STEPHENVILLE, Texas - Garrett Lindholm's school-record 55-yard field goal as time expired capped an 11-point fourth-quarter rally to lift No. 15 Tarleton State to a 31-28 win over No. 18 Midwestern State Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

Tarleton quarterback Scott Grantham capped a 10-play, 91-yard to pull the Texans to within 28-25 with 10:54 to go, and then used a series of turnovers in the final 5 minutes to turn the tables on the Mustangs, who constructed a 21-3 lead midway through the second quarter.

Tarleton's Brandon Johnson intercepted Zack Eskridge in the end zone to give the Texans' possession at their own 3-yard line with 5:01 remaining.

Tarleton, which amassed 509 yards of total offense, converted a pair of fourth downs to extend the ensuing drive.

Grantham, who completed 27-of-47 passes for 353 yards and a touchdown, connected with Arthur Buckingham on a 42-yard strike on fourth-and-6 from the TSU 6-yard line to push the ball out to midfield.

The pair connected again on fourth-and-5 from the MSU 46 on a 27-yard line to push the ball into the red zone.

The Mustangs held to force Lindholm into a 36-yard game tying field goal with 12 seconds remaining.

MSU's Brandon Williams was stripped on the ensuing kickoff and Tarleton's Nate Stringfellow came up with the ball at the MSU 38-yard line.

Grantham was unable to connect with Devin Guinn on a out-route to move the ball closer for Lindholm, but the senior kicker split the uprights as time expired as the Mustangs fell for the second time this season on a game-ending kick.

Eskridge helped the Mustangs out of the gate quickly connecting with Andy Tanner for one score and hitting Sheldon Galloway on two TD tosses as MSU built a 21-3 lead with 6:40 to go in the first half.

Eskridge, who completed 21-of-28 passes for 245 yards and four touchdowns, hit Tanner for a second score to give the Mustangs a 28-17 on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Sophomore wideout David Little paced all MSU receivers with 105 yards on five receptions, while Tanner had eight catches for 77 yards and Galloway finished with 58 yards on six catches.

Buckingham paces the Texans with 104 yards on five catches, while Roderick Smith rushed for 91 yards on 11 carries.

Midwestern State, which dropped to 5-2 on the season and 1-2 in the LSC South, plays host to Texas A&M-Kingsville Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m.

Tarleton State improved to 6-1 and 1-1.

Notables

* Junior quarterback Zack Eskridge broke his own single-season record for touchdown passes with four touchdowns Saturday night. The Rockwall product now has 21 for the season. Eskridge now has 39 career TD completions and stands two behind Phillip Boggs for the career lead. Boggs passed for 41 touchdowns from 1999-03.
* Eskridge has passed for touchdowns in 11-straight games with multiple touchdowns in 10 of those.
* Tarleton's Garrett Lindholm's 55-yard field goal as time expired extended the Mustangs' misery against the Texans. MSU has now dropped seven-straight to Tarleton. MSU coach Bill Maskill is 0-6 against the Texans.
* Lindholm's two field goals resulted off of turnovers. They represent the first points off of turnovers that the Mustangs have allowed this season.