SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - Shaun Rutherford threw for one touchdown and used his legs to run for another Saturday to lead Texas State to a 38-7 victory over visiting Idaho.
Rutherford led the Bobcats offense, completing 14 of 19 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown while scrambling 15 times for 85 yards and another score. Rutherford hooked up with Andy Erickson on a 31-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, than had a 9-yard touchdown run with 6:55 to go in the first half.
Texas State (3-3, 1-0 WAC) amassed 519 yards of total offense against a Vandals defensive unit seemingly not up to the task and didn't turn the ball over once.
Idaho (1-6, 1-1) trailed 14-0 before James Baker scored a touchdown at the 5:07 mark in the second quarter, making it 14-6, but the Bobcats scored 24 unanswered points in the second half to cruise to victory.
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| Scoring Summary |
| TXSTSM | Andy Erickson 31 yd pass from Shaun Rutherford (Will Johnson kick) |
| TXSTSM | Shaun Rutherford 9 yd run (Will Johnson kick) |
| IDAHO | James Baker 3 yd run (Trey Farquhar kick) |
| TXSTSM | Terrence Franks 5 yd run (Will Johnson kick) |
| TXSTSM | Will Johnson 35 yd FG |
| TXSTSM | Marcus Curry 24 yd run (Will Johnson kick) |
| TXSTSM | Duke DeLancellotti 6 yd run (Will Johnson kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| IDAHO | TXSTSM | |
| First Downs | 15 | 25 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 4-12 | 5-11 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 58-315 | 66-519 |
| Rushes-Yds | 24-104 | 47-337 |
| Passing Yds | 211 | 182 |
| Kick Return Yds | 33 | 70 |
| Punt Return Yds | -5 | 76 |
| Passes | 19-34-2 | 14-19-0 |
| Punts | 5-228 | 2-85 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 7-73 | 11-105 |
| Time of Poss. | 24:2 | 35:58 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| IDAHO: James Baker 8-48, Ryan Bass 5-36, Todd Handley 3-27, Logan Bushnell 4--2, Dominique Blackman 4--5 |
| TXSTSM: Shaun Rutherford 15-85, Marcus Curry 12-84, Terrence Franks 9-56, Robert Lowe 2-48, Tim Gay 5-27, Tim Hawkins 2-25, Duke DeLancellotti 1-6, David Farris 1-6 |
| PASSING |
| IDAHO: Dominique Blackman 15-28-161-1, Logan Bushnell 4-6-50-1 |
| TXSTSM: Shaun Rutherford 14-19-182-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| IDAHO: Jahrie Level 5-87, Mike Scott 5-29, Todd Handley 2-39, Justin Veltung 2-19, Ryan Bass 2-14, Najee Lovett 2-13, Justin Parkins 1-10 |
| TXSTSM: Andy Erickson 3-48, Chase Harper 3-25, Deche Milburn 3-23, Brandon Smith 2-15, Jafus Gaines 1-34, Terrence Franks 1-32, Benjamin Ijah 1-5 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Idaho | 6th Western Athletic | 1-5 | 1-11 |
| Texas State | 5th Western Athletic | 2-4 | 4-8 |
