SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - De'Leon Eskridge was a workhorse for the Spartans on Saturday, recording 25 carries for a career-high 134 yards, scoring his only touchdown of the afternoon on a 32-yard run with 5:23 remaining to put San Jose State up for good in a 31-20 win over Texas State.
San Jose State (6-2, 2-1 WAC) was up 24-20 before Eskridge gave them some breathing room over a pesky Texas State (3-4, 1-1) squad. Spartans quarterback David Fales was 26 of 38 for 376 and two touchdowns. The 571 total yards for the Spartans offense was a season high.
Texas State led 20-17 heading into halftime before Fales found David Freeman on a 78-yard touchdown strike on their second possession of the third quarter to put San Jose State up 24-20.
Bobcats running back Shaun Rutherford carried the ball 14 times for 70 yards including a 45-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
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| Scoring Summary |
| SJST | Austin Lopez 20 yd FG |
| TXSTSM | Marcus Curry 1 yd run (Will Johnson kick) |
| SJST | David Freeman 10 yd run (Austin Lopez kick) |
| TXSTSM | Shaun Rutherford 45 yd run (Will Johnson kick) |
| TXSTSM | Will Johnson 29 yd FG |
| SJST | Chandler Jones 6 yd pass from David Fales (Austin Lopez kick) |
| TXSTSM | Will Johnson 42 yd FG |
| SJST | David Freeman 78 yd pass from David Fales (Austin Lopez kick) |
| SJST | De'Leon Eskridge 32 yd run (Austin Lopez kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| TXSTSM | SJST | |
| First Downs | 10 | 28 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 4-13 | 7-12 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 52-303 | 76-571 |
| Rushes-Yds | 26-173 | 38-195 |
| Passing Yds | 130 | 376 |
| Kick Return Yds | 60 | 66 |
| Punt Return Yds | 54 | 5 |
| Passes | 14-26-2 | 26-38-2 |
| Punts | 6-285 | 3-146 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 7-65 | 2-17 |
| Time of Poss. | 24:8 | 35:52 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| TXSTSM: Shaun Rutherford 14-70, Tim Gay 3-58, Marcus Curry 7-39, Terrence Franks 2-6 |
| SJST: De'Leon Eskridge 25-134, Tyler Ervin 2-37, David Freeman 5-18, Blake Jurich 3-10, Team 3--4 |
| PASSING |
| TXSTSM: Shaun Rutherford 14-26-130-2 |
| SJST: David Fales 26-38-376-2 |
| RECEIVING |
| TXSTSM: Andy Erickson 4-53, Deche Milburn 4-28, Marcus Curry 3-22, Benjamin Ijah 1-12, Chase Harper 1-10, Jafus Gaines 1-5 |
| SJST: Noel Grigsby 6-75, Ryan Otten 4-86, De'Leon Eskridge 4-41, Chandler Jones 4-37, Jabari Carr 3-39, David Freeman 2-76, Peter Tuitupou 1-12, Kyle Nunn 1-7, Ina Liaina 1-3 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Texas State | 5th Western Athletic | 2-4 | 4-8 |
| San Jose State | 2nd Western Athletic | 5-1 | 11-2 |
