Gavin Rutherford rushed for two touchdowns and threw for 140 yards, Jaylen Jenkins also ran for a score, and Stephen F<\/p>\n
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Gavin Rutherford rushed for two touchdowns and threw for 140 yards, Jaylen Jenkins also ran for a score, and Stephen F. Austin took down East Texas A&M 44-7 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The Lumberjacks (2-0, 2-0 Southland), ranked 13th in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25<\/a>, won their sixth straight home opener and 12th straight game since an 0-2 start in 2025.<\/p>\n After going three-and-out on their first drive, the Lumberjacks scored on their next three drives to take a 21-7 lead. They took advantage of an interception at the opposing 5-yard line, adding three more points before heading to the locker rooms.<\/p>\n Jenkins broke free for a 40-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter that extended the lead further, and the Lumberjacks got one more field goal before the end of the game.<\/p>\n Preston Alford led with 76 yards rushing on six carries, including a 51-yard dash, and Clayton Wayland reeled in all four of his targets for 46 yards. <\/p>\n Carlos Alvarado went 3-for-3 on field goals, connecting from 23, 26, and 37 yards.<\/p>\n For the Lions, Eric Rodriguez was 9-for-16 passing for 110 yards, a touchdown, and two interceptions.<\/p>\n East Texas A&M: hosts Northwestern State next Saturday.<\/p>\n Stephen F. Austin: visits Abilene Christian next Saturday to begin their nonconference schedule.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here<\/a>, visit the Top 25 here<\/a> and see AP\u2019s full college football coverage here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gavin Rutherford rushed for two touchdowns and threw for 140 yards, Jaylen Jenkins also ran for a score,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,261,416,300,154],"class_list":["post-427841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-college-football","tag-college-sports","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427841","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=427841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}