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 Carrollran for 134 yards on seven carries with a long of 75 yards. Redshirt freshmen Jaiden Haygoodand Jackson Waidled 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 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.
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 1, 2026.
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The S&P 500 rose to a fresh all-time intraday high on Friday, boosted by Apple shares, while oil prices fell as a new month of trading got underway.
The broad market index advanced 0.29% to end at 7,230.12. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.89%, reaching an all-time high and closing at 25,114.44. Both indexes posted closing records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 152.87 points, or 0.31%, to settle at 49,499.27.
Shares of Apple climbed more than 3% after the consumer tech giant posted a fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue beat. Not only that, the company’s revenue outlook for the current quarter was better than expected, overshadowing the fact that iPhone revenue fell short of estimates for the second time in three quarters.
On the flip side, oil prices fell after Iran reportedly sent its response through Pakistani mediators to the latest U.S. amendments to a draft agreement to end the Middle East conflict.
President Donald Trump revealed later Friday he is displeased with a new peace offer from Iran, saying that the country “wants to make a deal, but I’m not satisfied with it.”
Oil prices were off their lows of the day following that development. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 2.98% to settle at $101.94 a barrel. International benchmark Brent crude futures slid 2.02% to $108.17 a barrel.
The moves come after a record-setting session, with the S&P 500 closing above the 7,200 threshold for the first time ever. That helped both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq — which also notched a new record closing high — secure their strongest monthly performances since 2020. The Dow, meanwhile, saw its strongest monthly performance since November 2024.
A strong first-quarter earnings season, as well as hopes for easing tensions in the Middle East, have ultimately boosted stocks higher on the year. Although the major averages took a dip on the commencement of the U.S. war with Iran, all three indexes are now trading well above where they began 2026.
David Krakauer of Mercer Advisors believes that positive trajectory can continue in the long term for equities. While Krakauer is hopeful that the Iran war will conclude in the near term, leading to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, he believes that the earnings growth potential in the U.S. as well as overseas will offer momentum to stocks, even if the conflict persists.
“There could be always new news or some sentiment declining, where we could see a little bit of a pullback here after a strong pop up, but we’re still just overall strategically bullish on equities,” the vice president of portfolio management said.
Noting that there will be winners and losers in technology as “not all” of the artificial intelligence capital expenditures spending is going to “pay off,” Krakauer added, “We think the enhanced productivity story remains intact.”
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