Lamb, Appalachian St hold on for 20-13 win over Texas State

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Texas State comes up inches short of tying App State

Texas State cannot get the snap off in time to tie Appalachian State in the final seconds of the game.

Sep 17, 2017, 05:36 am

SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Taylor Lamb accounted for 209 total yards and threw for a touchdown and the Appalachian State offense shook off a slow start to help the Mountaineers beat Texas State 20-13 on Saturday night.

Lamb was 17-of-28 passing for 167 yards and added five carries for 42 yards while Terrance Upshaw had 60 yards rushing and a touchdown for Appalachian State (2-1, 1-0 Sun Belt).

The Mountaineers had 29 total yards, and three three-and-outs, after their first five possessions before closing the first half with a 12-play, 74-yard drive- capped by Lamb's 6-yard TD pass to Thomas Hennigan -- that trimmed their deficit to 10-7 just seconds before halftime. Appalachian State then scored on its first three possessions of the second half: Michael Rubino kicked field goals of 27 and 46 yards and Upshaw had a 1-yard TD run as the Mountaineers took a 20-13 lead with 6:48 to play.

Texas State (1-2, 0-1) recovered a fumble by Lamb with 2:26 left and went 98 yards on 14 plays before Elijah King was tackled by A.J. Howard at the 1 and time expired.

Damian Williams threw for 260 yards and a score and King had six receptions for 112 yards for the Bobcats.

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