Sam Houston at Western Kentucky
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Sam Houston | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 | |
| Western Kentucky | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 9:32 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Dalvin Smith 45 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:31 | Sam Houston touchdown. Noah Smith 42 Yd pass from Keegan Shoemaker (Colby Sessums PAT failed) |
| 9:21 | Sam Houston touchdown. Adrian Murdaugh 1 Yd Run (Colby Sessums Kick) |
| 6:06 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Markese Stepp 3 Yd Run (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 0:49 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Craig Burt Jr. 26 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 0:00 | Sam Houston field goal. Colby Sessums 53 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 12:13 | Sam Houston touchdown. John Gentry 7 Yd Run (Colby Sessums Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:53 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Malachi Corley 75 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Total first downs | 18 | 21 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Third downs attempted | 16 | 17 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 9 |
| Third down percentage | 25 % | 53 % |
| Fourth down | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Total yards | 357 | 465 |
| Total rushing yards | 86 | 73 |
| Total passing yards | 271 | 392 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 29:43 | 30:17 |
| Rushing | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Total rushing plays | 31 | 31 |
| Total rushing yards | 86 | 73 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Passing | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.0 | 9.6 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 50 | 45 |
| Turnovers | Sam Houston | Western Kentucky |
| Passes intercepted | 2 | 4 |
| Interception returns | 2 | 4 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| John Gentry | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Keegan Shoemaker | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Noah Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Adrian Murdaugh | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Issiah Nixon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Elijah Young | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Markese Stepp | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Team | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Austin Reed | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Keegan Shoemaker | 45 | 25 | 56 % | 271 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Western Kentucky | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Austin Reed | 41 | 28 | 68 % | 392 | 9.6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Noah Smith | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 1 | 42 | ||||
| John Gentry | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Jax Sherrard | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Simeon Evans | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Thomas Jewett | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Malik Phillips | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Al'vonte Woodard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Adrian Murdaugh | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| MarKendrick Beall | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malachi Corley | 10 | 171 | 17.1 | 1 | 75 | ||||
| Dalvin Smith | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 1 | 45 | ||||
| Craig Burt Jr. | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| Elijah Young | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Easton Messer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Trevor Borland | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| K.D. Hutchinson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Adrian Murdaugh | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Emon Allen | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Western Kentucky | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Austin Reed | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| K.D. Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Anthony Johnson Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Caleb Weaver | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Da'Marcus Crosby | 1 | 39 | 0 | ||||||
| Isaiah Downes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Desmyn Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Anthony Johnson Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Trevor Williams | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kavian Gaither | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dakerric Hobbs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Fisher | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Murray | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Briceon Hayes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylen Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Downes | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Markel Perry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Seth Mason | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Da'Marcus Crosby | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caleb Weaver | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emon Allen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ysidro Mascorro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| D'Ary Patton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donovan Adkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Aribisala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Pavon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eli Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Western Kentucky | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Upton Stout | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sebastian Benjamin | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rome Weber | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenyonte Davis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kylan Guidry | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Loving | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendrick Simpkins | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deante McCray | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Desmyn Baker | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Talique Allen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcus Patterson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Johnson Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hosea Wheeler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davion Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cory Munson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrion Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Easton Messer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Ford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reginald Allen Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Takulve Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Key | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Niko Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Brackenridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Malik Phillips | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Easton Messer | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 39 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Emon Allen | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| K.D. Hutchinson | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Colby Sessums | 1/1 | 53 | 2/3 | 5 | |||||
| Western Kentucky | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Lucas Carneiro | 0/0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Sam Houston | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jadon Cardell | 7 | 287 | 41.0 | 0 | |||||
| Keegan Shoemaker | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | |||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Cory Munson | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 3:53 AM.