Sam Houston's special teams shine in 21-17 win over Oregon State

Mabrey Mettauer threw a touchdown walk and the Sam Houston peculiar teams scored 2 second-half touchdowns to assistance the Bearkats bushed Oregon State 21-17 and drawback an eight-game losing streak

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Mabrey Mettauer threw a touchdown walk and the Sam Houston peculiar teams scored 2 second-half touchdowns to assistance the Bearkats bushed Oregon State 21-17 connected Saturday nighttime and drawback an eight-game losing streak.

Sam Houston (1-8) avoided the archetypal 0-9 commencement to a play successful programme past and Bearkats first-year manager Phil Longo got his archetypal triumph arsenic a caput manager since Nov. 12, 2005, erstwhile helium was astatine La Salle.

Mettauer deed Chris Reed for a 35-yard touchdown with 1:14 near successful the 2nd 4th that trimmed Sam Houston’s shortage to 17-7 astatine halftime. Tim Burns Jr. returned the opening kickoff of the 2nd fractional 98 yards for a touchdown and Lyric Smith blocked a punt that Brody Henderson scooped up and ran 31 yards for a TD that gave the Bearkats a 21-17 pb with 8:29 to play.

Sam Houston had conscionable 8 archetypal downs and was outgained 474-157 full yards.

Anthony Hankerson had 33 carries for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns for Oregon State (2-7) and David Wells Jr. had 9 receptions for 112 yards. Gabarri Johnson was 28-of-39 passing for 283 yards with nary touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

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