Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Texas State Bobcats Match Player Stats On Nov 10, 2012

No. 20 Louisiana Tech 62, Texas State 55: Kenneth Dixon scored five touchdowns จC including four in the first half จC to set an NCAA rushing record for a freshman as the visiting Bulldogs outlasted the Bobcats.

Dixon ran for 144 yards and four touchdowns จC giving him an NCAA-record 24 rushing scores this season จC and Colby Cameron threw for 337 yards for Louisiana Tech (9-1, 4-0 WAC), which will host co-conference leader Utah State next Saturday in a game that likely will decide the conference champion.

In a contest that featured 69 first downs and 1,204 yards of total offense, the heavily favored Bulldogs could not pull away from Texas State (3-6, 1-3), which had scored more than 21 points only once over its previous five games.

After Dixon scored his final rushing touchdown to give Louisiana Tech its biggest lead at 48-34 with 11:17 left in the third quarter, Terrence Franks cut the deficit in half with a 22-yard scoring run and Shaun Rutherford threw a touchdown pass 3:16 later as the Bobcats knotted the game at 48 early in the fourth.

However, the Bulldogsกฏ quick-strike offense needed just over two minutes to retake the lead on a Ray Holley 6-yard run and Cameron added an insurance score with 3:23 left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The teams combined for 77 points and 763 total yards จC including 340 yards on the ground จC in the first half. กญ In addition to recording the first receiving touchdown of his career, Dixon's second touchdown run broke the old record of 21 rushing scores by a freshman by San Diego Stateกฏs Marshall Faulk (1991) and Virginia Techกฏs Ryan Williams (2009). กญ Cameron, who already held the NCAA record for most consecutive pass attempts without an interception in one season, broke the record for the most interception-free attempts over multiple seasons held by Russell Wilson on a completion to Myles White midway through the first quarter.