Sam Houston
0-2Conference USA · Phil Longo, year 2 (2-12) · Elliott T. Bowers Stadium · 14,000
LastL 17–23 vs Tulsa · Sat Sep 12 · Landyn Locke 316 pass yds, 2 TD
Nextvs Nicholls · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Elliott T. Bowers Stadium · series 11-3 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 87 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Passer · +0.24 EPA/play | 8 | 2 | 54 / 80 | 67.5 | 651 #13 FBS | 8.1 | 5 #22 FBS | 1 | 154.0 | 60 | 36.4 | 7.6 | 7.0 | |
Yards by week → Pocket PasserBalanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile. 7 of 13 QBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / attempt7.9 64th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Rush yards / carry-4.0 bottom 9th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Trait fingerprint Plays like View Landyn Locke's full player page | ||||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.14 EPA/play | 22 | 2 | 27 | 99 | 3.7 | 0 | 24 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession Receiver · +0.89 EPA/play | 7 | 2 | 12 | 148 #74 FBS | 12.3 | 1 | 37 | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. The most common profile in its group this season — 37 of 58 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · senior View Grady O'Neill's full player page | ||||||||
| +0.79 EPA/play | 2 | 2 | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 2 #24 FBS | 39 | |
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| +0.12 EPA/play | 87 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 15 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versatile End | 16 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Versatile EndNo single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board. The most common profile in its group this season — 9 of 12 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · sophomore View Brody Henderson's full player page | |||||||
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Press Corner | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Press CornerLong and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line. 6 of 24 CBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Height6'2" 90th percentile · FBS corners, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Caesar Magee III's full player page | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 #2 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 2 | 1/1 | 100 | 5/5 | 8 | 39 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 2 | 12 | 521 | 43.4 | 67 | 4 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
2026 stat leaders · Sam Houston
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · Sam HoustonLandyn Locke leads Sam Houston with 651 passing yards through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025Sam Houston fields a struggling offense behind a porous defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Sam Houston reads strongest in explosive plays (top 50%) and explosive plays allowed (top 57%); the crux lives in passing epa, where Sam Houston sits at the 0th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Sam Houston · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Sam Houston is worth +8.1 points more at home than on the road.
Top tenth of FBS, 98th percentile of 133 programs
62% at home, 24% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (8–5 home, 5–16 away). Interval ±5.4.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3.
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium seats 14,000 and has averaged 66% full (9,257, 9 games reported). Visitors face the 24th-longest trip of 135 FBS venues: a median 610 miles since 2018. Some of what the band above measures is the map, not the crowd. For the home side it is genuinely home ground: 26% of the 2026 roster (27 of 104 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across 33 of 34 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Sam Houston's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 27th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 32nd — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does Sam Houston hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
78th percentile success on standard downs, 61st on passing downs — a 17-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Halftime identity
Sam Houston by half
1st-half offense ranks 56th percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 26th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Tendency drift
Season by season
How Sam Houston’s current staff calls plays, year over year
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Sam Houston’s passing game completes a completion rate above the FBS mean (68.4% vs 68.3% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 73-play sample) — mid-pack, 19 of 41 qualifying offenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Ratings
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
75°F average kickoff temp; 17% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 24 home games with weather data.