New Mexico State 30, Sam Houston 24 · Box Score

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Final · Week 8 · Wed, Oct 21, 2026

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NMSU	0	14	16	0	30
SHSU	7	3	7	7	24

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Team stats

NMSU		SHSU
21	First downs	9
363	Total yards	246
160	Passing yards	235
19-29	Comp-Att	18-33
5.5	Yards per pass	7.1
203	Rushing yards	11
42	Rushes	20
4.8	Yards per rush	0.6
2-12	3rd down	3-13
1-3	4th down	0-1
6-48	Penalties-yards	13-118
2	Turnovers	2
1	Fumbles lost	1
1	Interceptions thrown	1
34:34	Time of possession	25:26
2	Sacks	0
7	Tackles for loss	4
7	QB hurries	4
4	Passes defended	3
0	Defensive TDs	1
47	Kick return yards	109
24	Punt return yards	33
2	Passing TDs	1
2	Rushing TDs	1
6	Kicking points	6

Advanced stats

NMSU		SHSU
-0.10	EPA per play	-0.14
40%	Success rate	26%
0.98	Explosiveness	1.86
+0.06	Rushing EPA per play	-0.49
46%	Rushing success rate	22%
-0.13	Passing EPA per play	-0.06
31%	Passing success rate	27%
46%	Standard downs success	26%
25%	Passing downs success	26%
3.00	Line yards per rush	1.71
0.90	Second-level yards	0.61
1.51	Open-field yards	0.44
15%	Stuff rate	39%
100%	Power success	67%
24%	Havoc caused	13%
5	Scoring chances	5
4.60	Points per chance	3.40
Own 34	Avg. starting field position	Own 32
5	Explosive plays	3
68%	Postgame win expectancy	32%

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

Q112:40
Sam HoustonPUNT TD
New Mexico State punt blocked by T. Guillory II and recovered by R. Adams in endzone (S. Carpenter KICK) #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
0-7
Q210:07
New Mexico StateTD
Shotgun #2 J.Jones rush left for 1 yard gain to the SAM00 TOUCHDOWN, #40 K.Francone kick attempt good (H: #91 B.Richter, LS: #41 B.Sage)
Drive: 1 plays, 1 yds
7-7
Q26:32
Sam HoustonFG
#94 S.Carpenter field goal attempt from 38 yards GOOD (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington), clock 06:32
Drive: 4 plays, 0 yds
7-10
Q20:24
New Mexico StateTD
AJ Williams III 27 Yd pass from Adam Damante (Kyah Francone Kick)
Drive: 2 plays, 43 yds
14-10
Q314:40
Sam HoustonTD
Tim Burns Jr. 81 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick)
Drive: 1 plays, 81 yds
14-17
Q310:35
New Mexico StateTD
AJ Williams III 5 Yd pass from Adam Damante (Kyah Francone Kick)
Drive: 7 plays, 60 yds
21-17
Q32:03
New Mexico StateFG
#40 K.Francone field goal attempt from 25 yards GOOD (H: #91 B.Richter, LS: #41 B.Sage), clock 02:03
Drive: 8 plays, 27 yds
24-17
Q30:33
New Mexico StateTD
No Huddle-Shotgun #0 T.Washington Jr. rush right for 7 yards gain to the SAM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:33 #40 K.Francone kick attempt failed (H: #91 B.Richter, LS: #41 B.Sage)
Drive: 2 plays, 27 yds
30-17
Q44:00
Sam HoustonTD
Shotgun #20 M.Dowdy rush middle for 1 yard gain to the NMS00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:00 #94 S.Carpenter kick attempt good (H: #81 N.Ottomanelli, LS: #46 C.Whitington)
Drive: 8 plays, 32 yds
30-24

Score shown NMSU-SHSU.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Adam Damante	19/29	160	5.5	2	1	43.1

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
James Jones	27	178	6.6	1	31
Terrell Washington Jr.	12	40	3.3	1	8
Lyndon Ravare	1	1	1.0	0	1
AJ Williams III	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Tyler King	1	-11	-11.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
AJ Williams III	3	52	17.3	2	27
Brodrick Malone	3	26	8.7	0	16
Tyler King	3	21	7.0	0	13
Terrell Washington Jr.	3	17	5.7	0	9
Carson Su'esu'e	1	16	16.0	0	16
Josiah Thomas	2	11	5.5	0	7
Jerry Lydiatt	1	8	8.0	0	8
Myles Libman	2	7	3.5	0	5
TJ Pride	1	2	2.0	0	2

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Sone Aupiu	7	3	0.5	2	0	0
Tory Gethers	5	4	0	0	0	1
Chance Barron	5	2	0	0	1	0
Xavier Rucker	3	3	0	0	0	0
Josiah Charles	3	2	0	0	0	0
Gabe Peterson	2	2	1	1	0	2
Drake Williams	2	2	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Sessions	2	1	0	0	2	0
Javon Gillespie	2	1	0	0	0	0
Enzo-Pierre Tayou	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Jordan-Lebron Downey	2	1	0	1	0	0
Kaian Roberts-Day	1	1	0	1	0	0
Dijon Stanley	1	1	0	0	0	0
Reeves Baller	1	1	0	1	0	1
Myles Libman	1	1	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Rudison	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jakobe Campbell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jason Gwan	1	1	0	0	0	0
De'Marcus Peters	1	1	0	0	1	0
Fa'apaia Fualema	1	1	0	0	0	0
Demanuel Brown Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Israel Clark-White	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Vislisel	1	0	0	0	0	3
Henry Davis III	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Lorenzo Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	TD
Josiah Charles	1	25	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
AJ Williams III	1	1	0
Kaian Roberts-Day	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Kyah Francone	1/1	100.0	25	3/4	6

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Brody Richter	5	208	41.6	0	2	53
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0	0

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Dijon Stanley	1	40	40.0	40	0
Tyler King	1	7	7.0	7	0

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
TJ Pride	2	24	12.0	12	0