Nicholls 0, Sam Houston 59 · Box Score

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Final · Week 3 · Sat, Sep 19, 2026

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Nicholls	0	0	0	0	0
SHSU	10	21	21	7	59

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Team stats

NichollsFCS		SHSU
10	First downs	26
163	Total yards	619
39	Passing yards	386
7-23	Comp-Att	22-32
1.7	Yards per pass	12.1
124	Rushing yards	233
36	Rushes	43
3.4	Yards per rush	5.4
1-15	3rd down	10-17
0-0	4th down	0-0
7-66	Penalties-yards	8-70
3	Turnovers	0
1	Fumbles lost	0
2	Interceptions thrown	0
24:29	Time of possession	35:31
0	Sacks	1
1	Tackles for loss	6
1	QB hurries	3
2	Passes defended	5
0	Defensive TDs	0
15	Kick return yards	29
—	Punt return yards	7
0	Passing TDs	5
0	Rushing TDs	3
—	Kicking points	11

Advanced stats

NichollsFCS		SHSU
-0.33	EPA per play	+0.54
26%	Success rate	53%
0.79	Explosiveness	1.46
-0.04	Rushing EPA per play	+0.03
36%	Rushing success rate	50%
-0.43	Passing EPA per play	+0.96
13%	Passing success rate	59%
38%	Standard downs success	54%
7%	Passing downs success	50%
2.60	Line yards per rush	3.14
0.77	Second-level yards	0.86
0.64	Open-field yards	0.86
14%	Stuff rate	14%
100%	Power success	100%
8%	Havoc caused	36%
2	Scoring chances	11
1.50	Points per chance	5.36
Own 32	Avg. starting field position	Own 34
3	Explosive plays	5
1%	Postgame win expectancy	99%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q110:55
Sam HoustonTD
(11:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass complete deep left to #3 T.Burns Jr. caught at NIC25, for 65 yards to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:55, 1ST DOWN #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 3 plays, 69 yds
0-7
Q14:39
Sam HoustonFG
#94 S.Carpenter field goal attempt from 33 yards GOOD (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington), clock 04:39
Drive: 5 plays, 25 yds
0-10
Q212:00
Sam HoustonTD
(12:06) #8 L.Locke pass complete short right to #7 G.O'Neill caught at NIC00, for 3 yards to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:00 #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington) PENALTY NIC Illegal Substitution declined
Drive: 6 plays, 82 yds
0-17
Q26:44
Sam HoustonTD
(06:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 L.Brown rush left for 5 yards gain to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:44 #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 4 plays, 23 yds
0-24
Q22:03
Sam HoustonTD
(02:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass complete short left to #0 D.Bledsoe III caught at NIC00, for 11 yards to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:03, 1ST DOWN #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 8 plays, 75 yds
0-31
Q314:27
Sam HoustonTD
(14:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass complete short left to #12 K.Maxwell caught at NIC43, for 48 yards to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:27, 1ST DOWN #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 2 plays, 59 yds
0-38
Q35:14
Sam HoustonTD
(05:18) Shotgun #22 A.McCaskill rush middle for 5 yards gain to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:14, 1ST DOWN #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 14 plays, 80 yds
0-45
Q32:19
Sam HoustonTD
(02:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 B.Holloway pass complete deep right to #5 K.Berry-Johnson caught at NIC21, for 61 yards to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:19, 1ST DOWN #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 3 plays, 70 yds
0-52
Q44:45
Sam HoustonTD
(04:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 B.Holloway rush middle for 10 yards gain to the NIC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:45, 1ST DOWN #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 10 plays, 55 yds
0-59

Score shown Nicholls-SHSU.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Ean Rodrigue	7/21	39	1.9	0	2	--
Preston Welch	0/2	0	0.0	0	0	--

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

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

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

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
Romeo Brown	1	1	0
Ean Rodrigue	1	0	0

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Pharrell Harewood	11	423	38.5	0	4	52

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Greg Donaldson	2	15	7.5	15	0