Western Kentucky 16, Sam Houston 3 (Final) · Game tracker

FinalOct 14, 2026 · Elliott T. Bowers Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
Western Kentucky	7	3	3	3	16
Sam Houston	0	3	0	0	3

Game flow

Western Kentucky won by 13 · 5 scores

Lead changes

0 times tied

SHSU biggest lead

—

never led

WKU biggest lead

+13

Q4 10:45

Time in front

SHSU 0% · WKU 92%

tied 8% · 0:00 vs 55:06 of game clock

The lead after every score: above the line Sam Houston is ahead, below it Western Kentucky. Each dot is a score in the scoring team's colour; hover one.

Scoring summary

1st quarter

10:06

REC Coleson Arends 23 Yd pass from Brock Glenn (Karl Campbell Kick)11 plays, 65 yds, 4:04 · from WKU 35

WKU 7–0 SHSU

2nd quarter

12:02

FG Karl Campbell 35 Yd Field Goal 8 plays, 48 yds, 3:12 · from WKU 35

WKU 10–0 SHSU

5:59

FG Sam Carpenter 42 Yd Field Goal 6 plays, 20 yds, 1:56 · from WKU 44

WKU 10–3 SHSU

3rd quarter

0:03

FG Karl Campbell 39 Yd Field Goal 9 plays, 59 yds, 4:19 · from WKU 20

WKU 13–3 SHSU

4th quarter

10:45

FG Karl Campbell 33 Yd Field Goal 7 plays, 25 yds, 2:35 · from SHSU 40

WKU 16–3 SHSU

Drives

SHSU 1/11 scoredWKU 4/12 scored

Q	Start	Team	From	Plays	Yds	Time	Result
Q1	15:00	SHSU	SHSU 25	3	5	0:50	Punt
Q1	14:10	WKU	WKU 35	11	65	4:04	Touchdown
Q1	10:06	SHSU	SHSU 25	3	-2	2:00	Punt
Q1	8:06	WKU	WKU 35	6	24	1:31	Punt
Q1	6:35	SHSU	SHSU 2	13	63	6:21	Missed FG
Q1	0:14	WKU	WKU 35	8	48	3:12	Field Goal
Q2	12:02	SHSU	SHSU 35	3	3	2:03	Punt
Q2	9:59	WKU	WKU 13	3	7	2:04	Punt
Q2	7:55	SHSU	WKU 44	6	20	1:56	Field Goal
Q2	5:59	WKU	WKU 25	3	9	1:09	Punt
Q2	4:50	SHSU	SHSU 35	7	22	3:08	Punt
Q2	1:42	WKU	WKU 10	8	33	1:42	End of Half

Win probability

Western Kentucky 100% · pregame line Western Kentucky −1.5 (closing line)

The pregame line (TDC's for this week's games, the closing betting line for past ones), blended with the score, clock and field position (calibrated on every 2024–25 FBS play). Gold dots mark the biggest swings; hover one.

Box score

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Brock Glenn	14/30	127	4.2	1	0	28.0
Rodney Tisdale Jr.	1/1	5	5.0	0	0	--

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brock Glenn	22	54	2.5	14
Le'Kamren Meadows	1	32	32.0	32
Ajay Allen	10	25	2.5	6
Jaden McGill	6	20	3.3	5
Cameron Flowers	1	8	8.0	8
Zion Taylor	1	7	7.0	7
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0
Quincy Burroughs	1	-1	-1.0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jonathan Stafford Jr.	5	37	7.4	0	13
Moussa Barry	2	36	18.0	0	31
Ajay Allen	5	26	5.2	0	6
Coleson Arends	2	24	12.0	1	23
Qua'Vez Humphreys	1	9	9.0	0	9

Defense	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Westen Ard	10	5	1.5	2.5	1	0
Justin Brown	7	6	0	2	1	1
Dave Herard	7	4	0	0	2	1
Jaylen Lewis	4	4	0	0	1	0
Latrevion Thompson	4	2	0	0	0	0
Jakeem Fletcher	3	3	0	1	0	0
Braxton Myers	3	2	0	0	0	0
Tony Newsome Jr.	2	2	0	0	1	1

Interceptions	INT	YDS	TD
Tony Newsome Jr.	1	22	0

Kicking	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Karl Campbell	3/3	100.0	39	1/1	10

Punting	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jackson Smith	6	252	42.0	0	1	49

Biggest plays

WKU +16% Q1 10:06 (10:12) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 B.Glenn pass complete short left to #87 C.Arends caught at SAM07, for 23 yards to the SAM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:06, 1ST DOWN #99 K.Campbell kick attempt good (H: #43 J.Smith, LS: #49 N.Imhoff)

WKU +14% Q2 5:59 (05:59) #83 T.Ryan kickoff 65 yards to the WKU00, Touchback

WKU +11% Q3 6:02 (06:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 B.Glenn pass incomplete short middle to #7 Q.Humphreys thrown to WKU20 broken up by #26 T.Gordon QB hurried by #21 D.Ford

WKU +11% Q1 0:14 (00:14) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 Z.Taylor rush left for 7 yards gain to the WKU42 (#5 I.Atkins)

SHSU +11% Q1 10:06 (10:06) #99 K.Campbell kickoff 65 yards to the SAM00, Touchback

Team stats

Stat	WKU	SHSU
1st Downs	17	12
3rd down efficiency	8-20	2-13
4th down efficiency	0-0	0-0
Total Yards	276	177
Passing	132	112
Comp/Att	15/31	13/30
Yards per pass	4.3	3.7
Rushing	144	65
Rushing Attempts	43	27
Yards per rush	3.3	2.4
Penalties	4-33	9-100
Turnovers	0	1
Fumbles lost	0	0
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Possession	32:23	27:37

Play by play

Q4 0:00 End of 4th quarter.

Q4 0:39 1st & 10 at SHSU 30 (00:39) Kneel down by #11 B.Glenn at SAM31 for loss of 1 yard

Q4 1:08 3rd & 1 at SHSU 32 (01:10) Shotgun #11 B.Glenn rush right for 2 yards gain to the SAM30 (#21 D.Ford), 1ST DOWN

Q4 1:52 2nd & 6 at SHSU 37 (02:00) Shotgun #25 J.McGill rush middle for 5 yards gain to the SAM32 (#33 B.Bates Jr.; #98 J.Terrell)

Q4 2:21 1st & 10 at SHSU 41 Shotgun #25 J.McGill rush middle for 4 yards gain to the SAM37 (#97 D.Frazier; #26 T.Gordon)

Q4 2:39 3rd & 4 at SHSU 49 Shotgun #11 B.Glenn rush right for 8 yards gain to the SAM41 (#9 J.Arnold), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Q4 3:20 2nd & 7 at WKU 48 Shotgun #25 J.McGill rush middle for 3 yards gain to the SAM49 (#97 D.Frazier)

Q4 3:55 1st & 10 at WKU 45 Shotgun #25 J.McGill rush right for 3 yards gain to the WKU48 (#26 T.Gordon)

Q4 4:08 4th & 19 at WKU 30 PENALTY SAM UNR: Unnecessary Roughness (#98 J.Terrell) 15 yards from WKU30 to WKU45, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY

Q4 4:08 3rd & 5 at WKU 44 (04:19) Shotgun #11 B.Glenn sacked for loss of 14 yards to the WKU30 (#3 B.Henderson), fumble by #11 B.Glenn recovered by WKU #59 A.Lopez at WKU30, End Of Play

Q4 4:51 2nd & 8 at WKU 41 (04:58) Shotgun #11 B.Glenn rush right for 3 yards gain to the WKU44 (#21 D.Ford)

Q4 5:28 1st & 10 at WKU 39 (05:35) Shotgun #25 J.McGill rush middle for 2 yards gain to the WKU41 (#26 T.Gordon)

Q4 5:41 3rd & 4 at WKU 29 (05:41) Shotgun #11 B.Glenn pass incomplete short left to #80 J.Stafford Jr. thrown to WKU40 QB hurried by #26 T.Gordon PENALTY SAM Holding (#4 J.Stanford) 10 yards from WKU29 to WKU39, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY

Q4 6:16 2nd & 7 at WKU 26 (06:23) Shotgun #25 J.McGill rush right for 3 yards gain to the WKU29 (#26 T.Gordon)

Q4 6:52 1st & 10 at WKU 23 (06:58) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 A.Allen rush middle for 3 yards gain to the WKU26 (#13 R.Adams). #3 A.Allen injured on the play

Q4 6:59 4th & 19 at SHSU 31 (06:59) #31 C.Joseph punt 46 yards to the WKU23 fair catch by #80 J.Stafford Jr. at WKU23

Q4 7:07 4th & 19 at SHSU 31 (07:13) #31 C.Joseph punt 46 yards to the WKU23 #80 J.Stafford Jr. return 19 yards to the WKU42 (#3 B.Henderson), out of bounds PENALTY SAM Personal Foul offsetting WKU Holding offsetting. NO PLAY

Q4 7:49 3rd & 9 at SHSU 41 (07:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke sacked for loss of 10 yards to the SAM31 (#32 W.Ard, #45 J.Knight)

Q4 7:57 2nd & 9 at SHSU 41 (08:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass incomplete short middle to #7 G.O'Neill thrown to WKU47 broken up by #7 J.Lewis

Q4 8:26 1st & 10 at SHSU 40 (08:35) No Huddle-Shotgun #20 M.Dowdy rush left for 1 yard gain to the SAM41 (#6 J.Brown)

Q4 8:40 3rd & 13 at SHSU 31 (08:40) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass incomplete short right to #7 G.O'Neill thrown to SAM41 PENALTY WKU Pass Interference (#19 J.Cosby-Mosley) 9 yards from SAM31 to SAM40, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY

Q4 9:15 2nd & 10 at SHSU 34 (09:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass complete short right to #7 G.O'Neill caught at SAM28, for 3 yards loss to the SAM31 (#6 J.Brown)

Q4 9:25 1st & 10 at SHSU 34 (09:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass incomplete short right to #2 C.Reed thrown to SAM45 broken up by #2 T.Newsome Jr.

Q4 9:59 2nd & 6 at SHSU 14 (10:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 L.Locke pass complete short left to #2 C.Reed caught at SAM18, for 20 yards to the SAM34 (#2 T.Newsome Jr.), 1ST DOWN

Q4 10:30 1st & 10 at SHSU 10 (10:40) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 L.Brown rush middle for 4 yards gain to the SAM14 (#32 W.Ard; #54 S.Peters)