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  J'Mar Smith passed for 331 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score as Louisiana Tech closed the regular season with a 41-27 win over UTSA on Saturday night. Kickoff was delayed 2 1/2 hours due to lightning in the area. The Bulldogs (9-3, 6-2) finished the season tied with UAB in the Conference USA West Division standings. UAB beat Louisiana Tech 20-14 to earn the head-to-head tiebreaker and will visit Florida Atlantic for the conference championship next Saturday.

The Bulldogs took the lead for good at 21-17 on Smith's 39-yard TD pass to Isaiah Graham with 8:39 left in the second quarter. Bailey Hale kicked a 34-yard field goal before the half and James Jackson returned an interception 17 yards for a touchdown to extend the lead to 31-17 with 7:08 left in the third. Justin Henderson ran 20 times for 105 yards and Griffin Hebert caught three passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns for Louisiana Tech. Sincere McCormick had 119 yards rushing and Sheldon Jones had 115 yards receiving for UTSA (4-8, 3-5). - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football


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  Louisiana Tech will be without a trio of key players for Friday night's game at Marshall, two for longer. Senior starting quarterback J'Mar Smith, junior wide receiver Adrian Hardy and senior outside linebacker James Jackson have been suspended due to an athletic department policy violation, according to a statement the school released Thursday night. Jackson will only sit out the Marshall game while Smith and Hardy will serve a two-game suspension through next Saturday's pivotal C-West matchup at UAB where a spot in the league championship game could be up for grabs for the Bulldogs.

"This matter is being handled internally," the statement from Tech head sports information director Malcolm Butler said. "Neither (head coach Skip) Holtz nor athletic department officials will address this further." Earlier Thursday, rumors began swirling regarding the availability of Smith, Hardy and potentially another player for this Friday night's game at Marshall. The school release confirmed the talk of suspensions, but didn't specify what athletic department violations the players committed. - News Star


rSr/2020 OLB James JacksonLouisiana Tech
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  NOV 11 SWAC Newcomer OF THE WEEK: Alabama A&M,...Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim (6-1, 190, Fr., WR, Mirimar, Fla.)...The freshman receiver finished with a season-high 210 receiving yards and two touchdowns on nine catches in a 48-43 win against Jackson State. Ibrahim caught touchdown passes of 52 and 14 yards. - Southwestern Athletic Conference Football

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  J'Mar Smith passed for 263 yards, a touchdown and an interception on Saturday, and Louisiana Tech stay undefeated in Conference USA play with a 52-17 rout of North Texas. L'Jarius Sneed intercepted Jason Bean's pass and returned it 68 yards to give the Bulldogs (8-1, 5-0) a 45-3 lead with 9:40 left in the game. The Mean Green (4-6, 3-3) scored touchdowns on their final two possessions. Louisiana Tech had 264 yards rushing and five TD runs. Justin Henderson led the way with 15 carries for 58 yards and two TDs. Israel Tucker, Jawaun Johnson and Smoke Harris each added a TD run for the Bulldogs. Adrian Hardy caught nine passes for 104 yards and Isaiah Graham caught an 80-yard TD pass from Smith late in the third quarter. Austin Aune, Mason Fine and Bean combined for 265 yards passing for North Texas. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football

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  2019 JERRY RICE AWARD WATCH LIST: Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, WR, Alabama A&M: 32 receptions, 583 yards, 8 TDs (8 games) - STATS FCS/Alabama A&M Football

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  Darrynton Evans is the Mountaineers go-to running back, but don't overlook Marcus Williams who ran for a team-high 94 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries last week against South Alabama. He may have played his way into a more significant role on offense after that performance. "Marcus was the offensive MVP" last week, Drinkwitz said. "Provided a really nice spark, had two explosive run and the touchdown." - AP College Football

rSr/2022 RB Marcus Williams Jr.Louisiana Tech
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  J'Mar Smith threw three touchdown passes, Justin Henderson ran for two scores and Louisiana Tech rolled to a 42-21 victory over UTEP on Saturday night to remain undefeated atop the Conference USA standings. Louisiana Tech (7-1, 4-0) has won seven straight games against UTEP (1-6, 0-4). Smith was 29-of-35 passing for 338 yards that included scoring throws to three receivers.

Henderson's 3-yard touchdown run capped a 91-yard drive to end the first half with the Bulldogs leading 28-7, and his 1-yard run late in the third quarter stretched the lead to 42-7. Henderson finished with 65 yards rushing on 17 carries and had six catches for 73 yards. Treyvon Hughes scored on a 5-yard touchdown run for UTEP that tied the game 7-7 late in the first quarter. Kai Locksley had a 1-yard touchdown run and threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Cowing in the fourth quarter for the Miners. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football


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  OCT 21/WEEK 8 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Louisiana Tech junior CB Amik Robertson put together one of the best individual defensive performances in college football last week, leading Louisiana Tech to a 45-30 victory over Southern Miss. Robertson led the four takeaway day for the Bulldog defense, as the junior intercepted C-USA passing leader Jack Abraham three times. The Thibodaux, Louisiana, native became just the third player in program history and 12th in C-USA annals to record three interceptions in a single game. For his career, Robertson has secured 14 interceptions - good for fifth-most in program history, and most among FBS active career leaders.

Against Southern Miss, he added two additional pass breakups, giving him five total passes defended on the day. He is the NCAA leader in total passes defended this season with 16 and his 5 INTs in 2019 are tied for second-most among national leaders. Robertson, who added three tackles, helped the Bulldog defense hold Southern Miss to just three points in the second half, as the Bulldogs rallied back from an early 14-point deficit. - C-USA Football


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  Louisiana Tech cornerback Amik Robertson intercepted three passes against Southern Mississippi, giving him five for the season. Robertson is the FBS active career leader with 14. - AP College Football

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  J'Mar Smith threw three touchdown passes and Justin Henderson ran for three first-quarter touchdowns to power Louisiana Tech to a 69-21 victory over Massachusetts on Saturday night. Louisiana Tech (5-1) jumped out to a 7-0 lead just 55 seconds into the game when Amik Robertson picked off a Randall West pass and returned it 42 yards for a TD. Henderson took over from there, scoring on runs of 74, 4 and 3 yards to put the Bulldogs up 28-0 after one quarter. Smith had TD throws of 17 yards to Griffin Hebert and 1 yard to Henderson as Louisiana Tech opened a 42-0 lead with 10:57 remaining in the second quarter.

West had a 1-yard TD run and then connected with Kyle Horn for a 12-yard score to get the Minutemen (1-6) within 42-14. But Smith added a 2-yard TD toss to Cee Jay Powell and Bailey Hale kicked a 42-yard field goal to put the Bulldogs up 52-14 at halftime. Smith finished 16-of-28 passing for 239 yards for the Bulldogs. Henderson ran for 137 yards on 11 carries as Louisiana Tech piled up 360 yards on the ground. West completed 16 of 26 passes for 168 yards with an interception for UMass, one of six independent schools. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football


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  J'Mar Smith ran for a touchdown in overtime that made the difference as Louisiana Tech edged Rice 23-20 on Saturday night. Trailing 20-17 in the overtime period, Smith led the Bulldogs (4-1) downfield then took it in himself from 12 yards out for the win. Rice had scored first in OT on a 36-yard field goal by Chris Barnes. Smith was 21 of 39 for 210 yards and a score passing. Justin Henderson ran for 64 yards and a score and Bailey Hale kicked a 31-yard field goal.

Trailing 14-7 at halftime, Louisiana Tech evened it up with Henderson's 24-yard touchdown run with 1:23 left in the third. Rice went ahead on a Barnes field goal late in the fourth and the Bulldogs replied on the ensuing drive with Hale's field goal that evened the score at 17-all with 1:10 remaining to force overtime. Wiley Green threw for 128 yards for the Owls (0-5). Aston Walter ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football


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  SEPT 23/WEEK 4 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Louisiana Tech senior K Bailey Hale continued his success in the kicking game on Friday evening, connecting on all five of his field goal tries (5-for-5 from 25 (twice), 29, 41 and 45) and all four of his extra-point attempts in a conference-opening win over FIU. His 19 points were the most scored by a C-USA kicker since September 2014 and tied for the third-most ever by a C-USA kicker. Hale's 5-for-5 outing tied the LA Tech program record (which Hale also matched last season at North Texas). The Iowa Park, Texas native became just one of four Bulldog kickers to connect on five FGA twice in a career. Since missing his first two FG attempts of the season in Tech's opener, Hale has made seven consecutive field goals. He is also a perfect 13-for-13 on extra points this season. - Conference USA Football

rSr/2020 K Bailey HaleLouisiana Tech
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  Justin Henderson rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns, Bailey Hale tied a program record with five field goals and Louisiana Tech beat Florida International 43-31 on Friday night. Hale kicked field goals of 41, 25 and 29 yards in the fourth quarter to give Tech a 36-24 lead with 2:17 remaining. FIU snapped Tech's 16-0 scoring run with an 8-play, 72-yard scoring drive to get within 36-31 with 51 seconds left. But Amik Robertson ran back the ensuing onside kick 30 yards for a TD to seal it.

J'Mar Smith was 27-of-41 passing for 290 yards for Louisiana Tech (3-1, 1-0 Conference USA), which entered ranked 26th in the nation for passing offense at 294.7 yards per game. Hale also made five field goals last season against North Texas. James Morgan, who didn't play last week because of an injury, threw for 394 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for FIU (1-3, 0-2). - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football


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  J'Mar Smith tossed two touchdown passes, Jaqwis Dancy ran for two scores and Amik Robertson added a pick-6 to propel Louisiana Tech to a 35-7 romp over Bowling Green on Saturday. Smith completed 19 of 26 passes for the Bulldogs (2-1) for 267 yards. The Falcons came into the game allowing just 106 yards through the air in their first two games. Bowling Green (1-2) took the opening kickoff and moved 68 yards in seven plays with Bryson Denley scoring on a 1-yard run for a 7-0 lead. But it took just three plays for the Bulldogs to pull even, with Smith hooking up with Isaiah Graham for a 49-yard scoring strike.

Robertson put Louisiana Tech on top for good when he picked off a pass by Falcons quarterback Darius Wade and returned it 36 yards for a TD. Dancy ran it in from the 8-yard line late in the second quarter to extend the lead at halftime. Justin Henderson led the Bulldogs with 95 rushing yards on nine carries. Louisiana Tech piled up 453 yards of offense, while the Falcons managed just 290. Wade completed 18 of 38 passes for 171 yards and a pick for Bowling. - AP College Football


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  Austin Kendall threw three touchdown passes to lead West Virginia to a 44-27 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday. Kennedy McKoy helped West Virginia's run game break out of a slump with a pair of scores, and the Mountaineers (2-1) had by far their highest offensive production of the season one week after looking lethargic in a 38-7 loss at Missouri. Kendall had first-half TD tosses of 20 and 13 yards. His 25-yard run early in the fourth quarter set up his 9-yard scoring toss to freshman Ali Jennings for a 38-27 lead. Kendall went 27 of 40 for 272 yards with an interception.

West Virginia broke a 21-21 halftime tie with the help of its defense, which had been criticized by the coaching staff for 22 missed tackles a week ago. North Carolina State (2-1) managed just 97 yards of offense in the second half. Sophomore Matthew McKay threw a first-quarter touchdown pass but was harassed all game in his first road start. McKay finished 23 of 48 for 207 yards. He was 9 of 24 for 72 yards after halftime. - AP College Football/West Virginia Football


rSr/2022 QB Austin KendallLouisiana Tech
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