Sam Houston Bearkats vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks: How to watch college football online, TV channel, live stream info, start time

How to watch Sam Houston vs. Jacksonville State football game

By Scout Staff

Sep 27, 2023 at 8:00 pm ET • 2 min read

Who's Playing

Jacksonville State Gamecocks @ Sam Houston Bearkats

Current Records: Jacksonville State 3-1, Sam Houston 0-3

How To Watch

When: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8 p.m. ET
Where: Elliot T. Bowers Stadium -- Huntsville, Texas
TV: ESPN University
Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
Follow: CBS Sports App

What to Know

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks and the Sam Houston Bearkats will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 8:00 p.m. ET on September 28th at Elliot T. Bowers Stadium. Despite being away, Jacksonville State are looking at a 6.5-point advantage in the spread.

Last Saturday, Jacksonville State got themselves on the board against Eastern Michigan, but Eastern Michigan never followed suit. Jacksonville State blew past Eastern Michigan 21-0.

Logan Smothers continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 93 yards and a touchdown, and also rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown. Malik Jackson was another key contributor, rushing for 127 yards.

Meanwhile, Sam Houston's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their fifth straight loss. They were dealt a punishing 38-7 defeat at the hands of Houston. Sam Houston was down at the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, the Bearkats weren't very productive in the air and finished the game with only 126 passing yards. They were dismantled by their opponents in that department as Houston threw for 352.

What a start it's been for Jacksonville State: they've won three of their first four matches so far this season, giving them a steller 3-1 record. To be fair, it's not like the team was facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 2-2 Eastern Michigan (Jacksonville State's opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 37.5% over those games). Sam Houston's loss on Saturday dropped their record down to 0-3.

Sam Houston will be fighting an uphill battle on Thursday as the experts have pegged them as the 6.5-point underdog. This contest will be their third straight as the underdogs (a stretch that saw them go 2-1 against the spread).