Sam Houston St. stays unbeaten; Prairie View wins

HUNTSVILLE — Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 504 yards and six touchdowns, breaking a school record for touchdown passes in a season, and Sam Houston State remained perfect with a 56-43 win over McNeese State on Saturday night.

Briscoe’s 40 touchdowns break Dustin Long’s record of 39 set in 2004.

Sam Houston State improved to 9-0 and 7-0 in the Southland Conference.

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M31 ALCORN ST. 27

Jalen Morton scored two touchdowns on the ground and threw for another as the Panthers overcame an early 14-point deficit to beat the Braves in Prairie View.

Morton’s 44-yard touchdown pass to Darius Floyd with 4:05 left in the third quarter gave Prairie View (6-3, 6-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) its first lead of the game at 24-21.

SOUTHERN 26 TEXAS SOUTHERN 10

Lenard Tillery ran for 125 yards and a score, and the Jaguars converted two interceptions into scoring drives to beat the Tigers in Baton Rouge, La.

Brad Woodard ran for 105 yards for Texas Southern (3-6, 3-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference).

UTEP 42 HOUSTON BAPTIST 10

Aaron Jones ran for 228 yards and two scores to help the Miners beat the Huskies in a nonconference game at El Paso.

UTEP (3-6) scored the first 28 points and led 35-3 late in the third quarter before Houston Baptist (3-6) reached the end zone for the only time on Max Staver’s 29-yard pass to Terrance Peters.

LOUISIANA TECH 45 NORTH TEXAS 24

Carlos Henderson scored five touchdowns for the second time this season, and the Bulldogs pulled away from the Mean Green (4-5, 2-3 Conference USA) in Denton.

UTSA 45 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 25

Jarveon Williams ran for 108 yards and three touchdowns as the Roadrunners rolled to a victory over the Blue Raiders in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to improve to 5-4 (4-2 in Con- ference USA).

APPALACHIAN ST. 35 TEXAS ST. 10

Taylor Lamb threw four touchdown passes while Jalin Moore and Marcus Cox combined to rush for 248 yards on 28 carries and a score as the Mountaineers routed the Bobcats (2-6, 0-4 Sun Belt) in Boone, N.C.

CENTRAL ARKANSAS 34 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 14

Hayden Hildebrand threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bears past the Lumberjacks (4-5, 3-4 South- land) in Nacogdoches.

SE LOUISIANA 30 INCARNATE WORD 10

Julius Maracalin had a career-high 191 yards rushing with a score, and the Lions beat the Cardinals (1-8, 1-6 Southland) in San Antonio.

ABILENE CHRISTIAN 25 NORTHWESTERN ST. 22

Dallas Sealey threw for one touchdown and ran for another as the Wildcats (2-8, 2-6 Southland) rallied from a 19-8 deficit to earn a win over the Demons in Abilene.

From wire reports