University of Houston Athletics
Football Defeats Mississippi State in Shootout
9/20/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 20, 2003
HOUSTON -
Scoring Summary (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Mississippi State vs Houston (Sept 20,2003 at Houston, Texas)
Mississippi State (0-3) vs. Houston (3-1)Date: Sept 20,2003 Site: Houston, Texas Stadium: Robertson StadiumAttendance: 26233
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score----------------- -- -- -- -- -----Mississippi State... 0 6 15 14 - 35Houston............. 21 7 7 7 - 42
Scoring Summary:1st 14:44 HOU - Middleton, Brandon 74 yd pass from KOLB,Kevin (BELL,Dustin kick) 1 play, 74 yards, TOP 0:16, MSU 0 - HOU 7 09:06 HOU - BATTLE,Jackie 7 yd run (BELL,Dustin kick) 9 plays, 59 yards, TOP 2:31, MSU 0 - HOU 14 07:42 HOU - MARSHALL, Vincent 13 yd pass from KOLB,Kevin (BELL,Dustin kick) 4 plays, 47 yards, TOP 0:56, MSU 0 - HOU 212nd 03:18 HOU - GIBSON,Leonard 50 yd pass from KOLB,Kevin (BELL,Dustin kick) 2 plays, 51 yards, TOP 0:44, MSU 0 - HOU 28 01:48 MSU - Justin Jenkins 23 yd pass from Kevin Fant (Joe Judge pass failed) 6 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:21, MSU 6 - HOU 283rd 13:36 MSU - Nick Turner 7 yd run (Justin Jenkins pass from Kevin Fant) 4 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:24, MSU 14 - HOU 28 12:21 HOU - SCHIRMER,Matt 20 yd run (BELL,Dustin kick) 4 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:15, MSU 14 - HOU 35 06:35 MSU - Justin Jenkins 29 yd pass from Kevin Fant (Brent Smith kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:10, MSU 21 - HOU 354th 12:37 HOU - MARSHALL, Vincent 23 yd pass from KOLB,Kevin (BELL,Dustin kick) 10 plays, 81 yards, TOP 4:30, MSU 21 - HOU 42 05:56 MSU - Antonio Hargro 18 yd pass from Kevin Fant (Brent Smith kick) 10 plays, 62 yards, TOP 2:44, MSU 28 - HOU 42 04:29 MSU - Nick Turner 2 yd run (Brent Smith kick) 1 play, 2 yards, TOP 0:04, MSU 35 - HOU 42
Kickoff time: 7 p.m. End of Game: 10:25 pm Total elapsed time: 3:25Officials: Referee: Jay Vines; Umpire: Ronnie Jones; Linesman: D. Dembinski;Line judge: James Bing, Sr.; Back judge: Timothy Smith; Field judge: Mike Washington;Side judge: Matt Moore; Scorer: Trey Wilkinson;Temperature: 74 Wind: SE 8 mph Weather: Cloudy w/light rain
ID-184829MSU Captains: 6 Bradley, 37 Wallis, 56 Jackson & 89 Ferrill.UH Captains: 3 McCullar, 32 Schirmer, 39 Griffith & 68 Evans
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Mississippi State vs Houston (Sept 20,2003 at Houston, Texas)
MSU HOU
FIRST DOWNS................... 19 24 Rushing..................... 5 12 Passing..................... 13 12 Penalty..................... 1 0Rushing Attempts.............. 32 49Yards Gained Rushing.......... 127 220Yards Lost Rushing............ 15 22NET YARDS RUSHING............. 112 198NET YARDS PASSING............. 360 321 Passes Attempted............ 42 29 Passes Completed............ 24 20 Had Intercepted............. 5 0TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS......... 74 78TOTAL NET YARDS............... 472 519 Average Gain Per Play....... 6.4 6.7Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 1-1 4-3Penalties: Number-Yards....... 8-80 13-94Number of Punts-Yards......... 4-143 6-250 Average Per Punt............ 35.8 41.7Punt Returns: Number-Yards.... 6-85 1-11Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards. 2-59 4-68Interceptions: Number-Yards... 0-0 5-7Fumble Returns: Number-Yards.. 1-26 0-0Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0Possession Time............... 29:03 30:57Third-Down Conversions........ 5 of 13 5 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 2 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-4 4-4Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-10 2-10
Individual Statistics
Individual Statistics (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Mississippi State vs Houston (Sept 20,2003 at Houston, Texas)
Mississippi State
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg-------------------------------------------------Nick Turner 17 77 4 73 2 19 4.3Jerious Norwood 8 38 1 37 0 14 4.6Fred Reid 3 11 0 11 0 6 3.7Kevin Fant 4 1 10 -9 0 1 -2.2Totals... 32 127 15 112 2 19 3.5
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack-------------------------------------------------Kevin Fant 42-24-5 360 3 60 2Totals... 42-24-5 360 3 60 2
Receiving No. Yds TD Long----------------------------------------Justin Jenkins 9 172 2 32McKinley Scott 6 115 0 60Aaron Lumpkin 4 41 0 26Jerious Norwood 2 9 0 5Nick Turner 2 5 0 11Antonio Hargro 1 18 1 18Totals... 24 360 3 60
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20----------------------------------------------Robert Wallis 1 44 44.0 44 1Jared Cook 3 99 33.0 39 1Totals... 4 143 35.8 44 2
Punts Kickoffs InterceptAll Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg--------------------------------------------------Nick Turner 6 85 56 0 0 0 0 0 0Fred Reid 0 0 0 2 59 39 0 0 0Totals... 6 85 56 2 59 39 0 0 0
Field goal attempts----------------------------------------
FUMBLES: Mississippi State-Nick Turner 1-1. Houston-KOLB,Kevin 2-1;WILSON,Ricky 1-1; TILLMAN,Bobby 1-1.
Houston
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg-------------------------------------------------EVANS,Anthony 18 89 0 89 0 17 4.9BATTLE,Jackie 13 66 0 66 1 12 5.1SCHIRMER,Matt 3 29 0 29 1 20 9.7TILLMAN,Bobby 5 18 5 13 0 11 2.6KOLB,Kevin 7 18 11 7 0 9 1.0MOORE,Shang 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0TEAM 2 0 4 -4 0 0 -2.0Totals... 49 220 22 198 2 20 4.0
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack-------------------------------------------------KOLB,Kevin 29-20-0 321 4 74 2Totals... 29-20-0 321 4 74 2
Receiving No. Yds TD Long----------------------------------------MARSHALL, Vincent 8 79 2 23Middleton, Brandon 4 124 1 74GIBSON,Leonard 4 75 1 50McCULLAR,Chad 2 33 0 30MOORE,Shang 1 5 0 5SCHIRMER,Matt 1 5 0 5Totals... 20 321 4 74
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20----------------------------------------------McCLARY,Jimmy 6 250 41.7 51 0Totals... 6 250 41.7 51 0
Punts Kickoffs InterceptAll Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg--------------------------------------------------McCULLAR,Chad 1 11 11 1 12 12 0 0 0GASTON,Willie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0POPE,Roshawn 0 0 0 2 33 21 0 0 0ROUTT,Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Woodard, Jermain 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0WILSON,Ricky 0 0 0 1 23 23 2 7 0Totals... 1 11 11 4 68 23 5 7 0
Field goal attempts----------------------------------------
FUMBLES: Mississippi State-Nick Turner 1-1. Houston-KOLB,Kevin 2-1;WILSON,Ricky 1-1; TILLMAN,Bobby 1-1.
FUMBLES: Mississippi State-Nick Turner 1-1. Houston-KOLB,Kevin 2-1; WILSON,Ricky 1-1;TILLMAN,Bobby 1-1.
Drive Chart
Drive Chart (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Mississippi State vs Houston (Sept 20,2003 at Houston, Texas)
Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MSU 1st M20 14:44 Kickoff H41 11:37 Downs 7-39 03:07MSU 1st M20 09:06 Kickoff M20 08:38 Punt 3-0 00:28MSU 1st M20 07:42 Kickoff M13 05:18 Punt 3--7 02:24MSU 1st M44 04:24 Fumble H35 02:13 Fumble 5-21 02:11MSU 1st H43 00:32 Fumble H40 14:07 Punt 3-3 01:25MSU 2nd M28 10:47 Punt H07 07:01 Interception 8-65 03:46#MSU 2nd M34 04:56 Punt M39 04:02 Interception 3-5 00:54MSU 2nd M40 03:09 Kickoff H00 01:48 *TOUCHDOWN 6-60 01:21MSU 3rd M20 15:00 Kickoff H00 13:36 *TOUCHDOWN 4-80 01:24#MSU 3rd M20 12:21 Kickoff H49 10:15 Punt 4-31 02:06MSU 3rd H43 08:45 Punt H00 06:35 *TOUCHDOWN 5-43 02:10MSU 3rd M50 04:34 Punt H31 02:07 Interception 5-19 02:27MSU 4th M26 12:37 Kickoff M48 10:32 Interception 6-22 02:05MSU 4th H48 10:32 Fumble H48 10:14 Interception 1-0 00:18MSU 4th M38 08:40 Punt H00 05:56 *TOUCHDOWN 10-62 02:44#MSU 4th H02 04:33 Punt H00 04:29 *TOUCHDOWN 1-2 00:04#MSU 4th H38 00:00 Downs H38 00:00 End of half 0-0 00:00
HOU 1st H26 15:00 Kickoff M00 14:44 *TOUCHDOWN 1-74 00:16HOU 1st H41 11:37 Downs M00 09:06 *TOUCHDOWN 9-59 02:31#HOU 1st M47 08:38 Punt M00 07:42 *TOUCHDOWN 4-47 00:56#HOU 1st M35 05:18 Punt M44 04:24 Fumble 3--9 00:54HOU 1st H35 02:13 Fumble M31 00:32 Fumble 6-34 01:41HOU 2nd H01 14:07 Punt H41 10:47 Punt 10-40 03:20HOU 2nd H20 07:01 Interception H29 04:56 Punt 5-9 02:05HOU 2nd H49 04:02 Interception M00 03:18 *TOUCHDOWN 2-51 00:44HOU 2nd H20 01:47 Kickoff H30 15:00 End of half 4-10 01:47HOU 3rd M47 13:36 Kickoff M00 12:21 *TOUCHDOWN 4-47 01:15#HOU 3rd H05 10:15 Punt H10 08:45 Punt 3-5 01:30HOU 3rd H16 06:35 Kickoff H04 04:34 Punt 3--12 02:01HOU 3rd H19 02:07 Interception M00 12:37 *TOUCHDOWN 10-81 04:30#HOU 4th H40 00:00 Interception H48 10:32 Fumble 0-8 00:00HOU 4th H08 10:14 Interception H15 08:40 Punt 3-7 01:34HOU 4th H13 05:56 Kickoff H21 04:33 Punt 3-8 01:23HOU 4th H21 04:29 Kickoff H38 00:00 Downs 8-17 04:29
MSU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total---------------------------------------------------------------------------Time of possession 08:42 07:03 08:07 05:11 15:45 13:18 29:033rd Down Conversions 1/4 0/3 3/4 1/2 1/7 4/6 5/13Avg Field Position M32 M34 M36 H47 M32 M45 M394th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/0 1/2
HOU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total---------------------------------------------------------------------------Time of possession 06:18 07:57 06:53 09:49 14:15 16:42 30:573rd Down Conversions 2/4 0/3 0/2 3/6 2/7 3/8 5/15Avg Field Position H44 H22 H23 H14 H34 H19 H274th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/1 1/1 0/1 1/2
Drive Chart (By Quarter)
Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOU 1st H26 15:00 Kickoff M00 14:44 *TOUCHDOWN 1-74 00:16MSU 1st M20 14:44 Kickoff H41 11:37 Downs 7-39 03:07HOU 1st H41 11:37 Downs M00 09:06 *TOUCHDOWN 9-59 02:31#MSU 1st M20 09:06 Kickoff M20 08:38 Punt 3-0 00:28HOU 1st M47 08:38 Punt M00 07:42 *TOUCHDOWN 4-47 00:56#MSU 1st M20 07:42 Kickoff M13 05:18 Punt 3--7 02:24HOU 1st M35 05:18 Punt M44 04:24 Fumble 3--9 00:54MSU 1st M44 04:24 Fumble H35 02:13 Fumble 5-21 02:11HOU 1st H35 02:13 Fumble M31 00:32 Fumble 6-34 01:41MSU 1st H43 00:32 Fumble H40 14:07 Punt 3-3 01:25
HOU 2nd H01 14:07 Punt H41 10:47 Punt 10-40 03:20MSU 2nd M28 10:47 Punt H07 07:01 Interception 8-65 03:46#HOU 2nd H20 07:01 Interception H29 04:56 Punt 5-9 02:05MSU 2nd M34 04:56 Punt M39 04:02 Interception 3-5 00:54HOU 2nd H49 04:02 Interception M00 03:18 *TOUCHDOWN 2-51 00:44MSU 2nd M40 03:09 Kickoff H00 01:48 *TOUCHDOWN 6-60 01:21HOU 2nd H20 01:47 Kickoff H30 15:00 End of half 4-10 01:47
MSU 3rd M20 15:00 Kickoff H00 13:36 *TOUCHDOWN 4-80 01:24#HOU 3rd M47 13:36 Kickoff M00 12:21 *TOUCHDOWN 4-47 01:15#MSU 3rd M20 12:21 Kickoff H49 10:15 Punt 4-31 02:06HOU 3rd H05 10:15 Punt H10 08:45 Punt 3-5 01:30MSU 3rd H43 08:45 Punt H00 06:35 *TOUCHDOWN 5-43 02:10HOU 3rd H16 06:35 Kickoff H04 04:34 Punt 3--12 02:01MSU 3rd M50 04:34 Punt H31 02:07 Interception 5-19 02:27HOU 3rd H19 02:07 Interception M00 12:37 *TOUCHDOWN 10-81 04:30#
MSU 4th M26 12:37 Kickoff M48 10:32 Interception 6-22 02:05HOU 4th H40 00:00 Interception H48 10:32 Fumble 0-8 00:00MSU 4th H48 10:32 Fumble H48 10:14 Interception 1-0 00:18HOU 4th H08 10:14 Interception H15 08:40 Punt 3-7 01:34MSU 4th M38 08:40 Punt H00 05:56 *TOUCHDOWN 10-62 02:44#HOU 4th H13 05:56 Kickoff H21 04:33 Punt 3-8 01:23MSU 4th H02 04:33 Punt H00 04:29 *TOUCHDOWN 1-2 00:04#HOU 4th H21 04:29 Kickoff H38 00:00 Downs 8-17 04:29MSU 4th H38 00:00 Downs H38 00:00 End of half 0-0 00:00
Defensive Statistics
Defensive Statistics (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Mississippi State vs Houston (Sept 20,2003 at Houston, Texas)
Mississippi State ## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------53 T.J. Mawhinney 2 9 11 1/2 . . . . . / .29 C.McDougal 4 6 10 1/2 . . . . . / .30 Kevin Dockery 4 5 9 . . . . . . / .93 Ronald Fields 1 7 8 2/7 1 1-0 . . . 1/5 .6 Odell Bradley 5 2 7 . . 1-26 . . . / .55 Tommy Kelly 2 4 6 2/5 1 . . . . 1/5 .19 Rico Bennett 2 4 6 1/2 . . . . . / .56 Kamau Jackson 1 5 6 . . . . . . / .36 Willie Evans . 6 6 1/1 . . . . . / .34 Jeramie Johnson 2 3 5 . 1 . . . . / .26 Chris Swain 2 2 4 1/4 . . . . . / .32 Marvin Byrdsong 1 2 3 . . . . . . / .40 Jason Clark . 3 3 . . . . . . / .4 Eric Fuller 2 . 2 . . . . 1 . / .52 Kenny Kern 1 1 2 . . . . . . / .38 Bernard Vinson 1 1 2 . . . . . . / .59 Robert Spivey . 2 2 . . . . . . / .2 Q.Culberson . 2 2 . . . . . . / .44 Brad Horton 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .87 Aaron Lumpkin 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .1 McKinley Scott 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .58 Michael Heard . 1 1 . . . . . . / .3 Adrian Griffin . 1 1 . . . . . . / .91 Lennie Day . 1 1 . . . . . . / .94 Andrew Powell . 1 1 . . . . . . / .5 Fred Reid . . . . . 1-0 . . . / .
Houston ## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------44 EVERSON,Lance 3 7 10 2/1 . . . . . / .18 GULLEY,Will 7 2 9 . . . . . . / .45 BROWN,Bryant 3 5 8 2/4 . . . 1 . / .3D Woodard, Jermain 5 2 7 . . 1-0 1-0 2 . / .16 BROOKS, Courtney 4 3 7 1/6 1 . . . . / .13 Adelekan, Farouk . 7 7 1/1 . . . . . 1/1 .1B WILSON,Ricky 2 2 4 . . . 2-7 . . / .90 CLAY,Joe 2 2 4 2/7 . . . 2 . 1/7 .94 Bentley, Matthew 1 3 4 . . . . . . / .1A GASTON,Willie 3 . 3 . . . 1-0 2 . / .4D POPE,Roshawn 3 . 3 . . . . . . / .62 LANE,Kade . 3 3 1/2 . . . . . 1/2 .6 EVANS,Anthony 2 . 2 . . . . . . / .48 HARRELL,John . 2 2 . . . . . . / .8D ROUTT,Stanford . 2 2 . . . 1-0 . . / .42 MOZISEK,Corbin 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .39 Griffith, Travis . 1 1 . . . . . . / .5D SUBINGSUBING, Ashley . 1 1 . . . . . . / .50 KOEHL,Wade . 1 1 . . . . . . / .88 GOSS,Kendrick . 1 1 . . . . . . / .
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