The six home runs are tied for the second most the Vaqueros have ever hit in aroad game. After that second hit, Ariza retired 14 straight batters. Bryan Sturges, who played at UTSA from 2019-20, hit his first of two home runs during the fifth, a two-run shot. Sturges posted his second multi-home run game, going 3-for-4 with a walk, four RBIs and three runs scored. Pimentel went 2-for-6 with an RBIs and two runs scored.
myrgv.comSincere McCormick rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and the UTSA Roadrunners escaped another prolific outing by Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe to beat the Hilltoppers 49-41 and claim their first Conference USA championship at the Alamodome.
No. 15 UTSA is enjoying a dream season after trusting in what could be when few others were as hopeful. Basking in a 9-0 start and the first national ranking in the program’s 10-year history, the Roadrunners are rolling ahead of Saturday's home game against Southern Mississippi. “I’d be lying if I didn’t say this is almost surreal, a dream,” coach Jeff Traylor said.
news.yahoo.comUTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor trolled the College Football Playoff committee and committee chair Gary Barta after the unbeaten Roadrunners were left out of the initial playoff rankings and Barta referred to the Roadrunners as “USTA.”
Edinburg Vela head football coach John Campbell believes there is no better time than now to bring NCAA Division I football to the Valley. “UTSA, prior to football, was probably a campus, a school very similar to UTRGV,” the fifth-year SaberCats coach said. McAllen Memorial first-year head coach Moses Patterson said having a local college football program will “shine some more light on Valley football down here.”“I know it’s a college program and they’re going to go out and recruit. I think football would bring more attention to both UTRGV and the Valley. Sharyland High quarterback Orly Lopez said he believes there will be a trickle-down effect to the Valley high schools, football programs and athletes.
myrgv.comAfter some speculation, it look like Roadrunners football head coach Jeff Traylor will be around for a bit longer. Over the weekend, Traylor signed a 10-year contract extension valued at $28 million with an annual salary of $2.8 million, according to a news release from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He was the associate head coach and running backs coach at the University of Arkansas and Southern Methodist University. He also coached at the University of Texas at Austin, serving as associate head coach for offense and receivers, special teams coordinator, and tight ends coach. He currently leads an undefeated team as the Roadrunners' third head coach in program history.
mysanantonio.comFrank Harris threw for 349 yards and six touchdowns and hauled in a 23-yard touchdown pass himself as Texas-San Antonio out-lasted Western Kentucky in a game that saw the teams combine to score 98 points, earning a 52-46 victory for the Roadrunners’ school-record sixth straight win to start the season.
The Roadrunners remain undefeated, 4-0, after the narrow 31-28 win on the Memphis Tigers' home turf — ending the Tigers' 17 home game win streak. San Antonio was proud, obviously. 'Wow-factor' cruise ship setting sail from TexasNorwegian Cruise Lines is debuting its ambitious new cruise line in Galveston next year. The company is boasting several cruise ship firsts for the Norwegian Prima, including a multi-level nightclub, a dry slide with a 10-story plunge and much more. Spurs star wants you to keep trash out of the San Antonio RiverThe San Antonio River Authority kicked off a new campaign Friday called "Don't Let Litter Trash Your River" with the help of a San Antonio Spurs player.
mysanantonio.comUTSA football opened up fall camp on Friday afternoon at their brand new training center, the Roadrunner Athletics Center of Excellence, and the Roadrunners likely felt like practice was the easy part when compared to finding their way around the new facility.
The university announced that both current graduates and students who missed out on walking the stage last spring and fall will have the chance to enjoy semi-traditional, in-person ceremonies in May. UTSA has also arranged family involvement opportunities to give guests the chance to celebrate the memory with their graduates. UTSA said it took feedback from students on must-have traditions when planning the modified event. Graduating students will have the opportunity to walk the stage and have their name announced. UTSA is also planning on accommodating graduates who wish to walk the stage at a later date, when guests are allowed to attend.
mysanantonio.comSAN ANTONIO – Jhivvan Jackson had 30 points as UTSA edged past Florida Atlantic 84-80 on Friday night. Jacob Germany scored a career-high 26 points plus 12 rebounds and three blocks for UTSA (11-9, 7-6 Conference USA), which earned its fifth straight home victory. Cedrick Alley Jr. added 14 points and eight rebounds. Kenan Blackshear scored a career-high 20 points and had 10 rebounds for the Owls (8-8, 3-4). ___For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25___This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com
SAN ANTONIO – Jhivvan Jackson scored 24 points, including six 3-pointers, as UTSA topped Southern Miss 78-72 on Saturday. LaDavius Draine had 19 points and seven rebounds for the Golden Eagles (7-8, 3-5). DeAndre Pinckney had 12 points and seven rebounds. A Draine 3-pointer pulled Southern Miss as close as 74-70 with 16 seconds remaining, but UTSA closed with four straight free throws. UTSA swept Southern Miss with a 70-64 win on Friday.
WHAT’S AT STAKELouisiana-Lafayette is playing in its third bowl game in a row under coach Billy Napier. UTSA, with first-year coach Jeff Traylor, has a three-game winning streak and is one win away from matching the program record of eight set in 2012. Louisiana-Lafayette has the Sun Belt's best pass defense, allowing 167 yards per game, and gives up 347 total yards per game. The Roadrunners are playing in their first bowl game since the 2016 New Mexico Bowl, when they matched an NCAA modern startup record when playing in a bowl game in only its sixth season as a program. ... UTSA was initially headed to the Frisco Bowl, but that game was canceled after expected opponent SMU had COVID-19 issues.
UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor addresses the media Sunday, December 20, 2020 after finding out the Roadrunners will face the No. Last Sunday, UTSA accepted the invitation to face SMU in their second bowl appearance in program history. That bad news turned into something better for head coach Jeff Traylor and the Roadrunners. UTSA had already accepted a bid to play in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl the day after Christmas. “Obviously, they are nationally ranked, they beat Iowa State, barely lost to Coastal Carolina, beat UAB,” said head coach Jeff Traylor Sunday evening.
When that bowl game was called off because there was not another team available, it suddenly left Army looking for a postseason opponent. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)At a time when team after team had opted out of bowl games, Army found itself in a different sort of situation — left out. “It was a difficult day for all of college football,” said Nick Carparelli, the executive director of Bowl Season, the renamed Football Bowl Association. For the Hokies, the decision ended a 27 straight bowl game run. Some of the canceled bowl games — 15 in all, including three on Sunday alone — included the Bahamas Bowl, Celebration Bowl, Hawaii Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, LA Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, Quick Lane Bowl, Redbox Bowl and Sun Bowl.
Although COVID-19 sidelined Southern Methodist University, leading to the cancellation of the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl, UTSA will still get to appear in a bowl game. The Roadrunners were supposed to play the Mustangs at Toyota Stadium in Frisco on Dec. 19, marking UTSA’s second bowl game in its 10-year history. SMU pulled out of the bowl, however, because contact tracing revealed COVID-19 exposure concerns among its football team. Now, UTSA accepted a bid in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, scheduled for Dec. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas. The Roadrunners last appeared in a bowl game in 2016, when they lost to the New Mexico Lobos 23-20.
SAN ANTONIO – For the second time in the 10-year history of UTSA football, the Roadrunners will play in a bowl game after accepting an invitation to the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl to face SMU. “We’re excited to accept an invitation to play in the Frisco Bowl,” said head coach Jeff Traylor. We love to play football. “We’ve never won a bowl game before. I believe If we were to win 8 games that would tie for the most wins in school history.”UTSA will face SMU in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.
SAN ANTONIO – Frank Harris accounted for a career-high five touchdowns to lead UTSA in a 52-21 rout of UTEP on Saturday. The Roadrunners (5-4, 3-2 Conference USA) had a program-best 600 yards of offense while winning their fourth straight against UTEP (3-4, 0-3). Harris had touchdown runs of 35 and 4 yards, and finished 22 of 26 for 312 yards passing — hitting Zakhari Franklin six times for 118 yards with a 35-yard touchdown. UTSA was also without defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix, who was placed on administrative leave amid an internal investigation. Gavin Hardison fired a 52-yard pass to Jacob Cowing in the end zone for UTEP.
SAN ANTONIO – Anthony Adkins had a career-best 66-yard touchdown run and finished with 101 yards to lead Army to a 28-16 victory over UTSA on Saturday. Army (5-1) then added a touchdown run per quarter each from Jakobi Buchanan, Tyhier Tyler, and freshman quarterback Cade Ballard. Tyler's 37-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter stretched the lead to 21-10. Ballard carried the ball three times and had his first career touchdown run, a 5-yarder in the fourth. Sincere McCormick had 133 yards rushing for UTSA (3-3).
15 BYU past UTSA 27-20 on Saturday. Allgeier posted his second 100-yard game of his career to help rescue an inconsistent BYU offense. Lowell Narcisse threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns – all after halftime – on 17-of-20 passing to lead the Roadrunners. BYU trailed for the first time this season when UTSA took a 3-0 lead on a 39-yard field goal from Hunter Duplessis in the first quarter. The Roadrunners forced a punt, but BYU was able to run out the clock following a roughing the punter penalty with 15 seconds left.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Lowell Narcisse found Zakhari Franklin behind his coverage for an 8-yard touchdown pass with just over five minutes left to lift UTSA to a 31-27 win over Rice in a Conference USA clash on Saturday night. The Roadrunners have now beaten Rice five straight times and hold a 5-3 record all-time over the Owls. McCormick carried 14 times for 94 yards and a score. Narcisse was 19 of 29 passing for 212 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. Green was 11 of 18 passing for 135 yards and a touchdown before taking a seat.
SAN ANTONIO - UTSA head football coach Frank Wilson was in no mood for Monday-morning quarterbacking -- even though it was Tuesday. On Monday, Wilson confirmed that starting quarterback Frank Harris was officially out for the rest of the season. When asked whether he had any second thoughts on handling Harris' injury, Wilson deflected and ended his availability. Wilson admits that they have made some changes to the offense in order to improve quarterback Lowell Narcisse's performance. Since stepping into the role at starting quarterback, Narcisse has completed 42.1% of his passes for 273 yards and one touchdown.
ALAMODOME - After red-shirting his freshman season and losing his sophomore campaign to an ACL tear, junior quarterback Frank Harris finally took the field at the Alamodome for his first collegiate game Saturday afternoon. UTSA head coach Frank Wilson asked at the postgame podium. "It was a great experience going out there and playing my first college game," Harris said. The gaudy numbers are a stark contrast from 2018, when UTSA finished as the worst offense in Division I college football. ICYMI: Frank Harris dazzles as @UTSAFTBL rolls past @UIWFootball in the first edition of the #HometownShowdown -- @LRam2 has all the highlights & reaction from the Alamodome!
