Brian Bell Offensive Player of the Week
11/4/2013 10:33:00 AM | Football
Senior quarterback Brian Bell was named the Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Bearkats to a 56-49 victory over Stephen F. Austin at Reliant Stadium Saturday.
Bell completed 19 of 29 passes for a career-best 339 yards and four touchdowns.
The senior from China Spring, Texas (China Spring H.S.) threw touchdown passes of 15, 4, 38 and 16 yards and accounted for 383 total yards of offense in guiding the Bearkats to 557 total yards in the game.
Bell is 37-10 as a starter and ranks No. 10 on the Southland's all-time passing list with 7,835 yards. The win was his third in a row against the Lumberjacks and he has produced 1,032 yards of total offense, including 10 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing touchdowns in four games against SFA.
This season, Bell ranks third nationally and leads the Southland Conference in pass efficiency (176.2) and stands second nationally in yards per completion (16.37).
He leads an offense that ranks fourth nationally in points per game.
Sam Houston State plays Nicholls Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Bearkats' final regular season home game at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium.
Saturday is Pizza Hut “Pack the House” day at Bowers Stadium. Every Bearkat fan that buys a large pizza at either of Pizza Hut's two locations will receive a free ticket to the game.
Tickets for the Nicholls game are available online at www.gobearkats.com and at the SHSU Athletic Ticket office located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Bowers Stadium. The ticket office telephone number is (936) 294-1729. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
