Sam Houston 24, Nicholls State 17

HUNTSVILLE - An 18-yard interception return by Carlton Fortson set up an 18-yard scoring pass from Chad Schramek to Elmore Armstrong as the Bearkats came from behind to upset 15th-ranked Nicholls State at 1997 SHSU Homecoming. Bennie Wylie rushed 23 times for 93 yards and touchdown runs five and four yards. Chad Schramek came off the bench in the third quarter to lead the Bearkat rally while the SHSU defense shut out Nicholls in the second half. Ryan Klaus averaged 46.0 yards on five punts including three killed inside the 20-yard line.

Scoring Summary
SH - Bennie Wylie 5 run (James Dummer) 1Q - 10:47
NS - Tawaskie Anderson 13 run (Kyle Leisher) 1Q - 6:26
NS - Kyle Leisher 27 field goal 2Q - 14:12
SH - Bennie Wylie 4 run (James Dummer) 2Q - 8:59
NS - Rocky Curl 8 pass Brad Zeller (Leisher) 2Q - 3:35
SH - James Dummer 28 field goal 3Q - 7:07
SH - Elmore Armstrong 18 pass Chad Schramek (James Dummer) 4Q - 12:04

Individual Statistics Leaders
RUSHING - (SH) Bennie Wylie 23-93, El. Armstrong 10-56
                  (NS) Kendall Joseph 17-114, Brad Zeller 10-48
PASSING - (SH) A. Bradley 15-11-0-137, C. Schramek 6-3-1-52
                  (NS) Brad Zeller 21-10-1-97
RECEIVING - (SH) Matt Dominguez 3-46, Kevin Pesak 3-39
                      (NS) Julius Aloee 7-80

Sam Houston 24, Nicholls State 17

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Players Mentioned

Elmore Armstrong

Matt Dominguez

James Dummer

Carlton Fortson

Ryan Klaus

Kevin Pesak

Chad Schramek

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