Houston Football Postgame Notes
10/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 14, 2006
2006 Houston Cougars Football Postgame Notes
Houston Cougars (4-3, 2-1 C-USA) at Southern Miss Golden Eagles (4-2, 2-1
C-USA) Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 * M.M. Roberts Stadium * Hattiesburg, Miss.
TEAM NOTES
** Houston fell to 3-7 (.300) in the all-time series against Southern Miss... The Cougars dropped their fourth consecutive game to the Golden Eagles in Hattiesburg.
** Houston fell to 113-120-6 (.488) all-time in the month of October.
** Houston fell to 14-28 (.333) all-time against teams from the state of Mississippi
** Houston is 3-4 (.429) all-time when playing on Oct. 14.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
** Senior quarterback Kevin Kolb made the 43rd consecutive start of his career... With that total, he set a UH record and moved past former signal-caller Jason McKinley (1997-00) for the most consecutive starts by a quarterback in UH history.
** With 339 passing yards, senior quarterback Kevin Kolb recorded the 15th 300-yard passing game in his career... It also was his fourth 300-yard passing game during the 2006 season... The Cougars are 5-10 (.333) all-time during games in which Kolb passes for 300 yards.
** With two touchdown passes, senior quarterback Kevin Kolb recorded his sixth game in 2006 with multi-TD passes and the 23rd multi-touchdown game of his career.
** Senior quarterback Kevin Kolb's 17th passing attempt of the night gave him 155 consecutive pass attempts without an interception... That total topped the previous record of 154 attempts set by quarterback Andre Ware on Nov. 19, 1988 to Sept. 2, 1989... Kolb finished the night with no interceptions in his last 176 passing attempts... Kolb's last and lone interception of the 2006 season came during the second quarter against Tulane on Sept. 9, 2006.
** With 353 yards of total offense (339 pass, 14 rushing), senior quarterback Kevin Kolb moved into 10th place in NCAA career history with 11,888 yards (11,250 pass, 638 rush)... Up next in the NCAA records book is Marshall quarterback Bryon Leftwich who racked up 12,084 yards of total offense (11,903 pass, 181 rush) in his career from 1998 to 2002.
** With 339 passing yards, senior quarterback Kevin Kolb moved into 16th place in NCAA career history with 11,250 career passing yards... Up next in the NCAA records book is Western Michigan, who threw for 11,299 yards from 1996 to 1999.
** With 45 plays (38 pass, 7 rush), senior quarterback Kevin Kolb moved past Memphis quarterback Danny Wimprine (2001-04) into third place in Conference USA career history... Kolb finished the night with 1,773 plays during his career... Up next in the C-USA records book is Cincinnati quarterback Gino Guidugli, who compete in 1,791 plays from 2001-04.
** With 353 yards of total offense (339 pass, 14 rush), senior quarterback Kevin Kolb moved past Cincinnati quarterback Gino Guidugli (2001-04) into second place in Conference USA career history... Kolb finished the night with 11,888 yards of total offense (11,250 pass, 638 rush) during his career... Up next in the C-USA records book is Louisville quarterback Chris Redman, who set a C-USA record with 12,129 yards of total offense during his career (1996-99).
** With his catch around the 10:35 mark of the first quarter, senior wide receiver Vincent Marshall caught a pass in his 43rd consecutive game... That ties the UH record held by wide receiver Orlando Iglesias (1997-01).
** With his catch around the 10:35 mark of the first quarter, senior wide receiver Vincent Marshall recorded the 223rd reception of his collegiate career to set a UH record... He topped the previous mark of 222 catches by Orlando Iglesias (1999-01)... Marshall finished the night with 226 career receptions.
** With two rushing touchdowns, senior running back Jackie Battle recorded the fifth multi-touchdown game of his career and his second of the 2006 season.
** With 174 receiving yards, junior wide receiver Jeron Harvey recorded his second straight 100-yard receiving game in 2006 and in his career... The Cougars are 0-2 in games in which Harvey records at least 100 receiving yards.
** With 174 receiving yards, junior wide receiver Jeron Harvey set a new personal single-game high in that category... His total topped his previous best of 118 receiving yards against Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 7, 2006.
** With back-to-back 100-yard receiving games, junior wide receiver Jeron Harvey became the first Cougar wideout since Vincent Marshall (at TCU, Oct. 23, 2004, 9 rec., 123 yards; vs. Tulane, Oct. 30, 2004; 7 rec., 110 yards) to enjoy back-to-back 100-yard receiving games.
** Junior wide receiver Jeron Harvey's 74-yard touchdown reception at the 9:15 mark of the fourth quarter was the longest catch of his career... It topped his previous long of 58 yards set against Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 7, 2006.
