Sam Houston Bearkats

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Ugh, no.

Sam Houston Bearkats lost to the UNLV Rebels

2-0 38 – 21

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Final · Fri, Aug 29

Game Details

Shell Energy Stadium (Houston) · 5,837 fans · CBSSN

Highlights

Anthony Colandrea accounts for three touchdowns as UNLV tops Sam Houston for a 2-0 start season

Virginia transfer Anthony Colandrea threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third in his debut at UNLV and the Rebels beat Sam Houston State, 38-21, in the first meeting between the schools on Friday night in Houston.

Recap via ESPN

0:23 Jaden Bradley shows the hands on 49-yard reception

0:27 Touchdown! Landan Brown scores vs. UNLV

0:35 Tim Burns Jr. makes the grab for 59-yard receiving touchdown

0:24 Anthony Colandrea scores 13-yard rushing touchdown

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
UNLV	14	10	7	7	38
SHSU	7	0	0	14	21

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Game Leaders

UNLV Rebels

Anthony Colandrea · 19/23, 249 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jai'Den Thomas · 9 CAR, 65 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jaden Bradley · 6 REC, 125 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Aamaris Brown · 2Sacks
Marsel McDuffie · 6Tackles

Sam Houston Bearkats

Hunter Watson · 11/22, 101 YDSPassing Yards
Landan Brown · 10 CAR, 85 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Tim Burns Jr. · 1 REC, 59 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Tokyo Gordon · 1Sacks
Emon Allen · 9Tackles

2026 Mountain West Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota State
New Mexico
San José State
UNLV
Air Force
Wyoming
Northern Illinois
Nevada
UTEP
Hawai'i

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 5:01

TD Tim Burns Jr. 59 Yd pass from Mabrey Mettauer (Mabrey Mettauer Pass to Qua'Vez Humphreys for Two-Point Conversion)38–21

Q4 7:05

TD Anthony Colandrea 13 Yd Run (Ramon Villela Kick)38–13

Q4 14:15

TD Landan Brown 53 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)31–13

Q3 11:22

TD Jai'Den Thomas 3 Yd Run (Ramon Villela Kick)31–7

Q2 7:15

TD Aamaris Brown 52 Yd Interception Return (Ramon Villela Kick)24–7

Q2 9:41

FG Ramon Villela 29 Yd Field Goal 17–7

Q1 0:32

TD DeAngelo Irvin Jr. 3 Yd pass from Anthony Colandrea (Ramon Villela Kick)14–7

Q1 8:42

TD Hunter Watson 6 Yd Run (RJ Lopez Kick)7–7

Q1 12:19

TD Jaden Bradley 43 Yd pass from Anthony Colandrea (Ramon Villela Kick)7–0

Team Stats

UNLV RebelsSam Houston Bearkats

Offense

404 Total Yards 332

249 Passing Yards 187

155 Rushing Yards 145

20 First Downs 20

Efficiency

5-9 3rd Down 1-12

1-1 4th Down 3-6

19/23 Completions 19/35

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 1

8-92 Penalties 5-48

29:42 Possession 30:18

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Anthony Colandrea	19/23	249	10.8	2	1	90.0
Team	19/23	249	10.8	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jai'Den Thomas	9	65	7.2	1	27
Keyvone Lee	7	42	6.0	0	18
Anthony Colandrea	6	23	3.8	1	13
Darrien Jones	2	9	4.5	0	6
Jaylon Glover	4	9	2.3	0	5
Alex Orji	3	7	2.3	0	4
DeAngelo Irvin Jr.	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	33	155	4.7	2	27

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jaden Bradley	6	125	20.8	1	49
JoJo Earle	4	66	16.5	0	32
Var'Keyes Gumms	2	27	13.5	0	18
DeAngelo Irvin Jr.	2	12	6.0	1	9
Daejon Reynolds	1	12	12.0	0	12
Troy Omeire	1	4	4.0	0	4
Jai'Den Thomas	3	3	1.0	0	6
Team	19	249	13.1	2	49

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
JoJo Earle	1	0	0
Anthony Colandrea	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Tre Fulton	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
Marsel McDuffie	6	5	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Flowe	5	5	0	0	1	0	0
Darrien Stewart	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Aamaris Brown	4	4	2	3	0	0	1
Jaheem Joseph	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lucas Conti	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Landen Thomas	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kamuela Ka'aihue	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
Blesyng Alualu-Tuiolemotu	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jalen Lee	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Tunmise Adeleye	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Kodi DeCambra	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Elias Rudolph	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ose Egbase	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Caden Costa	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Logan Christensen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Porter	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cohen Fuller	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Powdrell	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chief Borders	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Quandarius Keyes	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team	56	50	4	7	2	2	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Aamaris Brown	1	52	1
Team	1	52	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaylon Glover	1	30	30.0	30	0
Team	1	30	30.0	30	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
DeAngelo Irvin Jr.	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team	1	4	4.0	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ramon Villela	1/1	100.0	29	5/5	8
Team	1/1	100.0	29	5/5	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cam Brown	2	81	40.5	0	0	44
Team	2	81	40.5	0	0	44

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Hunter Watson	11/22	101	4.6	0	0	33.1
Mabrey Mettauer	8/13	86	6.6	1	1	3.8
Team	19/35	187	5.3	1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Landan Brown	10	85	8.5	1	53
Elijah Green	8	36	4.5	0	11
Hunter Watson	10	17	1.7	1	11
Mabrey Mettauer	6	7	1.2	0	11
Jerrian Parker Jr.	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	35	145	4.1	2	53

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tim Burns Jr.	1	59	59.0	1	59
Malik Phillips	3	28	9.3	0	16
Dylan Burk	3	25	8.3	0	15
Aviyon Smith-Mack	4	24	6.0	0	9
Elijah Green	1	18	18.0	0	18
Chris Reed	2	17	8.5	0	14
Darrick Bledsoe III	2	17	8.5	0	9
Landan Brown	3	-1	-0.3	0	5
Team	19	187	9.8	1	59

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Mabrey Mettauer	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Emon Allen	9	8	0	2.5	1
CJ Brown	6	3	0	0.5	1
JaMair Diaz	5	3	0	0	0
Tokyo Gordon	4	3	1	1	0
Antavious Fish	4	2	0	0	0
Cecil Powell	3	3	0	0	0
Tyler Bailey	3	3	0	0	0
Jaidan Scott	3	2	0	0	0
Alonzo Edwards Jr.	3	2	0	0	0
Dylan Frazier	3	1	0	0	0
Christopher Eaton Jr.	2	2	0	1	0
Josiah Stephens	2	1	0	0	0
Trey Harris	1	1	0	0	0
CJ Johnson	1	1	0	0	0
Carson Whitington	1	1	0	0	0
Brody Henderson	1	1	0	0	0
She'Fon Boyd	1	1	0	0	0
AJ Sargent	1	0	0	0	0
Darien Jackson	1	0	0	0	0
Team	54	38	1	5	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Emon Allen	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Malik Phillips	3	78	26.0	32
Shane Porter	1	18	18.0	18
Team	4	96	24.0	32

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Emon Allen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
RJ Lopez	0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Curtis Gerrand	3	130	43.3	0	0	47
Team	3	130	43.3	0	0	47

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