FINAL SCORE
Sam Houston Bearkats at Texas Tech Red Raiders game details
Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Galaxy Stadium · Attendance 59,704
Put the final score in perspective.
Texas Tech finished 35 points ahead. The teams combined for 63 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Sam Houston 14, Texas Tech 21. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Texas Tech outscored its opponent in 3 and Sam Houston in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Sam Houston | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
 Texas Tech | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 11 | 24 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-16 | 4-9 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 269 | 470 |
| Passing | 195 | 251 |
| Comp/Att | 23/38 | 18/31 |
| Yards per pass | 5.1 | 8.1 |
| Rushing | 74 | 219 |
| Rushing Attempts | 27 | 35 |
| Yards per rush | 2.7 | 6.3 |
| Penalties | 7-55 | 6-47 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 3 | 3 |
| Possession | 35:06 | 24:54 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Sam Houston Bearkats
passing
| Landyn Locke | 23/37 | 195 | 5.3 | 2 | 2 | 54.0 |
| Brett Holloway | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -- |
rushing
| Alton McCaskill | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 9 |
| Landyn Locke | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 14 |
| Landan Brown | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 10 |
| Jerrian Parker Jr. | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 14 |
| Brett Holloway | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Tim Burns Jr. | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 1 | 52 |
| Kyan Berry-Johnson | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 32 |
| Grady O'Neill | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 11 |
| Darrick Bledsoe III | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Chris Reed | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | 9 |
| Kamari Maxwell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jerrian Parker Jr. | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Alton McCaskill | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Landan Brown | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 7 |
fumbles
| Tokyo Gordon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Brody Henderson | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Railyn Adams | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Caesar Magee | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyric Smith | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Bates Jr. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Cottrell | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Ford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishmel Atkins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dravon Wilson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caius Coy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jace Arnold | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Franklin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Alexander-Felton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Edwards | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike King Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Bailey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalyn Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Groves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braylen Wortham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrence Guillory II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabaric Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eli Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darien Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tokyo Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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interceptions
| Caesar Magee | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Tyler Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Alijah Cason | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Tim Burns Jr. | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
kicking
| Sam Carpenter | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 |
punting
| Cal Joseph | 9 | 414 | 46.0 | 1 | 4 | 71 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Texas Tech Red Raiders
passing
| Will Hammond | 17/29 | 224 | 7.7 | 1 | 3 | 42.8 |
| Thomas Castellanos | 1/2 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Cameron Dickey | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 2 | 13 |
| Will Hammond | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | 23 |
| J'Koby Williams | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Castellanos | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Ashton Rowden | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Quinten Joyner | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
receiving
| Kenny Johnson | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Coy Eakin | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | 21 |
| Jett Carpenter | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 36 |
| Malcolm Simmons | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | 27 |
| Cameron Dickey | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| J'Koby Williams | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Micah Hudson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Jalen Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
fumbles
defensive
| Austin Romaine | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Corey Platt Jr. | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenden Jordan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Roberts | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Julien Laventure | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaDamion Guyton | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Anderson Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Curry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Pollock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davin Martin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Morgan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarrion Grant | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Golwas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Trick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coy Eakin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Ramon-Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamond Mathis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mateen Ibirogba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maddox Quiller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Holmes Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trey White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malik Esquerra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ansel Nedore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
interceptions
| Austin Romaine | 2 | 46 | 2 |
| Peyton Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| J'Koby Williams | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Jalen Jones | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Kenny Johnson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Malcolm Simmons | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
kicking
| Stone Harrington | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7/7 | 7 |
punting
| Will Karoll | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 0 | 2 | 52 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 5:11 | Cameron Dickey 1 Yd Run (Stone Harrington Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 2 | 14:54 | Austin Romaine 15 Yd Interception Return (Stone Harrington Kick) | 0 – 14 |
| 2 | 14:47 | Austin Romaine 31 Yd Interception Return (Stone Harrington Kick) | 0 – 21 |
| 2 | 8:17 | Tim Burns Jr. 52 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick) | 7 – 21 |
| 2 | 1:56 | Chris Reed 9 Yd pass from Landyn Locke (Sam Carpenter Kick) | 14 – 21 |
| 3 | 13:42 | Cameron Dickey 13 Yd Run (Stone Harrington Kick) | 14 – 28 |
| 3 | 10:33 | Coy Eakin 21 Yd pass from Will Hammond (Stone Harrington Kick) | 14 – 35 |
| 4 | 10:41 | Will Hammond 23 Yd Run (Stone Harrington Kick) | 14 – 42 |
| 4 | 4:49 | Malcolm Simmons 27 Yd pass from Thomas Castellanos (Stone Harrington Kick) | 14 – 49 |
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