SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Texas-San Antonio built a big lead and held off a fourth-quarter rally for a 31-24 victory in the Alamodome on Saturday.
UTSA (6-4) had a 31-10 lead early in the fourth as Eric Soza passed for a pair of touchdowns and Evans Okotcha ran for a score.
But McNeese (6-4) roared back on a 6-yard TD pass from Cody Stroud to Dylan Long with 6:18 left and a 3-yard scoring run by Marcus Wiltz with 3:05 remaining.
Soza completed 24 of 37 passes for 262 yards and a pair of TDs, and was not sacked. Stroud completed 34 of 46 passes for 346 yards and two TDs.
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| Scoring Summary |
| MCN | Wes Briscoe 12 yd pass from Cody Stroud (Josh Lewis kick) |
| TXSA | Evans Okotcha 23 yd pass from Eric Soza (Kristian Stern kick) |
| MCN | Josh Lewis 36 yd FG |
| TXSA | Eric Soza 4 yd run (Kristian Stern kick) |
| TXSA | Evans Okotcha 9 yd run (Kristian Stern kick) |
| TXSA | Brandon Armstrong 31 yd pass from Eric Soza (Kristian Stern kick) |
| TXSA | Kristian Stern 31 yd FG |
| MCN | Dylan Long 6 yd pass from Cody Stroud (Josh Lewis kick) |
| MCN | Marcus Wiltz 3 yd run (Josh Lewis kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| MCN | TXSA | |
| First Downs | 29 | 22 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 6-12 | 12-19 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 72-439 | 69-358 |
| Rushes-Yds | 26-93 | 32-96 |
| Passing Yds | 346 | 262 |
| Kick Return Yds | 102 | 52 |
| Punt Return Yds | 6 | 0 |
| Passes | 34-46-1 | 24-37-0 |
| Punts | 3-111 | 5-208 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 9-95 | 7-62 |
| Time of Poss. | 28:39 | 31:21 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| MCN: Marcus Wiltz 12-63, Javaris Murray 5-16, Darius Carey 3-14, Champlain Babin 2-8, Kelvin Bennett 2-5, Cody Stroud 2--13 |
| TXSA: Evans Okotcha 10-50, Kam Jones 4-27, David Glasco 10-11, Eric Soza 4-8, Brandon Armstrong 1-5, Team 1--2, Brian Vaughn 2--3 |
| PASSING |
| MCN: Cody Stroud 34-46-346-1 |
| TXSA: Eric Soza 24-37-262-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| MCN: Wes Briscoe 6-99, Diontae Spencer 6-62, Darius Carey 4-50, Champlain Babin 4-21, Damion Dixon 3-28, Marcus Wiltz 2-20, DeVionte Edmonson 2-17, Dylan Long 2-13, Ernest Celestie 2-12, Josh Jordan 1-12, Javaris Murray 1-6, Kendale Thomas 1-6 |
| TXSA: Evans Okotcha 3-37, Josiah Monroe 3-33, Kam Jones 3-31, Marcellus Mack 3-26, Brandon Freeman 2-40, Earon Holmes 2-19, Nate Shaw 2-11, Kenny Harrison 2-4, Brandon Armstrong 1-31, Seth Grubb 1-18, David Glasco 1-6, Cole Hubble 1-6 |
