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Weston Stephens rushed for 90 yards and was one of five Sam Houston ball carriers to score touchdowns as the top-ranked Bearkats defeated Dixie State 59-10 in a nonconference contest on Saturday for their 19th-consecutive win. Sam Houston (8-0) led 28-0 well before the first quarter ended as Eric Schmid hit Isaac Schley with a 5-yard touchdown pass on the game-opening drive. Jahari Kay scooped up a Dixie State fumble for a 3-yard TD moments later and then the Bearkats blocked a Dixie State field goal attempt with Jaylen Thomas going 63 yards with the recovery for a 21-0 lead. Ramon Jefferson broke tackles on his 23-yard touchdown run in the final minute of the opening period. Schmid was 10-of-19 passing for 124 yards. Dixie State (0-9) was led by Kobe Tracy's 28-of-48 passing for 240 yards and a touchdown. Tracy was intercepted twice. Drew Kannely-Robles gained 42 of the Trailblazers 58 yards rushing. - AP College Football

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10/31/21 - Eric Schmid, Sr/2022, Sam Houston, 6-1, 179 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Eric Schmid threw five touchdown passes to lead FCS top-ranked Sam Houston to a 45-27 victory over Tarleton on Saturday night. It was the 18th-straight win for Sam Houston (7-0, 5-0 ASUN-Western Athletic Conference) dating to the 2019 season, the longest current streak in Division I. The Bearkats have also won a record 17 games in the 2021 calendar year, surpassing Yale (1894, 1889), Chicago (1899), and North Dakota State (2019). Schmid was 25-of-37 passing for 298 yards, with three touchdown passes going to Ife Adeyi and one each to Noah Smith and Chandler Harvin. Cody Chrest had nine catches for 137 yards for the Bearkats. Ramon Jefferson added 179 yards on the ground on 23 carries. Chrest's 43-yard diving catch set up Schmid's 26-yard touchdown pass to Harvin on the next play, and the Bearkats stretched their lead to 38-14 late in the third quarter. Steven Duncan completed 25 of 43 passes for 403 yards and threw three touchdown passes to lead Tarleton (4-4, 0-1). It was the Bearkats' first game in Stephenville since 1975. - Sam Houston/AP College Football

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10/24/21 - Alton McCaskill, rSr/2026, Sam Houston, 6-1, 205 (DS#23 RB) + More +

Alton McCaskill ran 25-yards for a touchdown in overtime and Houston's defense forced a turnover in the extra session and the Cougars beat East Carolina 31-24 late Saturday. The game, which was originally set to begin at 3 p.m. Central, was delayed 20 minutes due to lightning. At 3:20 p.m., it was delayed after a brief start and didn't resume until five hours later. It ended close to midnight in Houston. It finally ended when JoVanni Stewart recovered Ryan Jones' fumble which was initiated on a tackle by Donavan Mutin after Jones took a short pass from Holton Ahlers. Down 24-10, Ahlers ran it in from the 1 with 6:59 left in regulation before the Cougars (6-1, 4-0 American Athletic Conference) turned it over on their first play from scrimmage on the following drive. Inheriting a short field, Ahlers threw a 13-yard scoring pass to Audie Omotosho with 5:43 left to force overtime. Ahlers threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns for ECU (3-4, 1-2). Clayton Tune threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns for Houston. - AP College Football

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RB Alton McCaskill, Sam Houston
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10/23/21 - Eric Schmid, Sr/2022, Sam Houston, 6-1, 179 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Eric Schmid threw a pair of touchdown passes, Ramon Jefferson ran for two more scores and FCS top-ranked Sam Houston rolled past Jacksonville State 42-7 on Saturday for the Bearkats' 16th straight victory. Zerrick Cooper ran in from 6 yards out midway through the first quarter for the game's first points. But that would be it for the Gamecocks (3-4, 1-1 ASUN-WAC Challenge), who trailed 21-7 at halftime after Jefferson ran for a 33-yard TD on the first play after a JSU punt. Noah Smith finished an 87-yard drive with 2-yard run and Schmid ran in from 3 yards on the third play after an interception. The Bearkats (6-0, 4-0) broke the game open with touchdowns on three straight drives with Schmid's scoring passes to Ife Adeyi and Jequez Ezzard and Jefferson's second touchdown, a 4-yarder. Schmid was 17-of-30 for 227 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Jefferson had 110 yards rushing on 14 carries and Adeyi and Ezzard combined for 172 yards receiving. Cooper was 15-of-33 passing for 169 yards and an interception for the Gamecocks, ranked No. 21 in the coaches poll. - Sam Houston/AP College Football

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10/10/21 - Eric Schmid, Sr/2022, Sam Houston, 6-1, 179 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Eric Schmid threw a pair of touchdown passes, Noah Smith ran for 119 yards and a score and FCS top-ranked Sam Houston routed Lamar 41-7 on Saturday. It was the Bearkats' (5-0, 3-0 Western Athletic Conference) tenth straight win over Lamar (1-3, 0-1) and their 150th victory at Bowers Stadium. Schmid threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Chandler Harvin late in the first quarter and tossed a 34-yarder to Cody Chrest early in the second. Schmid finished 13-of-31 passing for 159 yards and added 59 yards on the ground. Smith's 49-yard touchdown run stretched the Bearkats' lead to 27-7 midway through the third quarter. Chaz Ward's 1-yard TD run capped a 73-yard drive in the second quarter for Lamar. The Bearkats have a week off before hosting No. 22 Jacksonville State on Oct. 23. - AP College Football

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QB Eric Schmid, Sam Houston
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10/06/21 - Jahari Kay, rSr/2022, Sam Houston, 6-1, 247 (DS#102 DE) + More +

OCT 4 STATS FCS NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jahari Kay, Sam Houston, DE, Sr., 6-2, 260, Berkley, California,...With Sam Houston held below 300 yards, Kay and the defense led the defending FCS champ until the offense rallied past rival Stephen F. Austin 21-20 in the AQ7. He finished with eight tackles (six solos), including 2.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks. He also forced a fumble late in the game and had two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup. Honorable Mention: Jalon Baker, DB, Tennessee Tech; Cole Coleman, DB, Elon; Spencer Cuvelier, LB, Northern Iowa; Russell Dandy, DB, Eastern Illinois; PJ Herrington, S, Northwestern State; Jeremiah Josephs, DB, Duquesne; Kama Kamaka, DE, San Diego; Devon Krzanowski, LB, North Dakota; Titus Leo, LB, Wagner; Jace Lewis, LB, Montana; Clay Patterson, DT, Yale; Jonathan Searcy, S, Bucknell; Darion Slade, S, Campbell; Kordell Williams, LB, McNeese. - STATS FCS Football

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10/03/21 - Keegan Shoemaker, rSr/2024, Sam Houston, 6-2, 201 (DS#63 QB) + More +

Trapper Pannell ran for a 4-yard touchdown to complete a fourth-quarter comeback and FCS top-ranked Sam Houston edged Stephen F. Austin 21-20 on Saturday. The Bearkats, playing without banged-up starting quarterback Eric Schmid, got a 26-yard TD pass from Keegan Shoemaker to Ife Adeyi then took advantage of a short field following a Lumberjacks punt from the end zone in driving for the go-ahead score. The Lumberjacks' Chris Campos, who kicked a 49-yard field goal earlier, was wide right with a 51-yard try with 40 seconds remaining.

At the end of the third quarter, Stephen F. Austin recovered a high snap at the Sam Houston 9 and Trae Self passed to Lawton Rikel for a TD on the next play to lead 20-6. Shoemaker, a transfer from Louisiana-Lafayette where he was Patriot League rookie of the year in 2019, was 16-of-29 passing for 222 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Self was 17 of 34 for 215 yards passing with two touchdowns and a pick. Xavier Gipson made nine catches for 100 yards and a score. Sam Houston (4-0, 2-0 ASUN-WAC Challenge) has won 10 straight over the Lumberjacks (3-2, 0-2). Because of the pandemic, the rivals didn't play last year for the first time since 1945. - Sam Houston/AP College Football

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QB Keegan Shoemaker, Sam Houston
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09/25/21 - Eric Schmid, Sr/2022, Sam Houston, 6-1, 179 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Eric Schmid threw four touchdown passes and defending national champion and No. 1 FCS-ranked Sam Houston held off Central Arkansas 45-35 on Saturday. Schmid left the game with 9 1/2 minutes left after absorbing a hard hit that was ruled as targeting. He returned to finish the drive with Ramon Jefferson running in from 5 yards out and Schmid throwing for the two-point conversion and a 42-28 lead. Schmid threw all of his touchdown passes in the first half, including a 45-yarder to Jequez Ezzard to open the scoring, as the Bearkats took off to a 31-7 lead. Breylin Smith's 5-yard TD pass to Tyler Hudson with nine seconds left in the half cut the lead to 31-14.

Central Arkansas, ranked 24th in the coaches poll, cut into the leader further with Smith's 24-yard pass to Lujuan Winningham and Darius Hale's 7-yard run in the third quarter to trail 31-28. The Bearkats (3-0) outgained the Bears (1-3) 478-326 in winning their 14th straight. Schmid was 19-of-37 passing for 283 yards. Two of his TD passes went to Ezzard. Jefferson rushed for 104 yards on 22 carries. Smith was 25 of 41 for 288 yards passing, four touchdowns and two interceptions. Hudson had 11 catches for a career-high 181 yards and two TDs. The game was the first for both teams within the Atlantic Sun-Western Athletic Conference Challenge. Seven teams are playing in the Challenge, also being called the AQ7, in which designated teams from the two conferences will play a single round-robin. The team with the highest winning percentage out of the Challenge will get the automatic bid to the FCS playoffs. - Sam Houston/AP College Football

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09/19/21 - Alton McCaskill, rSr/2026, Sam Houston, 6-1, 205 (DS#23 RB) + More +

Alton McCaskill ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns as Houston rolled to a 45-0 victory over Grambling on Saturday night. McCaskill ran 16 times and scored on 17- and 34-yard runs for Houston (2-1). Ike Ogbogu completed 14 of 22 passes for 196 yards and threw a pair of touchdown passes to Nathaniel Dell, who finished with eight catches for 134 yards. Marcus Jones scored on a 48-yard punt return for the Cougars. Ta'Zhawn Henry also had a touchdown run. Grambling (1-2) was held to 102 yards of offense and was 0 of 14 on third-down conversions. Darqueze Brutton and CJ Russell each ran for 18 yards. - Houston/AP College Football

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RB Alton McCaskill, Sam Houston
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09/11/21 - Eric Schmid, Sr/2022, Sam Houston, 6-1, 179 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Eric Schmid threw three touchdown passes, Ramon Jefferson ran for two scores and Sam Houston beat SE Missouri 52-14 on Saturday night. Schmid was 16-of-28 passing for 243 yards with one interception and Jefferson finished with 11 carries for 153 yards, including a 70-yard TD that gave the Bearkats the lead for good with 3:25 left in the first half. A 49-yard pick-6 by Jaylen Thomas about two minutes later made it 28-14 going into halftime.

Sam Houston (2-0), the defending Football Championship Subdivision champion, has won 13 consecutive games dating to the final game of the 2019 season. Keandre Booker returned an interception 31 yards to the Sam Houston 2 and two plays later Southeast Missouri's Geno Hess scored on a 1-yard run to make it 14-all before the Bearkats, ranked No. 1 in the STATS FCS poll, scored the final 38 points. CJ Ogbonna completed 13 of 27 passes for 168 yards with an interception and a 43-yard TD pass to Aaron Alston for the Redhawks (0-2). - AP College Football

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09/11/21 - Jordan Yates, rSr/2025, Sam Houston, 5-11, 195 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Geoff Collins believes the resiliency demonstrated by his Georgia Tech players shows "we're leaps and bounds from where we were." Collins also knows a more telling test awaits next week when the Yellow Jackets visit No. 6 Clemson. Fill-in starter Jordan Yates passed for four touchdowns and Georgia Tech contained Kennesaw State's triple-option offense to beat the Owls 45-17 on Saturday. "To come out and play at a high level in every area of the game is pretty cool," Collins said. With the bounce-back win from last week's stunning loss to Northern Illinois, Georgia Tech (1-1) gained momentum for its Atlantic Coast Conference opener at Clemson next week.

The performances by Yates and Kyric McGowan, who had two touchdown catches, are evidence of improved depth from back-to-back three-win seasons. Yates became the first quarterback in Georgia Tech history to throw for four touchdowns in his first start. The redshirt freshman completed 17 of 22 passes for 254 yards as the replacement starter for Jeff Sims, who was in uniform but held out with a left arm injury. Yates gave credit to his offensive line. "I'm really proud of my guys out there," Yates said. "They kept me upright all game up front." - Georgia Tech/AP College Football

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RB Jordan Yates, Sam Houston
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09/02/21 - Eric Schmid, Sr/2022, Sam Houston, 6-1, 179 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Eric Schmid threw for three touchdowns and defending FCS champion Sam Houston beat Northern Arizona 42-16 Thursday night. Leading 21-7 at halftime, the top-ranked Bearkats broke the game open with the help of two third-quarter interceptions. Luis Aguilar's 30-yard field goal got the Lumberjacks within 21-10 in the third quarter and they were driving again before Trevor Williams intercepted Jeff Widener and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown. Ysidro Mascorro then intercepted Widener on NAU's next possession and the Bearkats turned that into another score on Noah Smith's 7-yard run. Ramon Jefferson went over 100 yards rushing and Cody Chrest over 100 yards receiving for the Bearkats. This past spring, Schmid passed for 20 touchdowns and ran for eight more in leading Sam Houston to the Bearkats' first national championship, finishing 10-0. - Sam Houston/AP College Football

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QB Eric Schmid, Sam Houston
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08/31/21 - Dezmon Jackson, rSr/2023, Sam Houston, 5-11, 214 (DS#60 RB) + More +

Dezmon Jackson is a gamer. That phrase can mean a lot of different things these days, but here's what it means in regard to the Oklahoma State running back. "I don't say this a lot, but he actually plays better in games than he practices," OSU coach Mike Gundy said. "Now, he practices hard, but in games, he slashes and seems to be more productive than he actually is in live settings in practice. "There's very few young men that I've come across in my career that were actually able to do that." That's a little bit of an unfortunate trait, considering how much time football players spend practicing, compared to playing games.

However, opening week is here, and Jackson is sure to get some game action on Saturday when the Cowboys host Missouri State at 6 p.m. at Boone Pickens Stadium, televised by ESPN+. "I've always referred to myself as not really a practice guy," said Jackson, a 5-foot-11, 220-pound redshirt senior. "I don't know why, but when I'm in practice, it don't really click to me, but when I get on the field in games, it's just so easy. "I think it's just my adrenaline going, knowing it's game day. Playing with my teammates, playing in front of fans and just doing something I love. It's something that gets me going." - Daily Oklahoman

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RB Dezmon Jackson, Sam Houston
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05/16/21 - Jequez Ezzard, rSr/2022, Sam Houston, 5-09, 193 (DS#32 WR) + More +

Eric Schmid threw for three touchdowns, including a 10-yarder to Ife Adeyi with 16 seconds left, and Sam Houston wrapped the longest and most unusual college football season with its first FCS national title, beating top-seeded South Dakota State 23-21 on a rain-drenched Sunday. Jequez Ezzard caught two touchdowns for No. 2 seed Sam Houston (10-0). He also had a 5-yard catch on fourth-and-3 to extend the final 16-play, 65-yard drive, after Schmid converted an earlier fourth-and-1 with a 9-yard run. South Dakota State (8-2) went ahead 21-17 on Isaiah Davis' third TD run, an 85-yarder with 5:41 left. Davis, who finished with 178 yards rushing on 14 carries, went down the sideline in front of the Jackrabbits bench, eluding half of the defense before breaking free to the end zone. Sam Houston coach K.C. Keeler got his record 24th FCS playoff victory, and became the first coach to win FCS titles at multiple schools. He was the coach of his alma mater when Delaware won the 2003 title. - AP College Football

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WR Jequez Ezzard, Sam Houston
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05/08/21 - Jequez Ezzard, rSr/2022, Sam Houston, 5-09, 193 (DS#32 WR) + More +

Jequez Ezzard's catch-and-run for a touchdown and punt return for a score were among two of three touchdowns Sam Houston State scored in the last 2 1/2 minutes of the third quarter en route to a 38-35 comeback win against James Madison on Saturday. Second-seeded Sam Houston State (9-0) advances to the FCS title game to face No. 1-seed South Dakota State (8-1) on Sunday in Frisco, Texas. The Jackrabbits dismantled Delaware 33-3 earlier Saturday. It's the Bearkats' first trip to the title game since losing in 2012 to North Dakota State.

James Madison led 24-3 at halftime and were up 27-10 with three minutes left in the third before Ezzard struck. Eric Schmid threw a slant to Ezzard who caught the ball about 14 yards into his route and he took it the rest of the way for a 69-yard touchdown reducing the deficit to 27-17. After forcing James Madison to three-and-out, Ezzard ran back a punt 80 yards to cut the lead to three. Zyon McCollum then picked off Cole Johnson after his pass bounced off the hands of his intended receiver on the Dukes' first play of the drive. Schmid ran it in from 20 yards out as time expired to end the third quarter for a 31-27 Sam Houston State lead it never gave back. Ezzard finished with 107 yards receiving on four receptions. - AP College/Sam Houston State Football

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WR Jequez Ezzard, Sam Houston
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