Week 8 · 2026
New Mexico State at Sam Houston
Wed 10/21/2026 08:00 PMElliott T. Bowers StadiumConference
72°Clear3 mph NNE · 50% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
New Mexico State
30
3–5
Sam Houston
24
1–7
Attendance
—
not yet reported
New Mexico StateNMSU
Sam HoustonSHSU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | Adam Damante | 19/29 | 160 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 43.1 |
| SHSU | Landyn Locke | 18/31 | 235 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 9.4 |
| SHSU | DJ Bailey | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | James Jones | 27 | 178 | 6.6 | 1 | 31 |
| NMSU | TJ Washington Jr. | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 1 | 8 |
| NMSU | Lyndon Ravare | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| NMSU | AJ Williams III | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | TK King | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | MJ Dowdy | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | 18 |
| SHSU | Jerrian Parker Jr. | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 |
| SHSU | Alton McCaskill | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 |
| SHSU | Landyn Locke | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| SHSU | Brett Holloway | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 3 |
| SHSU | Landan Brown | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 3 |
| SHSU | Ishmel Atkins | 0 | -5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | DJ Bailey | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | AJ Williams III | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 2 | 27 |
| NMSU | Brodie Malone-Bradford | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 16 |
| NMSU | TK King | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 |
| NMSU | TJ Washington Jr. | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 9 |
| NMSU | Carson Su'esu'e | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| NMSU | Josiah Thomas | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 |
| NMSU | Jerry Lydiatt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| NMSU | Myles Libman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| NMSU | TJ Pride | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| SHSU | Tim Burns Jr. | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 1 | 81 |
| SHSU | Jerrian Parker Jr. | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 53 |
| SHSU | London Deyon | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 |
| SHSU | Grady O'Neill | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 |
| SHSU | Alton McCaskill | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| SHSU | Kamari Maxwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| SHSU | Chris Reed | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| SHSU | Kyan Berry-Johnson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 |
| SHSU | Matt Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| SHSU | Landan Brown | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | AJ Williams III | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NMSU | Kaian Roberts-Day | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SHSU | Railyn Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | Sone Aupiu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Chance Barron | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NMSU | Tory Gethers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Josiah Charles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Xavier Rucker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Drake Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Enzo-Pierre Tayou | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Gabe Peterson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Javon Gillespie | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Jordan-Lebron Downey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Nick Session | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NMSU | Brad Vislisel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | De'Marcus Peters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NMSU | Demanuel Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Dijon Stanley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Fa'apaia Fualema | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Henry Davis III | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Isaiah Rudison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Izzy Clark-White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Jakobe Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Jason Gwan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Kaian Roberts-Day | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Lorenzo Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Myles Libman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NMSU | Reeves Baller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Tyler Bailey | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Dean Ford | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Dylan Frazier | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Josh Alexander-Felton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Caesar Magee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Dravon Wilson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Ishmel Atkins | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Justin Terrell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SHSU | Brody Henderson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Lyric Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SHSU | Railyn Adams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SHSU | Stacy Bey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Tokyo Gordon | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Brian Bates Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Chauncey Chidi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Jace Arnold | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Jalyn Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Aaron Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | CJ June | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Cameron Franklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Darien Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Elijah Groves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Jarra Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Justin Cottrell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SHSU | London Deyon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SHSU | Mike King Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | Josiah Charles | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| SHSU | Railyn Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | Kyah Francone | 1/1 | 100.0 | 25 | 3/4 | 6 |
| SHSU | Sam Carpenter | 1/1 | 100.0 | 38 | 3/3 | 6 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | Brody Richter | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| SHSU | Cal Joseph | 8 | 343 | 42.9 | 0 | 4 | 55 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | Dijon Stanley | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 40 |
| NMSU | TK King | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| SHSU | Alijah Cason | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 0 | 25 |
| SHSU | Landan Brown | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMSU | TJ Pride | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| SHSU | Terrence Guillory II | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| SHSU | Tim Burns Jr. | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 |
| SHSU | Railyn Adams | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Previous 3 meetings vs. New Mexico State
Sam Houston 1–2 vs New Mexico State
- 2025 · wk 6Sam Houston 10 @ New Mexico State 37
- 2024 · wk 4New Mexico State 11 @ Sam Houston 31
- 2023 · wk 7Sam Houston 13 @ New Mexico State 27
Previous meeting vs. Phil Longo
New Mexico State 1–0 vs Phil Longo
- 2025 · wk 6Sam Houston 10 @ New Mexico State 37
Previous 2 meetings vs. Tony Sanchez
Sam Houston 1–1 vs Tony Sanchez
- 2025 · wk 6Sam Houston 10 @ New Mexico State 37
- 2024 · wk 4New Mexico State 11 @ Sam Houston 31
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