Sam Houston State Football Factoid

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Ten years ago, this past weekend, CSU-Pueblo traveled to Texas and played Sam Houston State at Bowers Stadium in Huntsville. The T-Wolves throttled the Bearkats 47 to 21. It was not a close game. Going into the fourth quarter CSUP led 44 to 7. Coach Wristen emptied the bench allowing Sam Houston to score 2 touchdowns. For those who don’t know, Sam Houston was no cupcake. Later that season the Bearkats made the FCS playoffs and beat 3 teams before losing to North Dakota State in the semi-finals. The Bearkats lost to two National Champions that season, North Dakota State and CSUP. How often does a loss to two national champions happen in the same year?

Ten Years later, both CSUP and Sam Houston State have a record of 3 wins and 1 loss after 4 games. The Bearkats are no longer in the Southland Conference, however. They’re now playing at the FBS level in Conference USA. So far this season, they have wins over Rice, Hawaii and New Mexico State. Central Florida handed Sam Houston its only loss. By the way, Central Florida plays the Colorado Buffs this coming weekend.

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Sam Whoston? 😊

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Sam Whoston? 😊

That 79" Bonner gave them some difficulties

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That 79" Bonner gave them some difficulties

It's true, their D was no competition.

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In 2010 CWU lost to EWUwhich ent on to be the FCS champion and also lost to UMD which was the DII champ.

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Ten years ago, this past weekend, CSU-Pueblo traveled to Texas and played Sam Houston State at Bowers Stadium in Huntsville. The T-Wolves throttled the Bearkats 47 to 21. It was not a close game. Going into the fourth quarter CSUP led 44 to 7. Coach Wristen emptied the bench allowing Sam Houston to score 2 touchdowns. For those who don’t know, Sam Houston was no cupcake. Later that season the Bearkats made the FCS playoffs and beat 3 teams before losing to North Dakota State in the semi-finals. The Bearkats lost to two National Champions that season, North Dakota State and CSUP. How often does a loss to two national champions happen in the same year?

Ten Years later, both CSUP and Sam Houston State have a record of 3 wins and 1 loss after 4 games. The Bearkats are no longer in the Southland Conference, however. They’re now playing at the FBS level in Conference USA. So far this season, they have wins over Rice, Hawaii and New Mexico State. Central Florida handed Sam Houston its only loss. By the way, Central Florida plays the Colorado Buffs this coming weekend.

And Sam Houston (hello) managed to rally from 18 points down to steal a win from Texas State 40-39 at NRG Stadium in Houston this past Saturday. And, UCF got their doors blown of by Team Me-ion and His Mercenaries from Boulder.

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The Bearkats finished the 2024 season with a 10 -3 record as a member of CUSA. This was Sam’s second season at the FBS level and yesterday came away with a win at the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl beating Georgia Southern 31 – 26. Just 10 years ago the Bearkats played and lost to a lowly DII opponent. Imagine that.