Saturday, November 14
Huntsville
1:00 PM
vs
Kennesaw State
Photo by: Danny Salas
11/12/2026 2:10:00 PM | Football
Game 10 • vs Kennesaw State
Huntsville • Bowers Stadium (14,500)
Sam Houston (1-8, 0-5 CUSA) vs Kennesaw State (3-6, 2-3 CUSA)
Saturday, November 14 • 1:00 PM CT
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TV: ESPN+ (Jason Metko, Jorge Vargas)
RADIO: BSN (Jason Barfield, Brian Adams); KSHU 90.5 FM
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HOW TO FOLLOW: Live Stats • @BearkatsFB on X
GAME NOTES: Sam Houston • Kennesaw State
Series vs the Owls: Sam Houston leads 3-0
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HUNTSVILLE – Sam Houston returns to Bowers Stadium for the first of back-to-back home games on Saturday when it hosts Kennesaw State in the Bearkats' first home game under co-interim head coaches Eric Raisbeck and Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay.
Kickoff for Saturday's game is set for 1:00 p.m. CT and will air on ESPN+. Jason Metko and Jorge Vargas will have the call from Bowers Stadium.
The game can also be heard on the Bearkat Sports Network with Jason Barfield and Brian Adams on the call. The BSN broadcast can be heard online on GoBearkats.com, the Bearkat Sports app and locally on KSHU 90.5 FM.
KATS RETURN HOME UNDER RAISBECK, AUGHTRY-LINDSAY
- Sam Houston plays its first home game under co-interim head coaches Eric Raisbeck and Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay, who assumed their roles on Oct. 28. The Kennesaw State game opens a 2-game homestand, with Middle Tennessee visiting Bowers Stadium on Nov. 21 before the Kats close the season at FIU on Nov. 28
- The Kats are in search of their first CUSA win of 2026 and their first win over an FBS opponent at Bowers Stadium since defeating Liberty, 20-18, in the finale of the 2024 regular season
- Sam Houston is one of five FBS programs to make a head coaching change during the 2026 season, along with Florida State, Baylor, NC State and Maryland
- The Kats will join USC (2013), Southern Miss (2020) and Wisconsin (2022) as FBS programs with three head coaches of record in a single season since 2013. Per NCAA guidance, Raisbeck and Aughtry-Lindsay will each receive credit for the same final four games of the 2026 schedule
- November has been Sam Houston's most successful regular-season month since moving to FBS in 2023, with the Kats posting a 7-5 record in the month compared to 8-25 from August through October. The Kats went 3-1 in November in 2023, 2-1 in 2024 and 2-2 in 2025, and the month accounted for all of the program's victories in both 2023 and 2025
SAM HOUSTON vs THE OWLS
- Saturday marks the fourth all-time meeting between Sam Houston and Kennesaw State, with the Kats having won all three previous meetings, including both games played at Bowers Stadium. All three meetings have been decided by seven points or fewer
- The teams first met in the 2017 FCS quarterfinals, a 34-27 Sam Houston win in Huntsville. The Kats stopped the Owls on fourth down at the Sam Houston 15 with 1:24 remaining to seal the win and advance to the semifinals
- Sam Houston earned its first win as an FBS program against Kennesaw State in 2023, erasing a 21-7 halftime deficit to win 24-21 on Colby Sessums' 35-yard field goal as time expired
- Kennesaw State enters the game 3-6 overall and 2-3 in CUSA under second-year head coach Jerry Mack. The Owls are coming off a 42-40 home win over Delaware and are led by quarterback Rickie Collins, who has thrown for 1,687 yards, and running back Boogie Woods III, who has rushed for 448 yards and eight touchdowns
THE LAST TIME
- Sam Houston claimed a 23-17 overtime victory in the teams' last meeting on Nov. 16, 2024, in Kennesaw, the first CUSA meeting between the programs
- Jay Ducker put the Kats ahead with a 17-yard touchdown run with 1:54 left in regulation, but the Owls tied the game with 25 seconds remaining. After Kennesaw State missed a field goal on the opening possession of overtime, Hunter Watson scored from 10 yards out to win it
- Ducker rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown, while Watson passed for 179 yards and ran for 62 yards and two scores. The Bearkat defense held the Owls to three conversions on 13 third downs
PREGAME NOTES
- Sam Houston leads FBS in year-to-year improvement in passing defense through Nov. 7, cutting its passing yards allowed from 275.9 per game in 2025 to 161.4 this season, an improvement of 114.5 yards per game. The Kats also rank third in total defensive improvement, lowering their total yards allowed from 483.5 per game to 353.8, a drop of 129.7 yards per game
- Sam Houston and Kennesaw State are the only two CUSA teams with three players who have reached 400 receiving yards this season. Chris Reed (437), Tim Burns Jr. (428) and Grady O'Neill (409) have all crossed the mark for the Kats, while Brayden Munroe (440), Dylan Gary (413) and Javon Rogers (401) have done so for the Owls
- Landyn Locke moved into 20th place on Sam Houston's career passing yards list with 2,544 yards after throwing for 126 yards and a touchdown at Jax State. He needs 37 yards to pass Brett Hicks (2,580 yards from 2004-07) for 19th place
- Eight of Locke's 13 touchdown passes this season have covered at least 30 yards, including his 64-yard strike to Chris Reed at Jax State
- Grady O'Neill has caught 80 passes in his two seasons at Sam Houston, fourth among CUSA players over that span. His 42 catches this year have already surpassed his 38 from last season
- Dean Ford leads the Kats with 53 tackles, while Josh Alexander-Felton paces the defense with four sacks
Huntsville • Bowers Stadium (14,500)
Sam Houston (1-8, 0-5 CUSA) vs Kennesaw State (3-6, 2-3 CUSA)
Saturday, November 14 • 1:00 PM CT
Â
TV: ESPN+ (Jason Metko, Jorge Vargas)
RADIO: BSN (Jason Barfield, Brian Adams); KSHU 90.5 FM
Â
HOW TO FOLLOW: Live Stats • @BearkatsFB on X
GAME NOTES: Sam Houston • Kennesaw State
Series vs the Owls: Sam Houston leads 3-0
Â
HUNTSVILLE – Sam Houston returns to Bowers Stadium for the first of back-to-back home games on Saturday when it hosts Kennesaw State in the Bearkats' first home game under co-interim head coaches Eric Raisbeck and Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay.
Kickoff for Saturday's game is set for 1:00 p.m. CT and will air on ESPN+. Jason Metko and Jorge Vargas will have the call from Bowers Stadium.
The game can also be heard on the Bearkat Sports Network with Jason Barfield and Brian Adams on the call. The BSN broadcast can be heard online on GoBearkats.com, the Bearkat Sports app and locally on KSHU 90.5 FM.
KATS RETURN HOME UNDER RAISBECK, AUGHTRY-LINDSAY
- Sam Houston plays its first home game under co-interim head coaches Eric Raisbeck and Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay, who assumed their roles on Oct. 28. The Kennesaw State game opens a 2-game homestand, with Middle Tennessee visiting Bowers Stadium on Nov. 21 before the Kats close the season at FIU on Nov. 28
- The Kats are in search of their first CUSA win of 2026 and their first win over an FBS opponent at Bowers Stadium since defeating Liberty, 20-18, in the finale of the 2024 regular season
- Sam Houston is one of five FBS programs to make a head coaching change during the 2026 season, along with Florida State, Baylor, NC State and Maryland
- The Kats will join USC (2013), Southern Miss (2020) and Wisconsin (2022) as FBS programs with three head coaches of record in a single season since 2013. Per NCAA guidance, Raisbeck and Aughtry-Lindsay will each receive credit for the same final four games of the 2026 schedule
- November has been Sam Houston's most successful regular-season month since moving to FBS in 2023, with the Kats posting a 7-5 record in the month compared to 8-25 from August through October. The Kats went 3-1 in November in 2023, 2-1 in 2024 and 2-2 in 2025, and the month accounted for all of the program's victories in both 2023 and 2025
SAM HOUSTON vs THE OWLS
- Saturday marks the fourth all-time meeting between Sam Houston and Kennesaw State, with the Kats having won all three previous meetings, including both games played at Bowers Stadium. All three meetings have been decided by seven points or fewer
- The teams first met in the 2017 FCS quarterfinals, a 34-27 Sam Houston win in Huntsville. The Kats stopped the Owls on fourth down at the Sam Houston 15 with 1:24 remaining to seal the win and advance to the semifinals
- Sam Houston earned its first win as an FBS program against Kennesaw State in 2023, erasing a 21-7 halftime deficit to win 24-21 on Colby Sessums' 35-yard field goal as time expired
- Kennesaw State enters the game 3-6 overall and 2-3 in CUSA under second-year head coach Jerry Mack. The Owls are coming off a 42-40 home win over Delaware and are led by quarterback Rickie Collins, who has thrown for 1,687 yards, and running back Boogie Woods III, who has rushed for 448 yards and eight touchdowns
THE LAST TIME
- Sam Houston claimed a 23-17 overtime victory in the teams' last meeting on Nov. 16, 2024, in Kennesaw, the first CUSA meeting between the programs
- Jay Ducker put the Kats ahead with a 17-yard touchdown run with 1:54 left in regulation, but the Owls tied the game with 25 seconds remaining. After Kennesaw State missed a field goal on the opening possession of overtime, Hunter Watson scored from 10 yards out to win it
- Ducker rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown, while Watson passed for 179 yards and ran for 62 yards and two scores. The Bearkat defense held the Owls to three conversions on 13 third downs
PREGAME NOTES
- Sam Houston leads FBS in year-to-year improvement in passing defense through Nov. 7, cutting its passing yards allowed from 275.9 per game in 2025 to 161.4 this season, an improvement of 114.5 yards per game. The Kats also rank third in total defensive improvement, lowering their total yards allowed from 483.5 per game to 353.8, a drop of 129.7 yards per game
- Sam Houston and Kennesaw State are the only two CUSA teams with three players who have reached 400 receiving yards this season. Chris Reed (437), Tim Burns Jr. (428) and Grady O'Neill (409) have all crossed the mark for the Kats, while Brayden Munroe (440), Dylan Gary (413) and Javon Rogers (401) have done so for the Owls
- Landyn Locke moved into 20th place on Sam Houston's career passing yards list with 2,544 yards after throwing for 126 yards and a touchdown at Jax State. He needs 37 yards to pass Brett Hicks (2,580 yards from 2004-07) for 19th place
- Eight of Locke's 13 touchdown passes this season have covered at least 30 yards, including his 64-yard strike to Chris Reed at Jax State
- Grady O'Neill has caught 80 passes in his two seasons at Sam Houston, fourth among CUSA players over that span. His 42 catches this year have already surpassed his 38 from last season
- Dean Ford leads the Kats with 53 tackles, while Josh Alexander-Felton paces the defense with four sacks
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