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Football Opens C-USA Season with Convincing Win
9/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 30, 2003
GREENVILLE, N.C. -
Scoring Summary (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Houston vs East Carolina (Sep 30, 2003 at Greenville, N.C.)
Houston (4-1,1-0) vs. East Carolina (0-5,0-2)Date: Sep 30, 2003 Site: Greenville, N.C. Stadium: Dowdy-FicklenAttendance: 33250
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score----------------- -- -- -- -- -----Houston............. 7 13 0 7 - 27East Carolina....... 3 7 0 3 - 13
Scoring Summary:1st 10:14 ECU - BROADWELL, Cam 26 yd field goal 12 plays, 68 yards, TOP 4:46, HOU 0 - ECU 3 02:16 HOU - Middleton, Brandon 30 yd pass from KOLB,Kevin (BELL,Dustin kick) 4 plays, 50 yards, TOP 1:11, HOU 7 - ECU 32nd 12:20 ECU - ROBINSON, Desmo 1 yd run (BROADWELL, Cam kick) 12 plays, 63 yards, TOP 4:56, HOU 7 - ECU 10 12:10 HOU - Middleton, Brandon 65 yd pass from KOLB,Kevin (BELL,Dustin kick) 1 play, 65 yards, TOP 0:10, HOU 14 - ECU 10 03:41 HOU - BELL,Dustin 21 yd field goal 8 plays, 29 yards, TOP 3:19, HOU 17 - ECU 10 00:00 HOU - BELL,Dustin 22 yd field goal 10 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:14, HOU 20 - ECU 104th 13:41 ECU - BROADWELL, Cam 36 yd field goal 5 plays, 21 yards, TOP 1:19, HOU 20 - ECU 13 08:36 HOU - EVANS,Anthony 48 yd run (BELL,Dustin kick) 5 plays, 76 yards, TOP 1:46, HOU 27 - ECU 13
Kickoff time: 7:34 End of Game: 10:41 Total elapsed time: 3:07Officials: Referee: Gil Gelblke; Umpire: Rimas Kozica; Linesman: George Eason;Line judge: Patrick Ratesic; Back judge: Paul Jones; Field judge: Barry Anderson;Side judge: W.C. DeSensi;Temperature: 66 Wind: Calm Weather: Fair
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Houston vs East Carolina (Sep 30, 2003 at Greenville, N.C.)
HOU ECU
FIRST DOWNS................... 24 14 Rushing..................... 12 7 Passing..................... 8 4 Penalty..................... 4 3Rushing Attempts.............. 46 36Yards Gained Rushing.......... 203 146Yards Lost Rushing............ 29 41NET YARDS RUSHING............. 174 105NET YARDS PASSING............. 263 95 Passes Attempted............ 27 27 Passes Completed............ 18 10 Had Intercepted............. 0 3TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS......... 73 63TOTAL NET YARDS............... 437 200 Average Gain Per Play....... 6.0 3.2Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 2-2 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards....... 7-73 4-40Number of Punts-Yards......... 4-170 6-262 Average Per Punt............ 42.5 43.7Punt Returns: Number-Yards.... 1-0 3-19Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards. 3-73 3-41Interceptions: Number-Yards... 3-45 0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yards.. 0-0 1-0Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0Possession Time............... 32:07 27:53Third-Down Conversions........ 5 of 14 3 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-2 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 4-26 1-12
Individual Statistics
Individual Statistics (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Houston vs East Carolina (Sep 30, 2003 at Greenville, N.C.)
Houston
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg-------------------------------------------------EVANS,Anthony 8 69 0 69 1 48 8.6BATTLE,Jackie 12 46 3 43 0 8 3.6TILLMAN,Bobby 8 44 2 42 0 23 5.2SCHIRMER,Matt 7 18 3 15 0 5 2.1Marshall, Vincent 2 14 0 14 0 8 7.0TEAM 3 0 4 -4 0 0 -1.3KOLB,Kevin 6 12 17 -5 0 6 -0.8Totals... 46 203 29 174 1 48 3.8
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack-------------------------------------------------KOLB,Kevin 27-18-0 263 2 65 1Totals... 27-18-0 263 2 65 1
Receiving No. Yds TD Long----------------------------------------Middleton, Brandon 5 135 2 65GIBSON,Leonard 3 34 0 13MOORE,Shang 3 13 0 6McCULLAR,Chad 2 30 0 18PRITCHETT, Jonathon 2 26 0 14TILLMAN,Bobby 1 17 0 17Marshall, Vincent 1 8 0 8EVANS,Anthony 1 0 0 0Totals... 18 263 2 65
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20----------------------------------------------McCLARY,Jimmy 4 170 42.5 53 2Totals... 4 170 42.5 53 2
Punts Kickoffs InterceptAll Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg--------------------------------------------------McCULLAR,Chad 1 0 0 1 21 21 0 0 0ROUTT,Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 32GULLEY,Will 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 7WILSON,Ricky 0 0 0 1 23 23 0 0 0POPE,Roshawn 0 0 0 1 29 29 0 0 0Totals... 1 0 0 3 73 29 3 45 32
Field goal attempts----------------------------------------BELL,Dustin 1st 05:37 42 yds - MissedBELL,Dustin 2nd 03:41 21 yds - GoodBELL,Dustin 2nd 00:00 22 yds - Good
FUMBLES: Houston-MOORE,Shang 1-1; McCULLAR,Chad 1-1. EastCarolina-ROBINSON, Desmo 1-0.
East Carolina
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg-------------------------------------------------TOWNES, Marvin 25 126 8 118 0 15 4.7ROBINSON, Desmo 5 14 7 7 1 8 1.4LEACH, Vonta 2 6 0 6 0 6 3.0TROTH, Paul 4 0 26 -26 0 0 -6.5Totals... 36 146 41 105 1 15 2.9
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack-------------------------------------------------ROBINSON, Desmo 14-8-2 53 0 19 1TROTH, Paul 13-2-1 42 0 39 3Totals... 27-10-3 95 0 39 4
Receiving No. Yds TD Long----------------------------------------COPPER, Terranc 5 32 0 13TOWNES, Marvin 2 23 0 19HARRIS, Iverick 1 39 0 39LEACH, Vonta 1 5 0 5ROBINSON, Desmo 1 -4 0 0Totals... 10 95 0 39
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20----------------------------------------------DOUGHERTY, Ryan 6 262 43.7 51 2Totals... 6 262 43.7 51 2
Punts Kickoffs InterceptAll Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg--------------------------------------------------COPPER, Terranc 3 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0HARRIS, Iverick 0 0 0 1 22 22 0 0 0STEPHENS, Dasha 0 0 0 2 19 13 0 0 0Totals... 3 19 11 3 41 22 0 0 0
Field goal attempts----------------------------------------BROADWELL, Cam 1st 10:14 26 yds - GoodBROADWELL, Cam 4th 13:41 36 yds - Good
FUMBLES: Houston-MOORE,Shang 1-1; McCULLAR,Chad 1-1. EastCarolina-ROBINSON, Desmo 1-0.
FUMBLES: Houston-McCULLAR,Chad 1-1; MOORE,Shang 1-1. East Carolina-ROBINSON, Desmo 1-0.
Drive Chart
Drive Chart (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Houston vs East Carolina (Sep 30, 2003 at Greenville, N.C.)
Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOU 1st H43 10:14 Kickoff E24 05:37 Missed FG 9-33 04:37HOU 1st H50 03:27 Interception E00 02:16 *TOUCHDOWN 4-50 01:11HOU 2nd H35 12:20 Kickoff E00 12:10 *TOUCHDOWN 1-65 00:10HOU 2nd H32 09:55 Punt H32 08:43 Punt 3-0 01:12HOU 2nd E33 07:00 Interception E04 03:41 *FIELD GOAL 8-29 03:19#HOU 2nd H25 02:14 Punt E05 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 10-70 02:14#HOU 3rd H32 15:00 Kickoff E36 10:41 Fumble 9-32 04:19HOU 3rd H16 08:53 Punt H36 07:30 Fumble 3-20 01:23HOU 3rd H27 06:44 Interception E43 03:40 Punt 7-30 03:04HOU 3rd H35 01:36 Punt H12 15:00 Punt 2--23 01:36HOU 4th H31 13:41 Kickoff H38 12:05 Punt 3-7 01:36HOU 4th H24 10:22 Punt E00 08:36 *TOUCHDOWN 5-76 01:46HOU 4th H11 05:40 Punt E35 00:00 End of half 12-54 05:40
ECU 1st E23 15:00 Kickoff H09 10:14 *FIELD GOAL 12-68 04:46#ECU 1st E24 05:37 Missed FG E42 03:27 Interception 5-18 02:10ECU 1st E37 02:16 Kickoff H00 12:20 *TOUCHDOWN 12-63 04:56#ECU 2nd E20 12:10 Kickoff E29 09:55 Punt 3-9 02:15ECU 2nd E29 08:43 Punt E24 07:00 Interception 3--5 01:43ECU 2nd E20 03:41 Kickoff E27 02:14 Punt 3-7 01:27ECU 3rd E36 10:41 Fumble H48 08:53 Punt 5-16 01:48ECU 3rd H36 07:30 Fumble H33 06:44 Interception 3-3 00:46ECU 3rd E13 03:40 Punt E15 01:36 Punt 3-2 02:04ECU 4th H40 15:00 Punt H19 13:41 *FIELD GOAL 5-21 01:19#ECU 4th E08 12:05 Punt E25 10:22 Punt 5-17 01:43ECU 4th E27 08:36 Kickoff E47 05:40 Punt 6-20 02:56
HOU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total---------------------------------------------------------------------------Time of possession 05:48 06:55 10:22 09:02 12:43 19:24 32:073rd Down Conversions 0/2 3/5 1/3 1/4 3/7 2/7 5/14Avg Field Position H46 H39 H27 H22 H42 H25 H324th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
ECU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total---------------------------------------------------------------------------Time of possession 09:12 08:05 04:38 05:58 17:17 10:36 27:533rd Down Conversions 2/4 0/5 0/3 1/4 2/9 1/7 3/16Avg Field Position E28 E23 E37 E31 E25 E34 E304th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Drive Chart (By Quarter)
Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ECU 1st E23 15:00 Kickoff H09 10:14 *FIELD GOAL 12-68 04:46#HOU 1st H43 10:14 Kickoff E24 05:37 Missed FG 9-33 04:37ECU 1st E24 05:37 Missed FG E42 03:27 Interception 5-18 02:10HOU 1st H50 03:27 Interception E00 02:16 *TOUCHDOWN 4-50 01:11ECU 1st E37 02:16 Kickoff H00 12:20 *TOUCHDOWN 12-63 04:56#
HOU 2nd H35 12:20 Kickoff E00 12:10 *TOUCHDOWN 1-65 00:10ECU 2nd E20 12:10 Kickoff E29 09:55 Punt 3-9 02:15HOU 2nd H32 09:55 Punt H32 08:43 Punt 3-0 01:12ECU 2nd E29 08:43 Punt E24 07:00 Interception 3--5 01:43HOU 2nd E33 07:00 Interception E04 03:41 *FIELD GOAL 8-29 03:19#ECU 2nd E20 03:41 Kickoff E27 02:14 Punt 3-7 01:27HOU 2nd H25 02:14 Punt E05 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 10-70 02:14#
HOU 3rd H32 15:00 Kickoff E36 10:41 Fumble 9-32 04:19ECU 3rd E36 10:41 Fumble H48 08:53 Punt 5-16 01:48HOU 3rd H16 08:53 Punt H36 07:30 Fumble 3-20 01:23ECU 3rd H36 07:30 Fumble H33 06:44 Interception 3-3 00:46HOU 3rd H27 06:44 Interception E43 03:40 Punt 7-30 03:04ECU 3rd E13 03:40 Punt E15 01:36 Punt 3-2 02:04HOU 3rd H35 01:36 Punt H12 15:00 Punt 2--23 01:36
ECU 4th H40 15:00 Punt H19 13:41 *FIELD GOAL 5-21 01:19#HOU 4th H31 13:41 Kickoff H38 12:05 Punt 3-7 01:36ECU 4th E08 12:05 Punt E25 10:22 Punt 5-17 01:43HOU 4th H24 10:22 Punt E00 08:36 *TOUCHDOWN 5-76 01:46ECU 4th E27 08:36 Kickoff E47 05:40 Punt 6-20 02:56HOU 4th H11 05:40 Punt E35 00:00 End of half 12-54 05:40
Defensive Statistics
Defensive Statistics (Final) 2003 Houston Cougar Football Houston vs East Carolina (Sep 30, 2003 at Greenville, N.C.)
Houston## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------44 EVERSON,Lance 5 . 5 . . . . . . / .13 Adelekan, Farouk 4 1 5 3/18 . . . . . 1/12 .3D Woodard, Jermain 4 1 5 . . . . . . / .90 CLAY,Joe 3 2 5 1/3 . . . . . / .18 GULLEY,Will 4 . 4 . . . 2-13 . . / .2D COLA,Roland 3 . 3 . . . . . . / .4D POPE,Roshawn 3 . 3 1/4 . . . . . 1/4 .79 RICHARD,Gerard 2 . 2 2/10 . . . . . 1/6 .45 BROWN,Bryant 2 . 2 1/1 . . . . . / .50 KOEHL,Wade 2 . 2 1/2 . . . . . / .14 LAIRD,Justin 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .42 MOZISEK,Corbin 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .8D ROUTT,Stanford 1 . 1 . . . 1-32 . . / .6 EVANS,Anthony 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .16 BROOKS, Courtney 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .88 GOSS,Kendrick 1 . 1 1/4 . . . 1 . 1/4 .39 Griffith, Travis 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .48 HARRELL,John 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .
East Carolina## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------40 MOORE, Chris 8 3 11 . . . . . . / .42 STEPHENS, Dasha 4 2 6 1/1 . . . . . / .45 HEATH, Travis 4 2 6 1/1 . . . . . / .28 MCCOY, Mickey 3 2 5 1/1 . . . . . / .41 NEALY, Kent 3 2 5 1/0 . . . . . / .43 CHILSOM, Josh 3 2 5 . . . . . . / .34 KOONCE, Richard 3 1 4 1/3 . . . . . / .99 DUCKETT, Damane 3 . 3 1/4 . . . . . / .90 WHIMPER, Guy 3 . 3 1/3 . . . . . / .25 JEAN, Erode 3 . 3 . . 1-0 . . . / .94 EMODI, Ike 2 1 3 1/12 1 . . . . 1/12 .21 WHITEHEAD, Dona 1 1 2 . . . . . . / .66 SCHMIDT, Corey 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .35 ROSS, Kasey 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .56 BOWDEN, Dustin 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .59 BROWN, Dontre' 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .26 CHASE, Kyle 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .24 NEALY, Antonie 1 . 1 . . . . . . / .96 TERRY, Eric . . . . . 1-0 . . . / .
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