August 30th, 2024 6:00pm
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State opened the 2024 season on a good note with a 21-7 win over No. 24 ranked Angelo State at Lewis Field Stadium on Friday afternoon (Aug. 30) in a game postponed from the night before due to lightning. The Tigers claimed their first-ever win over a team from Texas and have now won back-to-back games against AFCA ranked opponents at Lewis Field Stadium. It was the first-ever meeting between the schools in football.
Fort Hays State, receiving votes in the AFCA Preseason Top 25 poll, snapped a four-season run of dropping home openers, its first win in a home opener since the 2018 season. Two of those four losses in that run were to nationally ranked teams.