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34–28
Final
 Strawberry Stadium, HammondSELA -24.5
FINALHouston Christian 34, SE Louisiana 28UPSETHCU covered +24.5CLOSED SELA -24.5

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
Calvin Smith Jr. crosses goal line for 10-yard touchdownVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
SELA WINNING
HCU WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: SELA 93% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 30 PTS

Scoring plays

10 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Calvin Smith Jr. 10 Yd Run (Drew Talley Kick)

0:09
0-7
Q2
Field Goal Good

Lukasz Smolen 30 Yd Field Goal

10:43
3-7
Rushing Touchdown

Champ Dozier 4 Yd Run (Lukasz Smolen Kick)

4:42
10-7
Passing Touchdown

Keith Wheeler 12 Yd pass from Cutter Stewart (Lukasz Smolen Kick)

0:02
17-7
Q3
Rushing Touchdown

Jaylen Middleton 1 Yd Run (Lukasz Smolen Kick)

8:24
24-7
Rushing Touchdown

Kyle Lowe 55 Yd Run (Drew Talley Kick)

6:41
24-14
Passing Touchdown

Jamaal Hall II 66 Yd pass from Cutter Stewart (Lukasz Smolen Kick)

1:55
31-14
Q4
Field Goal Good

Lukasz Smolen 32 Yd Field Goal

14:20
34-14
Passing Touchdown

Lawson Dixon 2 Yd pass from Kyle Lowe (Drew Talley Kick)

8:35
34-21
Passing Touchdown

Lawson Dixon 18 Yd pass from Kyle Lowe (Drew Talley Kick)

3:29
34-28

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Cutter Stewart returns from junior college ranks, leads Houston Christian past SE Louisiana 34-28

HAMMOND, La. -- , Cutter Stewart celebrated his return to Division I with 268 total yards and Houston Christian held off a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Southeastern Louisiana 34-28 in a season and Southland Conference opener on Thursday night. Stewart, a redshirt junior who spent last season at a junior college, threw for 173 yards and ran for 95. His 66-yard touchdown pass to Jamaal Hall II gave the Huskies a 31-14 lead with about two minutes left in the third quarter. In the fourth, SE Louisiana, ranked No. 19 in the Stats Perform FCS top 25 poll, rallied with two touchdown passes from Kyle Lowe to Lawson Dixon . The second score, on an 18-yard pass, made it 34-28 with 3 1/2 minutes remaining. Houston Christian then ran out the clock. Held without a first down in the first quarter, the Huskies put up 17 points in the second quarter.

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Top performers

HCU
PASSINGCutter Stewart10/18, 173 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGCutter Stewart15 CAR, 95 YDS
RECEIVINGJamaal Hall II2 REC, 71 YDS, 1 TD
SELA
PASSINGKyle Lowe17/27, 150 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGKyree Paul8 CAR, 70 YDS
RECEIVINGLawson Dixon4 REC, 46 YDS, 2 TD

Team stats

HCU · SELA
361
TOTAL YARDS
398
200
PASSING
150
161
RUSHING
248
17
1ST DOWNS
23
8-14
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
7-16
1
TURNOVERS
3
6-60
PENALTIES
4-34
24:28
POSSESSION
35:32

STRAWBERRY STADIUM, HAMMOND · ATTENDANCE 4,199

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