Wk 1 · 2026
Sam Houston Bearkats at Troy Trojans — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL), Troy
· ESPN+
CUSA · no games yet
at
7:00pET
TROY -16.5 · total 53.5 DraftKings
Sun Belt · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
Efficiency · 2025 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Sam Houston form
L 16-56vs FIUL 17-31at MTSUW 26-23vs DELW 21-17at ORSTL 14-55at LT
2025 season
Troy form
L 14-31at JMUW 28-18at USMW 31-19vs GASTL 0-33at ODUL 10-23vs ARST
2025 season
Sam Houston this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Troy this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Sam Houston leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Hunter Watson QB #10 | 104/182, 1108 YDS, 5 TD, 4 INT |
| Landyn Locke QB #8 | 71/141, 765 YDS, 4 TD, 4 INT | |
| Rushing | Landan Brown RB #10 | 84 CAR, 487 YDS, 5 TD |
| Elijah Green RB #21 | 58 CAR, 391 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Alton McCaskill RB #22 | 88 CAR, 371 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Chris Reed WR #2 | 30 REC, 460 YDS, 5 TD |
| Grady O'Neill WR #7 | 38 REC, 392 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Landan Brown RB #10 | 37 REC, 237 YDS | |
| Tim Burns Jr. WR #3 | 12 REC, 228 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Antavious Fish LB #6 | 82 |
| CJ Brown DB #24 | 64 | |
| Tyler Bailey S #8 | 49 | |
| Sacks | Christopher Eaton Jr. DE #17 | 5 |
| Chauncey Chidi DE #48 | 2.5 | |
| Dylan Frazier DT #97 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Emon Allen DB #7 | 3 |
| Cecil Powell DB #2 | 1 | |
| CJ Brown DB #24 | 1 |
Troy leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Tucker Kilcrease QB #10 | 118/199, 1421 YDS, 9 TD, 4 INT |
| Goose Crowder QB #9 | 112/190, 1314 YDS, 11 TD, 5 INT | |
| Rushing | Tae Meadows RB #21 | 159 CAR, 695 YDS, 6 TD |
| Jordan Lovett RB #1 | 81 CAR, 317 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Tucker Kilcrease QB #10 | 104 CAR, 112 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | RaRa Thomas WR #7 | 34 REC, 577 YDS, 5 TD |
| Tray Taylor WR #8 | 31 REC, 513 YDS, 3 TD | |
| DJ Epps WR #2 | 44 REC, 480 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Ethan Conner TE #14 | 29 REC, 381 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jordan Stringer LB #7 | 107 |
| Devin Lafayette S #3 | 104 | |
| Justin Powe S #6 | 65 | |
| Sacks | Donnie Smith DB #22 | 10 |
| Jah-Mal Williams DE #0 | 4 | |
| Jamel Fils-Aime DT #98 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Jaquez White CB #2 | 3 |
| Devin Lafayette S #3 | 2 | |
| Joe Lott S #29 | 2 |
Player production is per game from the
2025 season, for players on the current roster.