Sam Houston Shuts Out Nicholls 59-0 Behind Landyn Locke
Fifty-nine to nothing. Sam Houston never let Nicholls score, and the Bearkats scored in every quarter and kept going. Sam Houston improved to 1-2, and Nicholls fell to 0-2.
The game was over early. Landyn Locke hit Tim Burns Jr. for a 65-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, and a Sam Carpenter field goal made it 10-0. In the second quarter Locke threw a 3-yard touchdown to Grady O'Neill, Landan Brown ran in from 5 yards, and Locke found Darrick Bledsoe III from 11 yards to make it 31-0 at halftime. A 48-yard touchdown to Kamari Maxwell opened the third quarter, and it was 38-0.
The backups finished it. Alton McCaskill ran in from 5 yards for a 45-0 lead, Brett Holloway threw a 61-yard touchdown to Kyan Berry-Johnson, and Holloway added a 10-yard touchdown run with 4:45 left in the fourth quarter for the last score.
Sam Houston finished with 624 total yards, 386 through the air and 238 on the ground, on 40 rushing attempts, and did not turn the ball over. Locke was 19 of 28 for 322 yards and four touchdowns. Nicholls fell to 0-2. That makes 59 unanswered points, and it is the first win of the year for a team that opened 0-2. A 59-0 shutout is a good way to start climbing back from an 0-2 hole, with 1-2 the new mark.
Fantasy takeaway: Locke's 39.3 points were a season high, and Holloway and Maxwell added big plays on a handful of touches. If you started a Bearkat, you won your week.