Game 9 • Huntsville • Bowers Stadium
Sam Houston (6-2, 3-1 CUSA) vs Louisiana Tech (3-4, 2-2 CUSA)
Tuesday, October 29 • 7:00 PM
TV: ESPNU (Michael Corey, Rene Ingoglia)
RADIO: BSN (Carlos Zimmermann, Brian Adams), Sirius XM 975
HOW TO FOLLOW: Live Stats • @BearkatsFB on X
GAME NOTES: Sam Houston • Louisiana Tech
Series vs the Bulldogs: LT leads 2-1-1
HUNTSVILLE – With bowl eligibility secured, the Sam Houston Bearkats will return to Bowers Stadium to continue their quest for a Conference USA title when it hosts Louisiana Tech on Tuesday night on ESPNU.
Kickoff of Tuesday's contest is set for 7:00 p.m. at Bowers Stadium. It will be aired on ESPNU with Michael Corey and Rene Ingoglia on the call. The game can be heard online on the Bearkat Sports Network, the Bearkat Athletics app with Carlos Zimmermann and Brian Adams on the call from the radio booth.
KATS TO CLOSE MIDWEEK SLATE AT BOWERS vs LOUISIANA TECH
- The Bearkats' win at FIU secured bowl eligibility in their first season following the 2-year transition to FBS
- The Kats are the first CUSA team in 2024 to secure bowl eligibility and the fourth consecutive program in the NCAA to make the transition up and become bowl eligible within the first two seasons of being at the FBS level (Jax State 2023, James Madison 2023, Liberty 2018)
- The Bearkats have won 9 of their last 12 games overall after starting their venture into FBS with an 0-8 start in 2023
- KC Keeler and Paul Pierce are the only Bearkat head coaches to claim national championships and the win at FIU now has them equal in career victories at Sam Houston. The win was the 94th for Keeler at SHSU and one more victory would give him sole possession of second place on that list, trailing only Ron Randleman's 131 career victories at SHSU
- Sam Houston is the first FBS program to start a season 0-6 and win at least 5 of its first 6 games the following year since Georgia Southern in 2017 and 2018. The Eagles went 0-9 to start the 2017 season and started 7-1 in 2018 on their way to a 10-3 year and a win in the Camelia Bowl
- Sam Houston is playing the final of four consecutive midweek games. In all, the Kats will play five non-Saturday games. The 5 non-Saturday games are tied with Jax State for the most in the nation
- Sam Houston is 5-6 in midweek games; however, the Kats are 5-1 in midweek games under Keeler in years excluding Sam Houston's FBS transition (2022 & 2023)
- With six wins already in their pocket, the Bearkats now need just one more victory to secure a winning record in 2024. It would be the Kats' 14th winning season in the last 15 years. Sam Houston had put together 13 consecutive winning seasons before going 3-9 in 2023
SERIES HISTORY
- The Bulldogs will be making their first-ever trip to Huntsville for a meeting on the gridiron
- In fact, four of the five teams visiting Bowers Stadium in 2024 have never visited Huntsville previously. The only home game on the Kats' schedule with an opponent who has come to Huntsville before
