Houston Christian Scores 27 Straight in the Fourth to Beat East Texas A&M
Houston Christian trailed 24-16 after three quarters. It then scored 27 points in the fourth and East Texas A&M scored none, which is how a game with three lead changes ends 43-24.
East Texas A&M started with an Ozlo Rigby field goal, and Houston Christian answered with a Lukasz Smolen field goal and an 11-yard Cutter Stewart run to lead 10-3 at the half. The third quarter went the other way. Sean Sallis caught a 65-yard touchdown from Luke Glass, EJ Oakmon ran in from four yards, and Tanner Harrison added a 5-yard run, around a 15-yard Stewart touchdown pass to Mason Graham (the extra point was blocked), and it was 24-16.
Then Stewart took over. He threw a 2-yard touchdown to Keith Wheeler (the two-point try failed), a 6-yarder to Champ Dozier for the lead at 29-24, and ran in from six yards for 36-24. Javon Bejarano's 55-yard interception return with 29 seconds left closed it out. Take that one away and Houston Christian still wins 36-24.
The yardage went the other way, 410 for East Texas A&M and 362 for Houston Christian. The difference was turnovers. Glass was 19 of 35 for 237 yards with two interceptions, and East Texas A&M lost a fumble too. Houston Christian threw no interceptions and had three sacks.
Houston Christian is 3-1. East Texas A&M falls to 2-4. For fantasy, Stewart's 48.5 Promethium points were a season high by a mile, and Dozier and Oakmon also had their best games of the year.