Sam Houston St. wins on last-minute score

HUNTSVILLE — Corey Avery plunged across the goal line from the 1 with just over a minute left in the game as Sam Houston State took its first lead of the contest to come back and beat Northwestern State 40-36 on Saturday night.

Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 509 yards and four touchdowns. Nathan Stewart caught eight passes for 247 yards, and Davion Davis had eight for 139 yards and tied a school record with four touchdown catches.

The Bearkats (5-1, 3-1 Southland Conference) were in danger of seeing their home win streak broken but have now won 15 straight, the longest streak in the FCS.

ALCORN ST. 34 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 21

Reserve quarterback Noah Johnson ran for two scores and threw for another, and starter Lenorris Footman threw for 138 yards and ran for a score to lead the Braves past the Panthers in Lorman, Miss.

Prairie View A&M (2-4, 2-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference) outgained Alcorn State 414 yards to 351. Neiko Hollins threw for three touchdowns with an interception. CENTRAL ARKANSAS 24 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 20

Hayden Hildebrand hit Roman Gordon for a 17yard scoring strike with 90 seconds left to keep the Bears’ Southland Conference record unblemished, beating the Lumberjacks in Conway, Ark.

Kierre Crossley rushed for 164 yards for Central Arkansas (5-1, 4-0).

Kijana Amous rushed for 142 yards for Stephen F. Austin, (2-5, 2-3) which has lost three straight games. INCARNATE WORD 33 LAMAR 24

Derrick Mitchell Jr. ran for 133 yards and two touchdowns as Incarnate Word (1-5, 1-3 Southland Conference) stopped Lamar (1-5, 0-4) in San Antonio to pick up its first win of the season. NORTH TEXAS 29, UTSA 26

Mason Fine threw a 22-yard touchdown to Rico Bussey Jr. in the final seconds of the game to lift the Mean Green (4-3, 3-0 Conference USA) over the Roadrunners (3-2, 0-2) in Denton.