The 2023 season's largest margin: Texas State 77, Jackson State 34. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Winning Chapter
Texas State's 2023 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- TJ FinleyQB3,439 passing yards
- Ismail MahdiRB1,331 rushing yards
- Donerio DavenportRB461 rushing yards
- Malik HornsbyWR229 rushing yards
- Joey HobertWR895 receiving yards
- Ashtyn HawkinsWR874 receiving yards
- Kole WilsonWR747 receiving yards
- Brian HollowayLB105 tackles
- Shawn HoltonS92 tackles
- Kaleb CulpS80 tackles
- Ben BellDL10 sacks
- Tavian ColemanDT3.5 sacks
- Deven WrightLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Texas State 31, Arkansas State 77. A 46-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Texas State beat Rice 45-21 in the postseason.
"Eat 'Em Up Cats"
2023 is a middle chapter for Texas State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.