NCAA College Football Box Scores

College Football

BOXSCORE

UNLV 38, Sam Houston State 21

When: 9:30 PM ET , Friday, August 29, 2025
Where: Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 5837

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
UNLV	14	10	7	7	38
Sam Houston State	7	0	0	14	21

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 12:19
UNLV	TD	Sam Houston State 0 - UNLV 7 Jaden Bradley 43 yd. pass from Anthony Colandrea (Ramon Villela kick)
1st Quarter - 8:42
Sam Houston State	TD	Sam Houston State 7 - UNLV 7 Hunter Watson 6 yd. run (R.J. Lopez kick)
1st Quarter - 0:32
UNLV	TD	Sam Houston State 7 - UNLV 14 DeAngelo Irvin Jr. 3 yd. pass from Anthony Colandrea (Ramon Villela kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:41
UNLV	FG	Sam Houston State 7 - UNLV 17 Ramon Villela 29 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 7:15
UNLV	TD	Sam Houston State 7 - UNLV 24 Aamaris Brown 52 yd. interception return (Ramon Villela kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:22
UNLV	TD	Sam Houston State 7 - UNLV 31 Jai'Den Thomas 3 yd. run (Ramon Villela kick)
4th Quarter - 14:15
Sam Houston State	TD	Sam Houston State 13 - UNLV 31 Landan Brown 53 yd. run (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 7:05
UNLV	TD	Sam Houston State 13 - UNLV 38 Anthony Colandrea 13 yd. run (Ramon Villela kick)
4th Quarter - 5:01
Sam Houston State	TD	Sam Houston State 21 - UNLV 38 Tim Burns Jr. 59 yd. pass from Mabrey Mettauer (Qua'Vez Humphreys pass from Mabrey Mettauer)

TEAMS

Team Records

	UNLV	Sam Houston State
W‑L	2 - 0 - 0	0 - 2 - 0
Conference	0 - 0 - 0	0 - 1 - 0

Team Stats

	UNLV	Sam Houston State
Score	38	21
1st Downs	20	20
3rd Down Efficiency	5-for-9 56%	1-for-12 8%
4th Down Efficiency	1-for-1 100%	3-for-6 50%
Total Yards	404	332
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards	33-155	35-145
Average/Rush	4.7	4.1
Passing
Comp-Att	19-23	19-35
Passing Yards	249	187
Average/Pass Play	10.4	4.8
Penalties-Yards	8-92	5-48
Fumbles-Lost	2-0	1-0
Interceptions Thrown	1	1
Time of Possession	29:42	30:18

PLAYER STATS

UNLV (2 - 0)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
A. Colandrea	19/23	249	2	1

Sam Houston State (0 - 2)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
H. Watson	11/22	101	0	0
M. Mettauer	8/13	86	1	1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Thomas	9	65	7.2	1
K. Lee	7	42	6.0	0
A. Colandrea	6	23	3.8	1
J. Glover	4	9	2.2	0
D. Jones	2	9	4.5	0
A. Orji	3	7	2.3	0
D. Irvin Jr.	1	2	2.0	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
L. Brown	10	85	8.5	1
E. Green	8	36	4.5	0
H. Watson	10	17	1.7	1
M. Mettauer	6	7	1.2	0
J. Parker Jr.	1	0	0.0	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Bradley	6	125	20.8	1
J. Earle	4	66	16.5	0
J. Glover	1	18	18.0	0
D. Reynolds	1	12	12.0	0
D. Irvin Jr.	2	12	6.0	1
V. Gumms	1	9	9.0	0
T. Omeire	1	4	4.0	0
J. Thomas	3	3	1.0	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Burns Jr.	1	59	59.0	1
M. Phillips	3	28	9.3	0
D. Burk	3	25	8.3	0
A. Smith-Mack	4	24	6.0	0
E. Green	1	18	18.0	0
D. Bledsoe III	2	17	8.5	0
C. Reed	2	17	8.5	0
L. Brown	3	-1	-0.3	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
A. Brown	1	52	1

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
E. Allen	1	0	0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
A. Brown	2.0	6.0
T. Adeleye	1.0	6.0
J. Lee	1.0	4.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
T. Gordon	1.0	2.0

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
T. Fulton	6	0
J. Flowe	5	0
M. McDuffie	5	1
A. Brown	4	0
D. Stewart	4	1
L. Thomas	3	0
K. Ka'aihue	3	0
J. Joseph	3	0
L. Conti	3	0
T. Adeleye	2	0
J. Lee	2	0
K. DeCambra	2	0
B. Alualu-Tuiolemotu	2	1
C. Fuller	1	0
O. Egbase	1	0
L. Christensen	1	0
A. Porter	1	0
C. Costa	1	0
E. Rudolph	1	1
A. Powdrell	0	1
J. Pope	0	1

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
E. Allen	8	1
C. Powell	3	0
T. Bailey	3	0
T. Gordon	3	1
J. Diaz	3	2
C. Brown	3	3
C. Eaton Jr.	2	0
J. Scott	2	1
A. Edwards Jr.	2	1
A. Fish	2	2
B. Henderson	1	0
T. Harris	1	0
S. Boyd	1	0
C. Whitington	1	0
C. Johnson	1	0
J. Stephens	1	1
D. Frazier	1	2
A. Sargent	0	1
D. Jackson	0	1

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
A. Brown	3.0	7.0
T. Adeleye	1.0	6.0
K. Ka'aihue	1.0	4.0
J. Lee	1.0	4.0
B. Alualu-Tuiolemotu	1.0	2.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
E. Allen	2.5	5.0
T. Gordon	1.0	2.0
C. Eaton Jr.	1.0	1.0
C. Brown	0.5	0.0

Fumbles
	NO.
J. Earle	1
A. Colandrea	1

Fumbles
	NO.
M. Mettauer	1