11-3
Colgate
9-5
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Sam Houston State | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
Sam Houston Advances To Semis With 48-21 Win
12/12/2015 3:36:00 PM | Football
Huntsville, Texas – Quarterback Jeremiah Briscoe passed for 358 yards and four touchdowns and running back Corey Avery rushed 25 times for 197 yards and a score to lead Sam Houston to a 48-21 victory over Colgate in the NCAA Division I Football Championships quarterfinals Saturday at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium.
The Bearkats, now 11-3 for the year, advance to the FCS playoff semifinals next weekend. Sam Houston will face No. 1 seed Jacksonville State in Jacksonville, Ala. The Bearkats defeated the Gamecocks in the second round of the plays last year.
Kickoff is Saturday, December 19 at 3 p.m. Central Time. The game will be telecast live on ESPNU.
Sam Houston is making its fourth semifinal appearance in five consecutive FCS playoff trips.
The playoff victory Saturday moved Sam Houston into a tied for 10th place for most NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff victories with 16.
Briscoe, a sophomore transfer from UAB who has come off the bench to lead Sam Houston to playoff victories the past two weeks against Southern Utah and McNeese State, started Saturday and directed the offense to a school record 37 first downs and 653 total yards, third highest total in school history.
Avery's 197 yards rushing tied his career best set against Northwestern State earlier this year. The sophomore averaged 7.9 yards per carry with a long gain of 30 yards. Avery's performance marked the eighth consecutive game a Bearkat running back has rushed for 100 or more yards.
Briscoe's touchdown passes were for 26 yards to Davion Davis, eight-yards to Yedidiah Louis, 18 yards to LaDarius Brown and 32 yards to Gerald Thomas.
Louis led the Bearkats with nine catches for 119 yards including a long gain of 40 yards. Brown added eight catches for 86 yards. Brown also caught a 25-yard scoring pass from running back Jalen Overstreet.
"We're really proud of our team," head coach K. C. Keeler said. "It's our fourth time in five years to reach the semis. Kids come to Sam Houston to play in games just like this one. You could see their plan was to methodically move the ball and keep the clock moving. It was critical early on that we scored into the wind twice."
Demetrius Russell led Colgate, now 9-5, with 15 carries for 77 yards on the ground while quarterback Jake Melville completed 12 of 25 passes for 142 yards and a score. Melville also ran for a 13-yard touchdown.
All-America defensive end P. J. Hall had another dominating defensive performances with five solo tackles, a quarterback sack, two pass break-ups and a blocked punt.
Team Stats
COLGATE 0, SHSU 7
SHSU - Avery, Corey 1 yd run (Honshtein, Tre kick), 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:59
COLGATE 0, SHSU 14
SHSU - Davis, Davion 26 yd pass from Briscoe, Jeremi (Honshtein, Tre kick) 11 plays, 81 yards, TOP 2:36
COLGATE 7, SHSU 14
COLGATE - Holland,James 3 yd run (Bowman,Jonah kick), 16 plays, 80 yards, TOP 7:55
COLGATE 7, SHSU 21
SHSU - Louis, Yedidiah 8 yd pass from Briscoe, Jeremi (Honshtein, Tre kick) 10 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:47
COLGATE 7, SHSU 28
SHSU - Brown, LaDarius 18 yd pass from Briscoe, Jeremi (Honshtein, Tre kick) 5 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:13
COLGATE 14, SHSU 28
COLGATE - Greenawalt,A. 31 yd pass from Melville,Jake (Bowman,Jonah kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 5:09
COLGATE 14, SHSU 31
SHSU - Honshtein, Tre 23 yd field goal 7 plays, 58 yards, TOP 0:40
COLGATE 14, SHSU 34
SHSU - Honshtein, Tre 21 yd field goal 7 plays, 55 yards, TOP 2:23
COLGATE 14, SHSU 41
SHSU - Thomas, Gerald 32 yd pass from Briscoe, Jeremi (Honshtein, Tre kick) 8 plays, 77 yards, TOP 2:15
COLGATE 14, SHSU 48
SHSU - Brown, LaDarius 25 yd pass from Overstreet, Jal (Honshtein, Tre kick) 9 plays, 93 yards, TOP 2:12
COLGATE 21, SHSU 48
COLGATE - Melville,Jake 13 yd run (Bowman,Jonah kick), 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:42
