College Football
BOXSCORE
UNLV 38, Sam Houston State 21
Friday, August 29, 2025 9:30 PM
Location - Shell Energy Stadium
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
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
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
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
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
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