The Spokesman-Review
College Football
BOXSCORE
Texas El Paso 37, Sam Houston State 34
When: 8:00 PM   ET ,  Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Where: Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, Texas
Attendance: 6889
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Texas El Paso 0 13 7 17 37
Sam Houston State 7 14 6 7 34
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:24
Sam Houston State   TD  Sam Houston State 7 - Texas El Paso 0
John Gentry 28 yd. run (Colby Sessums kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:54
Texas El Paso   TD  Sam Houston State 7 - Texas El Paso 7
Deion Hankins 2 yd. run (Buzz Flabiano kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:52
Sam Houston State   TD  Sam Houston State 14 - Texas El Paso 7
John Gentry 18 yd. pass from Keegan Shoemaker (Colby Sessums kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:45
Texas El Paso   FG  Sam Houston State 14 - Texas El Paso 10
Buzz Flabiano 23 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:44
Sam Houston State   TD  Sam Houston State 21 - Texas El Paso 10
Malik Phillips 6 yd. pass from Keegan Shoemaker (Colby Sessums kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Texas El Paso   FG  Sam Houston State 21 - Texas El Paso 13
Buzz Flabiano 43 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:45
Sam Houston State   FG  Sam Houston State 24 - Texas El Paso 13
Colby Sessums 22 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:14
Sam Houston State   FG  Sam Houston State 27 - Texas El Paso 13
Colby Sessums 31 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 1:07
Texas El Paso   TD  Sam Houston State 27 - Texas El Paso 20
Mike Franklin 3 yd. run (Buzz Flabiano kick)
4th Quarter - 11:25
Texas El Paso   TD  Sam Houston State 27 - Texas El Paso 27
Kelly Akharaiyi 25 yd. pass from Cade McConnell (Buzz Flabiano kick)
4th Quarter - 9:57
Texas El Paso   TD  Sam Houston State 27 - Texas El Paso 34
Kevin Hurley 1 yd. run (Buzz Flabiano kick)
4th Quarter - 6:02
Sam Houston State   TD  Sam Houston State 34 - Texas El Paso 34
Noah Smith 4 yd. run (Colby Sessums kick)
4th Quarter - 0:03
Texas El Paso   FG  Sam Houston State 34 - Texas El Paso 37
Buzz Flabiano 32 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Texas El Paso Sam Houston State
W‑L 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 8 - 0
Conference 2 - 3 - 0 0 - 5 - 0
Team Stats
  Texas El Paso Sam Houston State
Score 37 34
1st Downs 17 23
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-12
42%		 8-for-16
50%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-2
100%		 0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 428 354
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 40-222 33-129
Average/Rush 5.5 3.9
Passing
Comp-Att 12-22 23-40
Passing Yards 206 225
Average/Pass Play 9.4 5.5
Penalties-Yards 7-65 3-28
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 31:58 28:02
PLAYER STATS
Texas El Paso (3 - 6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. McConnell 12/22 206 1 1
Sam Houston State (0 - 8)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Shoemaker 22/39 202 2 1
S. Evans 1/1 23 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Hankins 15 117 7.8 1
T. Burgess Jr. 13 52 4.0 0
M. Franklin 6 20 3.3 1
E. White 1 17 17.0 0
C. McConnell 4 15 3.8 0
K. Hurley 1 1 1.0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Gentry 16 71 4.4 1
K. Shoemaker 10 28 2.8 0
N. Smith 5 17 3.4 1
A. Murdaugh 2 13 6.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
K. Akharaiyi 6 126 21.0 1
J. Ballard 3 48 16.0 0
E. White 1 32 32.0 0
T. Burgess Jr. 1 5 5.0 0
Z. Fryar 1 -5 -5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
N. Smith 7 67 9.6 0
A. Woodard 5 59 11.8 0
M. Phillips 4 48 12.0 1
J. Gentry 3 24 8.0 1
S. Evans 2 12 6.0 0
J. Rockwell 1 9 9.0 0
S. Johnson 1 6 6.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Neal 1 30 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Crosby 1 -1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Westmoreland 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Knight 8 4
J. Allen 6 0
O. Moore 5 0
A. Odums 5 0
K. Stewart 4 1
J. Neal 4 1
T. Richardson 3 0
M. Westmoreland 3 1
K. Hylton 2 1
S. Cameron 2 1
J. Hunter 1 0
K. Johnson 1 0
D. Madden 1 0
M. Wann 0 1
P. Amaewhule 0 1
T. Hugue 0 1
J. Hall 0 1
R. Thompson 0 1
D. Burns 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Crosby 7 3
D. Adkins 5 3
J. Morris 4 0
T. Williams 4 3
D. Hobbs 3 2
I. Nixon 2 0
C. Scott 2 0
C. Weaver 2 2
S. Arnett 1 0
J. Dawn II 1 0
T. Fields 1 0
D. Fisher 1 0
B. Hayes 1 0
E. Escobar 1 0
S. Mason 1 1
A. Smith 1 2
K. Gaither 1 3
J. Leon 0 1
M. Perry 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Westmoreland 2.5 12.0
T. Knight 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
A. Smith 1.0 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Shoemaker 1
J. Yates 1