New Mexico State vs. South Carolina State: Live updates, score, results, highlights, for Saturday's NCAAF game

Live scores, highlights and updates from the New Mexico State vs. South Carolina State football game

Game Recap

The New Mexico State Aggies had a rough outing against the New Mexico Lobos last week, but a little bit of home cooking seems to have fixed things right up. The Aggies walked away with a 43-35 victory over the South Carolina State Bulldogs on Saturday.

The game started off well for New Mexico State, whose offense put up 36 first-half points. South Carolina State wasn't quite able to keep up, and the score was 36-13 heading into the break. Although New Mexico State wound up losing the second-half battle, they still had enough in reserve to win the war.

Finally capturing their first win of the season, New Mexico State advanced to 1-3. South Carolina State's overall record fell to 0-3.

The Aggies have the luxury of staying home another week and will welcome the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at 8 p.m. ET Sept. 25 at Aggie Memorial Stadium. The Bulldogs can take some time to mend their wounds since their next matchup isn't for a while. They will face the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats at Oliver C. Dawson Bulldog Stadium at 1:30 p.m. ET in two weeks.