Game notes: Sam Houston at Florida International
Saturday, November 28, 2 p.m. ET, Pitbull Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Sam Houston (1–5, 0–2 in conference) at Florida International (3–3, 1–1 in conference), Saturday, November 28, 2 p.m. ET, Pitbull Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their fourth meeting; Florida International leads the series 2–1.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 29, 2025: Florida International 56, Sam Houston 16.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 2023: Florida International 33, Sam Houston 27.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Last three meetings: 2025: Florida International 56–16 (neutral site); 2024: Sam Houston 10–7 (neutral site); 2023: Florida International 33–27 (at Sam Houston).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Sam Houston
- Sam Houston is 1–5 (0–2 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 21–24 at Troy; L 17–23 vs. Tulsa; W 59–0 vs. Nicholls; L 14–49 at No. 11 Texas Tech; L 3–35 at Liberty; L 3–16 vs. Western Kentucky.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Sam Houston has lost three straight, since beating Nicholls 59–0 (Sept. 19, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Sam Houston is No. 132 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Phil Longo is 3–15 in his second season at Sam Houston.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Phil Longo is 0–1 against Florida International.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Landyn Locke (QB): 1,418 passing yards, 11 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Chris Reed (WR): 17 catches, 289 yards, 3 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Dean Ford (LB): 38 tackles, 1 sack, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2015, Sam Houston beat Southern Utah 42–39.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Florida International
- Florida International is 3–3 (1–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 9–19 at South Florida; W 33–20 vs. Buffalo; L 10–16 at Florida Atlantic; W 20–3 vs. Long Island University; W 22–3 vs. New Mexico State; L 24–27 at Jacksonville State.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Florida International is No. 89 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Willie Simmons is 10–9 in his second season at Florida International.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Willie Simmons is 1–0 against Sam Houston.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- J.J. Kohl (QB): 1,458 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Maguire Anderson (WR): 33 catches, 535 yards, 4 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Deandre Boykins (DB): 37 tackles, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
The coaches
- Willie Simmons is 1–0 against Phil Longo’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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