Sam Houston

1-7

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Sam Houston has lost five in a row and is 1-7.

Sam Houston is 0-4 in Conference USA.

  • L 21-24 at Troy
  • L 17-23 vs Tulsa
  • W 59-0 vs Nicholls
  • L 14-49 at Texas Tech
  • L 3-35 at Liberty
  • L 3-16 vs Western Kentucky
  • L 24-30 vs New Mexico State
  • L 3-24 at Missouri State
  • Next: at Jacksonville State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Before Jacksonville State

Jacksonville State has won the last three meetings.

The playoff simulation gives Sam Houston a 22% chance at Jacksonville State on Saturday, Nov 7.

Jacksonville State game on Now

What the Jacksonville State game is worth

Sam Houston's game threads have not carried enough talk for a fan mood read this season.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the message boards say

Message boards

Via Bearkat Football and CUSA

What the reporters say

What reporters say

14 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

We came back out and tried to reestablish a little bit of a run game in the second half, but until we get that fixed, it’s going to be tough to play one-dimensional football
Longo · Thehoustoniannewsthe day of Sam Houston's 2026 game against New Mexico State
We’ve gotta find a way to make things a little simpler, so these guys can be closer to playing some instinctual football
Longo · Thehoustoniannewsthe day before the New Mexico State game
We struggled on the offensive line early on. It was a bad day for our backs and our quarterback
Longo · Thehoustoniannewsthe day before the New Mexico State game

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Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Busy

The loudest night was the 24-30 loss to New Mexico State.

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The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 7 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.21Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.04 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

UUnderdog DynastyBeat · article

Sam Houston fires head coach Phil Longo after 3-17 record through two seasons

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How Sam Houston fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

I’m tired of this grandpa

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Every fan group, end to end

negative
0
positive
Media+0.19 to Local+0.23

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
31%
recent results
18%
where the program is headed
15%
the coaching staff
14%
the schedule
12%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 9. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
44th
Joy
24th
Anger
69th
Doom
13th
Sarcasm
80th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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