SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA Football Spring Game ended in a 7-7 tie on Saturday afternoon in front of an estimated 3,000 fans at the Alamodome.
Using a modified scoring system with touchdowns, turnovers and fourth-down stops counting as two points each and field goals, missed field goals and punts scoring one point apiece, the offense built a 5-2 advantage only to see the defense rally back and eventually claim a 7-6 advantage before Jesse Perez’s 35-yard field goal on the final play knotted the score at 7-all.
Touchdown receptions by Will Henderson III and A'Marion Peterson headlined the day for the offense, while the defense forced seven punts.
The opening drive resulted in a 27-yard field goal by Michael Petro that gave the offense a 1-0 lead.
Following a punt, Peterson’s 18-yard touchdown catch over the middle made it 3-1 in favor of the offense.
The defense forced another punt before Henderson turned a short reception from Brandon Tennison near the left sideline into a 69-yard scoring play for a 5-2 advantage for the offense.
The defense then forced punts on four consecutive possessions to take a 6-5 lead before Petro split the uprights from 37 yards to tie things up at 6-all.
Another forced punt gave the defense a 7-6 edge, but Perez drilled a 35-yard field goal on the final play to leave the game in a 7-7 deadlock.
The UTSA Football Spring Game marked the conclusion of the Roadrunners’ spring season of 15 workouts, which began March 23.
UTSA will kick off its 16th season of football and seventh under head coach Jeff Traylor against UTRGV on Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Alamodome. The Roadrunners then will embark on short trips north on I-35 for back-to-back road matchups with Texas State on Sept. 12 and Texas the following Saturday before closing out the nonconference slate by hosting Colorado State on Sept. 26.
UTSA will enter its fourth season as a member of the American Conference with four league games scheduled for home at the Alamodome and four road contests. The Roadrunners will host South Florida on Thursday, Oct. 8, Navy (Oct. 17), North Texas (Nov. 14) and Tulsa (Nov. 27 or 28). They will hit the road to face Rice (Oct. 3), Tulane (Oct. 24), Florida Atlantic (Thursday, Nov. 5) and UAB (Nov. 21).
Kickoff times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season, as well as the season-long weeknight games, will be finalized by June 1. The rest of the schedule will fall under the customary 12-day and six-day selection processes.
Season tickets are on sale by visiting utsa.pro/26FBSeasonTix or by calling the UTSA Ticket Office at 210-458-UTSA (8872) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding holidays. Current UTSA football season-ticket holders may renew their tickets by logging into their UTSA Account Manager.
Traylor has led UTSA to unprecedented success during his tenure, guiding the Roadrunners to a 53-26 record in his first six years at the helm, the most wins and best winning percentage (.671) by a coach in program history. He also has helped turn the Alamodome into a true homefield advantage with a 33-5 (.868) home record, including a 25-1 (.962) mark against conference opponents, dating back to his first season in 2020.
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