2023 Texas State Bobcats football team

2023 Texas State Bobcats football
First Responder Bowl champion
First Responder Bowl, W 45–21 vs. Rice
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record8–5 (4–4 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMack Leftwich (1st season)
Offensive schemeRun and gun
Defensive coordinatorJonathan Patke (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5[1]
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
James Madison* x   7 1     11 2  
Appalachian State y   6 2     9 5  
Coastal Carolina   5 3     8 5  
Old Dominion   5 3     6 7  
Georgia State   3 5     7 6  
Marshall   3 5     6 7  
Georgia Southern   3 5     6 7  
West Division
Troy xy$   7 1     11 3  
Texas State   4 4     8 5  
Arkansas State   4 4     6 7  
South Alabama   4 4     7 6  
Louisiana   3 5     6 7  
Southern Miss   2 6     3 9  
Louisiana–Monroe   0 8     2 10  
Championship: Troy 49, Appalachian State 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules

The 2023 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach G. J. Kinne and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas. The Texas State Bobcats football team drew an average home attendance of 21,543 in 2023.

The Bobcats finished the regular season 7–5, going 4–4 in Sun Belt play to finish second in the conference's West Division. Texas State was selected to a bowl game for the first time in program history and played Rice in the First Responder Bowl.[2] The Bobcats would win the game 45–21 to finish the season with an overall record of 8–5; the eight wins broke the program record for most wins in a single season as an FBS program. The Bobcats also finished a season with a winning record for the first time since 2014.

  1. ^ Ciardello, Keff (February 3, 2023). "Texas State notebook: Kinne has infused team with IWU staff, players". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Gates, Billy (December 3, 2023). "Texas State selected to play in SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, 1st bowl game in program history". KXAN-TV. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

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