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17
Louisiana LA 5-4 , 2-3
37
Winner Arkansas State ASU 5-4 , 3-2
Louisiana LA
5-4 , 2-3
17
Final
37
Arkansas State ASU
5-4 , 3-2
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
LA Louisiana 7 3 7 0 17
ASU Arkansas State 14 6 7 10 37
Celebration vs ULL
Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State

Game Recap: Football |

Red Wolves Rout Ragin’ Cajuns, 37-17

JONESBORO, Ark. (11/4/23) – A stingy defense and balanced offense led the Arkansas State football team to a 37-17 rout over Louisiana Saturday afternoon at Centennial Bank Stadium.

The Red Wolves (5-4, 3-2 SBC) limited the Ragin' Cajuns (5-4, 2-3) – the league's top rushing offense (11th nationally) entering the day – to just 64 yards rushing, the team's fewest in a conference game since rushing for 50 against A-State in 2016. The win marked A-State's first over the Cajuns since 2017.

A-State totaled 426 yards of offense – 232 on the ground and 194 through the air – and held Louisiana to 327 while converting all six of its red-zone trips. The Red Wolves also controlled possession a season-high 34:53.

Quarterback Jaylen Raynor and running back Ja'Quez Cross presented a formidable 1-2 punch, combining for 305 yards of offense. Raynor passed for 194 yards and rushed for 53 yards with two touchdowns, while Cross ran for 58 yards on 13 carries and led the team in receiving with six catches for 66 yards.

The Red Wolves' defense forced two turnovers, including a 16-yard scoop-and-score by Javante Mackey late in the fourth quarter. Trevian Thomas led the charge defensively with seven tackles and a pass break-up, with Keyron Crawford added seven tackles which included three for loss and two sacks, including the sack that forced the fourth-quarter fumble.

Zak Wallace, who led A-State with 88 yards rushing on 15 attempts, put the Red Wolves on the board first with an 18-yard touchdown, but the Cajuns answered on their next play from scrimmage with an 87-yard strike from Zeon Chriss to Peter LeBlanc. A-State then responded with an 11-play scoring drive capped by a 2-yard rushing TD by Raynor to give the Scarlet and Black a 14-7 lead after one quarter.

Dominic Zvada drilled field goals of 41 and 20 yards to push the Red Wolves' lead to 20-7, but Louisiana answered with a 24-yard kick by Kenneth Almendares trimmed the deficit to 20-10 at the half.

The Ragin' Cajuns turned to the ground game on their first drive of the second half, churning up 77 yards in 11 plays to make it 20-17 following a 2-yard rushing score by Chriss, who also completed 12 of 17 passes for 171 yards. A-State promptly answered with another 10-plus play scoring drive, capped by Raynor's 2-yard rush to put the score at 27-17 after three.

Louisiana drove inside A-State's 30 early in the fourth, but Eddie Smith picked off a Chandler Fields pass at the 12 to end the threat.

Zvada later tacked on a 30-yard field goal with 1:16 left to make it a 30-17 affair, followed by Mackey's 16-yard fumble recovery just 14 seconds later to close out the scoring.

NEXT UP

Arkansas State travels to South Alabama on Saturday Nov. 11, with kickoff from Hancock Whitney Stadium slated for 4 p.m. on ESPN+. The radio broadcast can be heard on the EAB Red Wolves Sports Network as well as on the A-State Red Wolves mobile app.

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Play Visiting Team Score Home Team Score
1st Quarter LA ASU
ASU
09:14 - ASU - Wallace,Zak 18 yd run (Zvada,Dominic kick), 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 04:00
0 7
LA
08:59 - LA - LeBlanc,Peter 87 yd pass from Chriss,Zeon (Almendares,Kenneth kick) 1 plays, 87 yards, TOP 00:12
7 7
ASU
04:14 - ASU - Raynor,Jaylen 2 yd run (Zvada,Dominic kick), 11 plays, 65 yards, TOP 04:45
7 14
2nd Quarter LA ASU
ASU
11:30 - ASU - Zvada,Dominic 41 yd field goal 13 plays, 62 yards, TOP 04:44
7 17
ASU
04:26 - ASU - Zvada,Dominic 20 yd field goal 14 plays, 70 yards, TOP 05:26
7 20
LA
00:57 - LA - Almendares,Kenneth 24 yd field goal 11 plays, 65 yards, TOP 03:23
10 20
3rd Quarter LA ASU
LA
06:25 - LA - Chriss,Zeon 1 yd run (Almendares,Kenneth kick), 11 plays, 77 yards, TOP 05:40
17 20
ASU
02:08 - ASU - Raynor,Jaylen 2 yd run (Zvada,Dominic kick), 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:17
17 27
4th Quarter LA ASU
ASU
01:16 - ASU - Zvada,Dominic 30 yd field goal 7 plays, 6 yards, TOP 02:34
17 30
ASU
01:02 - ASU - Mackey,Javante 16 yd fumble recovery (Zvada,Dominic kick)
17 37

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