Indiana State surrendered 409 yards of total offense in the contest, giving up 28 second half points after the score was a tight 14-10 at the half. USF’s Cory Jacquay opened the scoring with a five-yard burst to put the Cougars up 7-0 with 7:14 showing on the first quarter clock.

ISU’s Kyle Hooper countered with 3:06 remaining in the first as he booted a 36-yard field goal to inch the Sycamores closer at 7-3. With the make, Hooper has connected on each of last 11 field goal attempts dating back to last year’s game against SMS (now Missouri State).

St. Francis would add another score with 11 seconds remaining in the first quarter on a six-yard run by Adam Denning to put the Cougars up 14-3.

Andre Forte found the end zone with 4:02 remaining in the first half as he bolted in from three yards out to get ISU back within four at 14-10. The Sycamores drove down to USF’s territory on its final drive of the half, but the clock expired before ISU could get within field goal range.

The second half was all USF as they stopped the Sycamores on a three-and-out after ISU’s first second half possession. They then blocked a Phillip Johnson punt and Chris Schmitt scooped the loose ball up at the 20 yard line and raced to the end zone to put the Cougars up 21-10.

USF would add three touchdown runs in the game’s final quarter and a half. One each were scored by Chris Bramell, Jacquay and Denning.

Sycamore quarterback Blayne Baggett was 25-of-40 passing for 243 yards in the contest. He found Sam Logan and Forte a team-high six times each. Forte carried the ball 12 times for 72 yards with the touchdown.

For USF, Jacquay rushed for 94 yards and two TDs while Michael Ledo amassed 80 yards on the ground. Quarterback Chris Trammell was 10-of-14 with an interception and 118 yards in the contest.

Indiana State will look to regroup from its two early-season home losses as they head to Murray State for a non-conference contest with the Racers on September 17 beginning at 6 p.m. (CDT).

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