Sam Houston Bearkats

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Sam Houston Bearkats won.

Sam Houston Bearkats beat the Nicholls Colonels

2-2 0 – 59

1-2

Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

Elliott T. Bowers Stadium (Huntsville) · 12,182 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Landyn Locke throws 4 TDs as Sam Houston picks up 1st win of season with 59-0 win over Nicholls

Landyn Locke threw for 322 yards and four touchdowns as Sam Houston shut out Nicholls 59-0 on Saturday for its first win of the season.

Recap via ESPN

0:34 Landyn Locke tosses 65-yard touchdown

0:10 Samuel Carpenter kicks 33-yard field goal

0:23 Landyn Locke throws 11-yard TD pass to Darrick Bledsoe III

0:15 Landyn Locke throws 3-yard TD pass to Grady O'Neill

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NICH	0	0	0	0	0
SHSU	10	21	21	7	59

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Game Leaders

Nicholls Colonels

Ean Rodrigue · 7/21, 39 YDS, 2 INTPassing Yards
Tamaj Hoffman · 9 CAR, 56 YDSRushing Yards
Jordan Smith · 2 REC, 21 YDSReceiving Yards
Kristian Dillard · 7Tackles

Sam Houston Bearkats

Landyn Locke · 19/28, 322 YDS, 4 TDPassing Yards
Jerrian Parker Jr. · 6 CAR, 52 YDSRushing Yards
Kamari Maxwell · 2 REC, 86 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Josh Alexander-Felton · 1Sacks
Dean Ford · 8Tackles

2026 Southland Conference Standings

Team
Stephen F. Austin
Lamar
Houston Christian
East Texas A&M
SE Louisiana
Incarnate Word
Nicholls
UT Rio Grande Valley
McNeese
Northwestern State

2026 Conference USA Standings

Team
Liberty
Jacksonville State
New Mexico State
Florida International
Kennesaw State
Missouri State
Sam Houston
Delaware
Middle Tennessee
Western Kentucky

Scoring

Q4 4:45

TD Brett Holloway 10 Yd Run (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–59

Q3 2:19

TD Kyan Berry-Johnson 61 Yd pass from Brett Holloway (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–52

Q3 5:14

TD Alton McCaskill 5 Yd Run (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–45

Q3 14:27

TD Kamari Maxwell 48 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–38

Q2 2:03

TD Darrick Bledsoe III 11 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–31

Q2 6:44

TD Landan Brown 5 Yd Run (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–24

Q2 12:00

TD Grady O'Neill 3 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–17

Q1 4:39

FG Sam Carpenter 33 Yd Field Goal 0–10

Q1 10:55

TD Tim Burns Jr. 65 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Nicholls ColonelsSam Houston Bearkats

Offense

163 Total Yards 619

39 Passing Yards 386

124 Rushing Yards 233

10 First Downs 26

Efficiency

1-15 3rd Down 10-17

0-0 4th Down 0-0

7/23 Completions 22/32

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 0

7-66 Penalties 8-70

24:29 Possession 35:31

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Ean Rodrigue	7/21	39	1.9	2	--
Preston Welch	0/2	0	0.0	0	--
Team	7/23	39	1.7	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Tamaj Hoffman	9	56	6.2	20
Shane Lee	11	37	3.4	10
Damondrick Blackburn	4	21	5.3	20
Jayden Milton	5	15	3.0	5
Preston Welch	1	4	4.0	4
Keven Williams	1	1	1.0	1
Ean Rodrigue	3	1	0.3	6
Ellis Stewart	1	-5	-5.0	0
Romeo Brown	1	-6	-6.0	0
Team	36	124	3.4	20

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jordan Smith	2	21	10.5	12
Karaaz Johnson	2	15	7.5	9
Ellis Stewart	1	3	3.0	3
Shane Lee	2	0	0.0	1
Team	7	39	5.6	12

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Romeo Brown	1	1
Ean Rodrigue	1	0
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Kristian Dillard	7	3	0	0	0
Zavian Dilworth	6	3	0	0	0
Kevin Martin	6	2	0	1	0
Logan Jackson	5	2	0	0	0
Kennon Loftin	4	3	0	0	0
Gavin Duplechin	4	2	0	0	0
Charlie Diedrich	4	2	0	0	0
Kasai Jones	4	1	0	0	0
Shermar Carter	3	3	0	0	0
Skylar Husband	3	2	0	0	0
Johnathan Flowers	3	1	0	0	0
EJ Segrest	3	1	0	0	0
Gary Bailey Jr.	2	2	0	0	0
Alex Villavaso	2	1	0	0	0
Kyree Fuller	2	1	0	0	0
Dominic Logiudice	2	0	0	0	0
Arrington Adams	2	0	0	0	0
Griffin Ellis	2	0	0	0	0
Jhamal Shelby Jr.	1	1	0	1	0
Travin Moore	1	1	0	0	0
Chase Chesser	1	1	0	0	0
Romeo Brown	1	1	1	0	0
Erin Moore	1	1	0	0	0
Jayden Milton	1	0	0	0	0
Prystyn Cambre	1	0	0	0	0
Kingston Phan	1	0	0	0	0
Alec Haynes	0	0	0	0	1
Team	72	34	1	2	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Greg Donaldson	2	15	7.5	15	0
Team	2	15	7.5	15	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Pharrell Harewood	11	423	38.5	0	4	52
Team	11	423	38.5	0	4	52

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Landyn Locke	19/28	322	11.5	4	65.4
Brett Holloway	3/4	64	16.0	1	92.5
Team	22/32	386	12.1	5	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jerrian Parker Jr.	6	52	8.7	0	18
Brett Holloway	8	51	6.4	1	14
Alton McCaskill	8	41	5.1	1	14
Landyn Locke	4	24	6.0	0	13
Ah'Marion Gaines-Smith	3	21	7.0	0	14
Kaden Winkfield	5	21	4.2	0	9
MJ Dowdy	3	15	5.0	0	11
Landan Brown	3	13	4.3	1	6
Team	3	-5	-1.7	0	0
Team	43	233	5.4	3	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kamari Maxwell	2	86	43.0	1	48
Tim Burns Jr.	1	65	65.0	1	65
Kyan Berry-Johnson	2	63	31.5	1	61
Chris Reed	2	59	29.5	0	53
Grady O'Neill	5	44	8.8	1	18
Darrick Bledsoe III	4	36	9.0	1	13
Landan Brown	2	15	7.5	0	15
Max Whisner	1	10	10.0	0	10
Jerrian Parker Jr.	2	5	2.5	0	3
Aviyon Smith-Mack	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	22	386	17.5	5	65

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
CJ June	0	0	1
Team	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Dean Ford	8	5	0	0	0	0
Cameron Franklin	4	3	0	0	0	0
Dylan Frazier	4	1	0	0	1	0
Mike King Jr.	4	1	0	0	0	1
Ca'lub Holloway	3	2	0	2.5	0	0
Ishmel Atkins	3	1	0	0	1	0
Elijah Groves	3	1	0	0	0	2
Brian Bates Jr.	3	1	0	1	0	0
Brody Henderson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Darien Jackson	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jalyn Stanford	2	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Terrell	2	1	0	0	1	0
Dravon Wilson	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Caius Coy	2	1	0	0	0	0
She'Fon Boyd	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jace Arnold	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Tokyo Gordon	2	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Cottrell	2	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Alexander-Felton	1	1	1	1	0	0
Tyler Bailey	1	1	0	0	0	0
Braylen Wortham	1	1	0	0	0	0
Caesar Magee	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cole Worthington	1	1	0	0	0	0
CJ June	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Bourda Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Edwards	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Lyric Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	61	27	1	6	5	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Railyn Adams	1	22
She'Fon Boyd	1	0
Team	2	22

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tim Burns Jr.	1	29	29.0	29	0
Team	1	29	29.0	29	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tim Burns Jr.	2	7	3.5	5	0
Team	2	7	3.5	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Sam Carpenter	1/2	50.0	33	8/8	11
Team	1/2	50.0	33	8/8	11

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cal Joseph	3	123	41.0	0	0	49
Team	3	123	41.0	0	0	49

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