Sam Houston State beats Abilene Christian 48-21

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Sam Houston State scores on crazy deflection

Sam Houston State opens the scoring with a deflection that goes off an Abilene Christian defensive back and is eventually caught by wide receiver Nathan Stewart who takes it 69 yards for the touchdown to give the Bearkats a 7-0 lead.


HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Jeremiah Briscoe threw for six touchdowns as Sam Houston State remained undefeated, beating Abilene Christian 48-21 on Saturday night.

Briscoe had 404 yards on 31-of-39 passing for the Bearkats (6-0, 5-0 Southland Conference). Nathan Stewart had 129 yards receiving and two touchdowns and Tyler Scott had 130 yards receiving and a score. Remus Bulmer, Deon Hutchinson and Hayden Cagle also caught scoring passes. Bulmer also ran for a touchdown.

Briscoe threw for four touchdowns in the first half -- including a 69-yarder to Stewart in the first quarter -- and the Bearkats led 27-0 at halftime.

Abilene Christian scored on an 8-yard pass from Dallas Sealey to Josh Fink early in the third quarter to make it 27-7 but the Bearkats responded with three more touchdowns to stretch their lead to 48-7 with 3:29 left in the period.

Sealey threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns for the Wildcats (0-7, 0-5).