Game #4
Hispanic Heritage
UTSA Roadrunners (2-1)
vs.
Colorado State Rams (2-1)
11 a.m. | Saturday, Sept. 26
Alamodome | San Antonio, Texas
Series History: CSU leads, 2-1
Last Meeting: UTSA 17, CSU 16 (9/20/25 • Fort Collins, Colorado)
OPENING DRIVE
- UTSA and Colorado State will meet for the fourth time on Saturday in front of a national television audience on ESPNU.
- The Rams lead the series, 2-1, including a 33-31 win in the only previous matchup at the Alamodome on Sept. 26, 2015.
- The Roadrunners held on for a 17-16 victory in the last meeting on Sept. 20, 2025, in Fort Collins.
- UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos is a Colorado State graduate.
- The Roadrunners are 4-7 all time and 2-0 under head coach Jeff Traylor in games that start at 11 a.m. local time.
- UTSA is 55-27 (.671) since 2020 under head coach Jeff Traylor, the most wins among current American Conference teams and tied for the 11th most among FBS programs as well as the second most among teams from the state of Texas during that timeframe.
- The Roadrunners are 34-5 (.872) at the Alamodome in the Jeff Traylor era, tied for the most home victories among both current American Conference members and state of Texas teams, and tied for the ninth most home wins among FBS programs dating back to 2020.
- UTSA is 18-8 following a loss under Jeff Traylor.
- The Roadrunners held No. 1 Texas to a season-low 172 passing yards last Saturday night.
- UTSA linebacker Brandon Tucker Jr. has registered double digit tackles in back-to-back games with 11 versus No. 1 Texas and 13 in the 31-26 road triumph over Texas State on Sept. 12.
SETTING THE SCENE
UTSA will close out the nonconference slate against Colorado State on Saturday, Sept. 26. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. at the Alamodome and the game will be televised nationally on ESPNU. The Roadrunners (2-1) and Rams (2-1) will meet for the fourth time with CSU owning a 2-1 edge in the all-time series. Both teams are coming off setbacks to nationally ranked teams with UTSA falling on the road to No. 1 Texas, 30-6, and CSU dropping a 41-23 home decision to then No. 11-ranked BYU. The Roadrunners are 18-8 following a loss under seventh-year head coach Jeff Traylor. Saturday will mark UTSA’s annual Hispanic Heritage Game and it is presented by H-E-B.
TUNING IN
Saturday’s game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and it will be available via the ESPN app. Mike Corey (play-by-play) and Craig Haubert (analyst) will call the action. UTSA Sports Media Network will air the game live in the San Antonio area on Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket, online at ticket760.com and via the free iHeartRadio app. Andy Everett (play-by-play), Jay Riley (analyst) and Ed Suarez (reporter) have the call. There will be a two-hour pregame show hosted by Pat Evans and a 45-minute postgame show.
HOME SWEET DOME
UTSA has been tough to beat at the Alamodome during the Jeff Traylor era, boasting a 34-5 (.872) record at the facility dating back to the 2020 season. The 34 home wins are tied for the most among both current American Conference members and teams from the state of Texas. The Roadrunners are deadlocked with seven other teams for the ninth most home victories in the FBS during that span and their .872 winning percentage is tops among that group. The Roadrunners have been victorious in 22 of their last 25 home contests and are 60-32 (.652) all-time in the Alamodome.
UTSA’s Home Record Since 2020
|
Year |
Overall |
Conf. |
|
2020 |
5-1 |
4-0 |
|
2021 |
7-0 |
5-0* |
|
2022 |
6-1 |
5-0* |
|
2023 |
5-1 |
4-0 |
|
2024 |
6-0 |
4-0 |
|
2025 |
4-2 |
3-1 |
|
2026 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
|
Total |
34-5 |
23-1 |
*includes 2021 & 2022 Conference USA Championship Games hosted by UTSA at Alamodome
Most FBS Home Wins Since 2020
|
Team |
Record |
Pct. |
|
Alabama |
40-2 |
.952 |
|
Ohio State |
39-3 |
.929 |
|
Ole Miss |
38-6 |
.864 |
|
Oregon |
37-2 |
.949 |
|
Georgia |
36-1 |
.973 |
|
Michigan |
36-6 |
.857 |
|
Notre Dame |
35-6 |
.854 |
|
Missouri |
35-9 |
.795 |
|
UTSA |
34-5 |
.872 |
|
LSU |
34-7 |
.829 |
|
Oklahoma |
34-7 |
.829 |
|
Texas |
34-7 |
.829 |
|
Clemson |
34-8 |
.810 |
|
Memphis |
34-8 |
.810 |
|
NC State |
34-8 |
.810 |
|
Texas A&M |
34-9 |
.791 |
|
BYU |
33-6 |
.846 |
|
Washington |
33-8 |
.805 |
|
Iowa |
33-9 |
.786 |
EARLY KICKS
With Saturday’s kickoff versus Colorado State scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Alamodome, UTSA will be competing in a game that begins at noon or earlier local time for the first time this season. The Roadrunners are 4-7 all time in games that start at 11 a.m. local time and 7-11 in contests that start at noon or earlier. Over the last two seasons, UTSA played four games that began at noon or earlier. The Roadrunners downed Charlotte, 28-7, on the road on Nov. 15, 2025, in a game that kicked off at noon Eastern time. In 2024, UTSA defeated No. 25 Memphis 44-36 on Nov. 2 in a home contest that began at 11 a.m., dropped a 29-24 heartbreaker to No. 22 Army on Nov. 30 in a game that kicked off at noon ET in West Point, New York, and then beat Coastal Carolina 44-15 in the 2024 Myrtle Beach Bowl with an 11 a.m. ET start time in Conway, South Carolina.
UTSA’s Earliest Kickoffs
11 a.m. (4-7)
|
9/8/13 |
vs. Oklahoma State |
L, 35-56 |
|
10/18/14 |
at Louisiana Tech |
L, 20-27 |
|
11/8/14 |
at Rice |
L, 7-17 |
|
11/22/14 |
at Western Kentucky |
L, 7-45 |
|
11/29/14 |
vs. North Texas |
W, 34-27 |
|
9/12/15 |
vs. Kansas State |
L, 3-30 |
|
10/8/16 |
vs. Southern Miss |
W, 55-32 |
|
11/19/16 |
at Texas A&M |
L, 10-23 |
|
11/2/19 |
at Texas A&M |
L, 14-45 |
|
11/2/24 |
vs. Memphis |
W, 44-36 |
|
12/23/24 |
at Coastal Carolina^~ |
W, 44-15 |
11:30 a.m. (0-1)
|
10/3/20 |
at UAB |
L, 13-21 |
12 p.m. (3-3)
|
12/17/16 |
at New Mexico* |
L, 20-23 |
|
10/31/20 |
at Florida Atlantic^ |
L, 3-24 |
|
9/10/22 |
at Army^ |
W, 41-38 (OT) |
|
11/19/22 |
at Rice |
W, 41-7 |
|
11/30/24 |
at Army^ |
L, 24-29 |
|
11/15/25 |
at Charlotte^ |
W, 28-7 |
^ Eastern time
~ Myrtle Beach Bowl
* New Mexico Bowl
PACKING THE DOME
UTSA fans have packed the Alamodome over the past half decade, as six of the program’s 10 largest home crowds have been recorded during that span. The 2026 home schedule got underway with a crowd of 33,403 taking in UTSA’s 45-16 victory over UTRGV on Sept. 5. The Roadrunners drew 45,778 fans for the 2025 home opener against Texas State, marking the third-largest attendance for a UTSA game at the Alamodome. In fact, the top four and six of the top 10 Alamodome crowds have come in home openers. Since the return from COVID-19 protocols for the 2021 season, 868,101 fans have filed into the Alamodome to watch the Roadrunners, an average of 26,306 per contest. In the 2024 season opener against Kennesaw State, the program eclipsed the two-million fan mark, and now 2,294,354 spectators have watched the Roadrunners at the Alamodome, an average of 24,939 over 92 home contests. UTSA set NCAA modern startup program records in its first season by drawing 56,743 fans to the inaugural game against Northeastern State on Sept. 3, 2011, and by averaging 35,521 fans for six home contests.
UTSA’s Top 10 Home Crowds
|
Attendance |
Date |
Opponent |
|
56,743 |
9/3/11 |
Northeastern State |
|
49,342 |
9/9/23 |
Texas State |
|
45,778 |
9/6/25 |
Texas State |
|
42,071 |
9/8/18 |
Baylor |
|
41,412 |
12/2/22 |
North Texas |
|
41,148 |
12/3/21 |
Western Kentucky |
|
40,977 |
9/7/13 |
Oklahoma State |
|
39,032 |
11/24/12 |
Texas State |
|
37,526 |
9/3/22 |
Houston |
|
35,147 |
11/20/21 |
UAB |
LAST TIME OUT
Brandon Tucker Jr. posted a game-high 11 tackles, but No. 1 Texas used a balanced offense and stingy defense to beat UTSA, 30-6, on Sept. 19 in front of 103,753 fans at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The Roadrunners’ first setback of the season dropped their record to 2-1, while the Longhorns improved to 3-0 after pulling away in a contest controlled by the defenses. Tucker had a sack, 1.5 tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry to pace a UTSA defense that held the top-ranked Longhorns to a season-low 172 passing yards. Eze Osondu added eight stops, James Walley Jr. pitched in with seven including a TFL and Owen Pewee logged six tackles, a hurry and a forced fumble. The Roadrunners limited Texas quarterback Arch Manning to 164 yards on 17 completions and held running back Hollywood Smothers to 54 rushing yards. Michael Petro drilled field goals of 34 and 43 yards to provide the scoring for UTSA.
WIN NO. 100
UTSA notched win No. 100 for the program with the 31-26 road triumph over Texas State on Sept. 12. Now in their 16th season of football, the Roadrunners own an all-time record of 100-88 (.532) with more than half (55) of the wins coming under the direction of seventh-year head coach Jeff Traylor, the winningest and longest-tenured head coach in program history.
SWEET SIXTEEN
The Roadrunners is in its 16th season of football this year. UTSA started its program from scratch and, following a practice year in 2010, played its first season as an FCS Independent in 2011 before joining the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012 campaign. UTSA moved into Conference USA in 2013 and became a full-fledged FBS member starting with the 2014 season. The Roadrunners set NCAA modern startup program records in 2011 by drawing 56,743 fans to their inaugural game against Northeastern State and by averaging 35,521 fans for their six home contests that season. UTSA made its first postseason appearance at the 2016 New Mexico Bowl in its sixth season of play. The Roadrunners made history in 2021 by capturing their first conference championship with a 49-42 decision against WKU and capping a 12-2 ledger with their third bowl game. They repeated as league champions with a 48-27 win over North Texas in 2022 and made their third straight and fourth overall bowl appearance, ending the year with an 11-3 mark. In 2023, the Roadrunners notched their first bowl victory with a 35-17 decision over Marshall in the Frisco Bowl to cap a 9-4 ledger that include a 7-1 mark in their debut in the American. The 2024 campaign saw UTSA win four of its last five games, starting with a 44-36 victory over No. 25 Memphis for the program’s first-ever top-25 win and ending with a second straight bowl victory, a 44-15 triumph over Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, to finish at 7-6 overall. The Roadrunners capped a seven-win season in 2025 with a 57-20 rout of FIU in the First Responder Bowl, and they now have registered at least six wins in 10 of the 15 seasons in program history and reached the seven-win plateau eight times, including in each of the first six years of the Jeff Traylor era.
UTSA IN FOURTH SEASON IN AMERICAN CONFERENCE
UTSA is in its fourth season as a member of the American Conference and seventh year under the direction of head coach Jeff Traylor. The Roadrunners welcome back 49 members of last year’s team that capped a second straight seven-win campaign with a 57-20 victory over FIU in the First Responder Bowl, their third consecutive bowl win. UTSA lists 10 returning starters with six on offense, two on defense and a pair of specialists.
SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
UTSA’s 12-game regular season schedule features four non-conference games and eight American Conference contests. The Roadrunners kicked off the campaign on Sept. 5 with a 45-16 home triumph over UTRGV, which played its inaugural season of football in 2025 as a member of the Southland Conference. UTSA played back-to-back road games at Texas State and Texas and will close out the non-league slate at home against Colorado State on Sept. 26. The Roadrunners have home conference games scheduled against South Florida (Oct. 8), Navy (Oct. 17), North Texas (Nov. 14) and Tulsa (Nov. 27 or 28), while they will travel to Rice (Oct. 3), Tulane (Oct. 24), Florida Atlantic (Nov. 5) and UAB (Nov. 21). The American Conference Championship Game will be played Dec. 5.
STAYING IN STATE
The Roadrunners will be staying close to home for the majority of the 2026 schedule. UTSA is slated to play its first seven games in the state of Texas, not leaving the Lone Star State until the Oct. 24 contest at Tulane in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Roadrunners have two more home games after that, giving them nine total regular season matchups inside their home state. In addition to the game in New Orleans, UTSA also will visit the states of Alabama (UAB) and Florida (Florida Atlantic) this fall.
THE TRAYLOR ERA
Seventh-year head coach Jeff Traylor has taken UTSA to new heights during his time in San Antonio. The Roadrunners are 55-27 (.671) under his direction, the most wins since 2020 among current American Conference teams and tied for both the 11th most among FBS programs and second most among teams from the state of Texas. Traylor also has helped turn the Alamodome into one of the toughest places for visiting teams to play, as the Roadrunners are 34-5 (.872) at the Alamodome since 2020. UTSA’s 34 home victories during that span are tied for the ninth most among FBS programs and they are tied for the most among both current American Conference members and state of Texas teams. Since Traylor took over the program, UTSA has captured a pair of conference championships, earned six straight bowl berths with three consecutive bowl wins and made a combined 23 appearances in the three major national polls. A 2025 inductee into both the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor and the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame, he has coached 10 All-Americans, three national award finalists, 97 all-conference selections and a trio of NFL Draft picks at UTSA.
SCOUTING COLORADO STATE
The Rams fell to 2-1 on the year after dropping a 41-23 decision to No. 11 BYU at home last Saturday night. Colorado State opened the campaign with victories over Wyoming (35-13) and Southern Utah (58-24). The Rams are averaging 38.7 points and 458.7 yards per game while allowing 26.0 points and 424.7 yards per contest. Quarterback Hauss Hejny has completed 47 of 73 passes for 619 yards and 10 touchdowns against one interception and he has also rushed for 128 yards and a score. Mel Brown is the top rusher with 256 yards and a pair of TDs, while the top pass catcher is Reginald Vick Jr. with 14 receptions for 175 yards and four touchdowns. Defensively, TreShawn Moore paces the Rams with 25 total tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss, while CJ Blocker has three interceptions. Head coach Jim Mora is in his first season at the helm, and he owns a 75-54 career record as a collegiate head coach and a 31-33 mark as an NFL head coach of the Falcons (2004-06) and Seahawks (2009).
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday will mark the fourth meeting on the gridiron between UTSA and Colorado State. The Rams lead the series, 2-1, with a 33-31 victory on Sept. 26, 2015, in San Antonio and a 23-14 decision the following September in Fort Collins. The Roadrunners held on for a 17-16 road triumph in the last meeting on Sept. 20, 2025. The three previous meetings have been decided by a combined 12 points.
UTSA/Colorado State All-Time Series
|
Date |
Result |
Location |
|
9/26/15 |
CSU 33, UTSA 31 |
San Antonio |
|
9/10/16 |
CSU 23, UTSA 14 |
Fort Collins |
|
9/20/25 |
UTSA 17, CSU 16 |
Fort Collins |
LAST MEETING
Robert Henry Jr. totaled 220 all-purpose yards with 144 rushing and 76 receiving and Nnanna Anyanwu posted three sacks to help UTSA hold off Colorado State, 17-16, on Sept. 20, 2025, at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins. What began as a low-scoring affair ended in thrilling fashion. After the Rams tied the score at 10-10 with under seven minutes left to play, the Roadrunners grabbed the lead again after Henry broke free for a 74-yard touchdown reception. CSU would not go away though, as Jackson Brousseau spearheaded a 13-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a TD pass to Rocky Beers with 29 seconds remaining. Initially, CSU tied the score with a successful extra-point attempt by Isaiah Hankins. However, UTSA was called for offsides on the try and the Rams decided to accept the penalty and go for a potential game-winning two-point conversion. Another Rams quarterback, Tahj Bullock, entered the game and rolled to his right, but his pass sailed incomplete out of bounds due to tight coverage from the Roadrunners. The ensuing onside kick went out of bounds and UTSA ran out the clock to claim victory in the series for the first time in three meetings.
WHO’S COUNTING?
Now in their 16th season of play, the Roadrunners will play the 189th game in program history on Saturday when they face Colorado State. UTSA is 100-88 (.532) all-time and 60-32 (.652) in home games. By comparison, Colorado State first played a football game in 1893 and owns an all-time record of 552-632-33.
CAMPOS CONNECTIONS TO CSU
UTSA Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos earned both her bachelor’s (1999) and master’s (2001) degrees from Colorado State. She is a native of Las Animas, Colorado.
DOWN TO THE WIRE
UTSA is no stranger to close contests in the Jeff Traylor era, as 43 of the 82 have been one-score ballgames in the fourth quarter. The Roadrunners own a 27-16 record (.628) in those games. Dating back to the 2021 campaign, UTSA has seen 30 of the last 61 contests decided in the fourth quarter or later. Since 2020, the Roadrunners are 21-13 (.618) in games decided by eight points or less.
UP NEXT
The Roadrunners will open American Conference play on the road against Rice on Saturday, Oct. 3. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN+ and Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket.
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