RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros football team won their third-straight game by beating the Langston Lions 80-0 on Saturday at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium in front of a sellout crowd of 12,552.
The Vaqueros (3-0) are the third brand new FCS program to start 3-0 in their inaugural season since 2008, joining Kennesaw State (2015) and South Alabama (2009).
Senior Sharyland Pioneer alum
Eddie Lee Marburger played most of the first half, going 12-for-19 for 206 yards, including three touchdowns. Sophomore
Xayvion Noland caught two of those touchdowns while gaining 151 yards on five completions.
Marburger found Noland twice on the Vaqueros' first drive, pitching forward to Noland on first down for 30 yards, and one play later, completing a 42-yard pass to the right that led to the game's first touchdown.
With under two minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Vaqueros lined up to punt on fourth down but snapped to freshman
Tyler Day who ran 70 yards for the touchdown to put the Vaqueros up 14-0.
On the Lions' (0-3) next drive, senior
Elijah Graham recorded the first interception in program history and then raced 26 yards into the end zone for the touchdown, making the score 21-0. Graham finished the night with four tackles, two solo, and two interceptions.
Sophomore
Brysen Gardner split the uprights with a field goal on the opening drive of the second quarter to put the Vaqueros up 24-0.
On the third play of the Vaqueros' next drive, Marburger sent a deep pass down the left side to freshman
Tony Diaz who scored on a 35-yard catch to give the Vaqueros a 31-0 lead.
After forcing a three and out, the Vaqueros put together a six-play, 58-yard drive capped by a 14-yard touchdown run by freshman
TJ Dement to make the score 38-0.
Less than two minutes before halftime, Marburger sent a long pass to Noland down the right side. Noland caught the ball at the 27, spun past his defender, and then cut across the field before running into the left corner of the end zone for the touchdown, making the score 45-0.
On the fourth play of the Lions' next drive, Graham came up with an interception and freshman San Benito alum
Fabian Garcia immediately followed with a 21-yard rushing touchdown to give the Vaqueros a 52-0 halftime lead.
Freshman
Aidan Jakobsohn opened the third quarter with an 8-yard touchdown pass to freshman
Cameron Glenn on the fourth play of the first drive. On the Vaqueros' next drive, junior
Djouvensky Schlenbaker notched a 63-yard rushing touchdown to make the score 66-0.
Jakobsohn added a 15-yard touchdown pass to graduate student
Javien Cuff in the middle of the quarter to put the Vaqueros up 73-0.
Jakobsohn finished 4-for-5 for 65 yards and two touchdowns while playing the end of the second and most of the third quarter.
Freshman
Broderick Taylor opened the fourth quarter with three-straight rushes, the last of which was a 33-yard touchdown to put the Vaqueros up 80-0.
Redshirt freshman
Brennan Carroll ran for 134 yards on seven carries with a long of 75 yards. Redshirt freshmen
Jaiden Haygood and
Jackson Waid led UTRGV with five tackles each.
UTRGV hosts Texas Wesleyan on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium.
A limited number of individual tickets go on sale Friday at 8 a.m. at
UTRGVTickets.com.
The action starts with KRGV's Vaqueros Game Day at 10 a.m. in Schlotzsky's Vaquero Village at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. Tailgating at Vackar Stadium begins at 2 p.m. The Vaqueros Walk is at 4:45 p.m. in the H-E-B Tailgate Zone followed by a pep rally in the amphitheater. Fans do not need a game ticket to access Vaqueros Game Day or the tailgating areas.
Gates to Vackar Stadium open at 5:30 p.m.
Fans can learn more about game day, including parking information, maps, and the clear bag policy, by visiting
RallyTheValley.com.
Fans can watch online domestically on
ESPN+ and internationally on
Southland International.
Fans can listen in English locally on Ultra 90.1 FM, in Laredo on Pure Country 95.7 FM, and online via the
Radio Para Mi app, and in Spanish locally on KYWW 1530 AM Puro Tejano and KGBT-FM 98.5 La Preferida and online via the
Uforia app.
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