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Final
 Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, HuntsvilleSHSU -21
FINALNicholls 0, Sam Houston 59SHSU covered -21CLOSED SHSU -21

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
Landyn Locke tosses 65-yard touchdownVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
SHSU WINNING
NICH WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: SHSU 84% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 7 PTS

Scoring plays

9 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

Tim Burns Jr. 65 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)

10:55
0-7
Field Goal Good

Sam Carpenter 33 Yd Field Goal

4:39
0-10
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Grady O'Neill 3 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)

12:00
0-17
Rushing Touchdown

Landan Brown 5 Yd Run (Sam Carpenter Kick)

6:44
0-24
Passing Touchdown

Darrick Bledsoe III 11 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)

2:03
0-31
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Kamari Maxwell 48 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)

14:27
0-38
Rushing Touchdown

Alton McCaskill 5 Yd Run (Sam Carpenter Kick)

5:14
0-45
Passing Touchdown

Kyan Berry-Johnson 61 Yd pass from Brett Holloway (Sam Carpenter Kick)

2:19
0-52
Q4
Rushing Touchdown

Brett Holloway 10 Yd Run (Sam Carpenter Kick)

4:45
0-59

What happened

ESPN RECAP

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

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- , 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. The Bearkats (1-2) posted their highest-scoring game since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision, surpassing their previous mark of 42 against Louisiana Tech on Nov. 11, 2023. Locke opened the scoring with a 65-yard touchdown pass to Tim Burns Jr . and added scoring passes of 3 yards to Grady O’Neill and 11 yards to Darrick Bledsoe III as Sam Houston built a 31-0 halftime lead. Locke connected with Kamari Maxwell for a 48-yard touchdown early in the third quarter. Alton McCaskill added a 5-yard touchdown run before backup quarterback Brett Holloway threw a 61-yard scoring pass to Kyan Berry-Johnson to make it 52-0. Holloway capped the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown run in the fourth.

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Top performers

NICH
PASSINGEan Rodrigue7/21, 39 YDS, 2 INT
RUSHINGTamaj Hoffman9 CAR, 56 YDS
RECEIVINGJordan Smith2 REC, 21 YDS
SHSU
PASSINGLandyn Locke19/28, 322 YDS, 4 TD
RUSHINGJerrian Parker Jr.6 CAR, 52 YDS
RECEIVINGKamari Maxwell2 REC, 86 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

NICH · SHSU
163
TOTAL YARDS
619
39
PASSING
386
124
RUSHING
233
10
1ST DOWNS
26
1-15
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
10-17
3
TURNOVERS
0
7-66
PENALTIES
8-70
24:29
POSSESSION
35:31

ELLIOTT T. BOWERS STADIUM, HUNTSVILLE · ATTENDANCE 12,182

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