson 8 80 1 13

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				TXST	UNCO
	TD	14:46	Brandon Smith 80 Yd Run (Michael York Kick)	0	7
	TD	09:50	Alvin Canady 30 Yd Pass From Clint Toon (Andrew Ireland Kick)	7	7
	TD	07:23	Alvin Canady 3 Yd Run (Andrew Ireland Kick)	14	7
	TD	07:15	Joe Bell 26 Yd Interception Return (Andrew Ireland Kick)	21	7
	TD	03:16	Cory Fauver 22 Yd Pass From Bryan Waggener (Michael York Kick)	21	14
SECOND QUARTER				TXST	UNCO
	TD	13:34	David Woods 8 Yd Run (Michael York Kick)	21	21
	TD	10:02	Stan Zwinggi 11 Yd Run (Andrew Ireland Kick)	28	21
THIRD QUARTER				TXST	UNCO
	TD	03:45	Alex Thompson 13 Yd Pass From Bryan Waggener (Michael York Kick)	28	28
	TD	00:20	Alvin Canady 5 Yd Run (Andrew Ireland Kick)	35	28
	TD	00:01	Brandon Smith 75 Yd Pass From Bryan Waggener (Michael York Kick)	35	35
FOURTH QUARTER				TXST	UNCO
	FG	02:11	Andrew Ireland 29 Yd	38	35

GREELEY, Colo. -- Andrew Ireland kicked a 29-yard field goal to give Texas State a late lead, and the defense recovered a fumble at the 1-yard line in the final seconds to seal a 38-35 win Saturday over Northern Colorado.

Northern Colorado (0-2) trailed 35-28 late in the third quarter after Alvin Canady's 5-yard touchdown run for Texas State with 20 seconds left. On the first play of the next possession, Bryan Waggener connected with Brandon Smith on a 75-yard TD pass. Michael York's kick was good to tie it 35-35.

After Ireland's kick with 2:11 left in the game, Northern Colorado marched down the field. On third and 10 at the Texas State 31-yard line, Waggener completed a 30-yard pass to Ryan Chesla to get to the 1-yard line. With 19 seconds left, Waggener fumbled on the next play, and Texas State (2-1) recovered to seal the win.

Waggener was 31-for-51 passing for 392 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.

Clint Toon completed 18 passes on 32 attempts for 227 yards, an interception and a touchdown in his first start at quarterback for Texas State.

Canady scored three touchdowns and had 84 all-purpose yards for Texas State.