Troy Stuffs Texas State on Senior Day

Friday, November 24

Troy, Ala.

3 p.m.

Troy University

9-2 , 6-1

Texas State

2-10 , 1-7

1st

2nd

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Texas State

Troy

11/24/2017 8:26:00 PM | Football

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By: Jace Sanders

TROY, Alabama – Troy lit up the scoreboard with its most points against an FBS opponent in school history on its way to a 62-9 rout of Texas State in Sun Belt play Friday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Troy's (9-2, 6-1 Sun Belt) 62-point explosion is its most in a Sun Belt game and the most since defeating Savannah State, 66-3, in 2013. The Trojans posted 641 offensive yards, the sixth-most in the school's Division I history. Troy has now won 20 of its last 25 games dating back to the 2015 season.

The victory puts Troy in control of its path to a Sun Belt title as it sets up a showdown with Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Ark., next Saturday. A victory by the Trojans would secure Troy's sixth conference title and first since 2010.

Brandon Silvers made the most of Senior Day, throwing for 380 yards (22-for-30) and four touchdowns in the first half. Silvers moved into second in school history for career touchdowns responsible for with 80 and fifth in league history in career passing yards with 10,130.

Senior Jordan Chunn added his 47^th career rushing touchdown on a 43-yard carry to move within one score of tying the Sun Belt's all-time record. Chunn rushed for 82 yards on 10 carries to lead the Trojan ground attack.

The Trojans jumped out to a 41-0 lead by halftime behind Silvers' and Chunn's five combined touchdowns – Tyler Sumpter tacked on two field goals.

Texas State (2-10, 1-7) got on the board with a 3-yard run from Damian Williams in the third quarter. Williams completed 12 of his 17 passes for 136 yards and two interceptions in the game.

Troy rattled off 21 unanswered points after the Bobcat touchdown, highlighted by a 59-yard touchdown pass from Kaleb Barker to Richard Hallman – career firsts for both.

The Sun Belt's top defense forced four turnovers – Cedarius Rookard and Jawon McDowell picked off a pass each, while Hunter Reese and Tyler Murray both forced a fumble. The Trojans also had 13 tackles for loss and three sacks.

Quotable – Troy Head Coach Neal Brown
"This is a big win. This is a game that was without a doubt the best we've played all year in all three phases. We could see it coming. We had a really good bye week. This was probably the most fun we've had as a staff coaching this group this week. We had 21 seniors that we honored and they're a special group; to me individually and to our staff. I'm proud of how they handled today."

Stat Geek
• Troy entered the game with a 6.90 scoring differential in the second quarter – good for fifth-best in the country – the Trojans outscored Texas State 24-0 in the second quarter to improve to 108-15 on the season (8.45 per game).

Notable
• Troy's 641 yards of total offense rank as the sixth-most in the school's FBS history, while the 487 passing yards are the fifth-most. The Trojans' 62 points rank as the fifth-most in the school's Division I history (1999-pr.) and the third-most in the school's FBS history (2001-pr.).

• Brandon Silvers threw four touchdowns on the afternoon for his second multi-touchdown game of the season and the 18^th of his career. Silvers threw for 380 yards in the game to eclipse the 10,000-yard mark in his career – moving into fifth place in Sun Belt history with his 10,133.

• The Trojan defense finished with 13 tackles for loss in the game, marking the fourth time this season it has reached double digits in the category. It is tied for the ninth most in a Sun Belt game in school history.

• Troy forced four turnovers in the game tying a season-high; the Trojans also forced four in its victory at LSU.

• Troy set the single-season attendance record with 146,737 fans for the season and 24,456 per game ... the previous records were 135,203 and 22,534, both set last season.