{"id":427331,"date":"2026-09-05T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427331\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:54:08","slug":"texas-state-returns-to-austin-for-first-texas-matchup-since-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427331\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas State Returns to Austin for First Texas Matchup Since 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The long-awaited rematch between teams that first went head-to-head 96 years ago kicks off today.<\/p>\n<p>Texas hosts the Bobcats at Darrell K Royal\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium, with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>It will be only the second football meeting between the programs. Texas won the first game 36\u20130 in 1930, when Texas State was known as Southwest Texas State Teachers College.<\/p>\n<p>The Longhorns enter Steve Sarkisian\u2019s sixth season after three straight 10-win campaigns. Quarterback Arch Manning threw for 3,163 yards and 26 touchdowns last season, while running back Quintrevion Wisner led Texas with 597 rushing yards.<\/p>\n<p>Texas State comes in after a 7\u20136 season and its third straight year with at least seven wins. The Bobcats averaged 36.5 points per game last season, led by quarterback Brad Jackson, who accounted for 38 touchdowns, and running back Lincoln Pare, who rushed for 1,128 yards and 12 scores.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/man-arrested-accused-of-leaving-gov-abbott-threatening-voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man arrested, accused of leaving Gov. Abbott threatening voicemails<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The game marks the start of the 2026 season for both programs and will air on ESPN. Check back for updates and coverage from today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The long-awaited rematch between teams that first went head-to-head 96 years ago kicks off today.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-427331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}