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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - For the last two years, Skip Holtz has searched for a consistent kicking game that could deliver in the clutch. He may have finally found it.

Jonathan Barnes hit two field goals, including a 32-yard chip shot with 10 seconds left in the game, as Louisiana Tech (4-2, 2-1 Conference USA) edged UTSA (1-5, 1-1), 34-31, Saturday evening at the Alamodome in front of 24,392 fans.

That game-winning field goal, the first of Barnes' career, capped a dramatic fourth quarter in which UTSA tied the game on a 57-yard touchdown pass from Dalton Sturm to JaBryce Taylor. Sturm finished the game with 227 yards passing and four touchdowns.

Jeff Driskel led scoring drives of 75, 70, 76 and 62 yards as he threw for 351 yards and a touchdown in the game but was picked off twice -- both times in the first half. Driskel now has 1,812 passing yards on the year, the most he has accrued through any single season in his career (surpassing the 1,646 yards he passed for at Florida over 12 games in 2012).

Trent Taylor had a career-high 13 catches for 143 yards while Carlos Henderson added 88 yards receiving on four catches. In his first career start, Jarred Craft ran for 72 yards and a touchdown while also catching a touchdown pass in the game.

LA Tech's road victory, the first road win the last five tries, marked the first time the road team has won in the new, but dramatically close, series between Louisiana Tech and UTSA.

The Bulldog defense registered a season-high 12 tackles for a loss of 39 yards and two interceptions returned for 55 yards, one for a touchdown and one returned deep inside the red zone. Both resulted in points for the Bulldogs.

After a 24-10 halftime lead, Louisiana Tech would withstand a Roadrunner rally in the second half, scoring only 10 points after the intermission with a Ricky Jones three-yard run and Barnes' game-winner.

In the first half, Louisiana Tech's defense made several big plays highlighted by Bryson Abraham's second consecutive game with an interception returned for a touchdown. That put Tech ahead early, 7-0, just over three minutes into the game.

Tech's defense registered five sacks in the first half alone, after entering the game with only six sacks to its credit through the previous five games.

After both teams traded field goals, UTSA would drive 15 yards on three plays to reach the end zone.

Both of UTSA's scores in the first half came off Driskel interceptions but the first came on a controversial call. Initially the interception was called back due to a flag for pass interference on UTSA but after a lengthy discussion among the officials, the flag was picked up and the interception stood.

The Roadrunners' field goal came off another interception, one where Driskel's pass bounced off the hands of a receiver and was brought down by UTSA's Michael Egwuagu.

Following that score, Tech would engineer two long scoring drives -- both of 70 yards or more -- to take a 24-10 lead into halftime. The second one, a two-yard Driskel pass to Craft, went 70 yards in only 56 seconds while the previous touchdown was a 1-yd Craft run.

Louisiana Tech steps out of conference play next week with an 11 a.m. kickoff at Mississippi State on Oct. 17 in a game televised on the SEC Network.

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