University of Houston
Texas Tech
Football Falls to Texas Tech, 35-20
11/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 28, 2010
Final Stats | Notes | Photo Gallery 
Stats | Game Book | Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |
| Houston | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Texas Tech | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Quick Stats | UH | TT |
| Total Yards | 585 | 488 |
| Passing Yards | 441 | 373 |
| Rushing Yards | 144 | 115 |
| First Downs | 29 | 22 |
| Plays | 97 | 78 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties - Yards | 2-20 | 4-29 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 1-15 | 9-17 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 5-8 | 0-1 |
| Sacks | 0 | 0-0 |
| Time of Possession | 33:17 | 26:43 |
| Statistical Leaders | ||||
| Passing | C-A | Yards | TD/Int | Long |
| David Piland | 32-61 | 441 | 2/3 | 52 |
| Rushing | Rushes | Yards | TD | Long |
| Michael Hayes | 18 | 84 | 0 | 20 |
| Bryce Beall | 12 | 48 | 0 | 10 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yards | TD | Long |
| Patrick Edwards | 10 | 177 | 0 | 43 |
| Tyron Carrier | 8 | 95 | 1 | 17 |
| Defensive | Tackles | Sacks | TFL | TO |
| Marcus McGraw | 10 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Kent Brooks | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 - INT |
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -Taylor Potts threw for 373 yards and four touchdowns to lead Texas Tech over Houston 35-20 on Saturday night.
Potts threw completed 32 of 46 passes with an interception for the Red Raiders (7-5).
Texas Tech kept the Cougars (5-7) from becoming bowl eligible and avenged a 1-point defeat at Houston last season.
Houston moved the ball well between the 20-yard lines, but couldn't get it across the goal line enough.
The Cougars pulled within 28-20 on a 13-yard pass from David Piland to Tyron Carrier early in the fourth quarter. But Texas Tech came right back, as Potts threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Lyle Leong to cap a 92-yard drive.
Piland, a true freshman, completed 32 of 61 passes for 441 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.
Houston is now 8-6 against the Red Raiders in Lubbock. Last year, Cougars quarterback Case Keenum scored on a 4-yard run with 49 seconds left to beat Texas Tech, 29-28.
The Cougars outgained the Red Raiders 585-488, but Texas Tech made more of their yards.
Potts surpassed the 3,000-yard passing mark for the season in the first quarter. Texas Tech, predominantly a passing team under former coach Mike Leach, now has had a quarterback pass for 3,000 yards in 11 straight seasons.
In the third quarter, Potts faked to running back Baron Batch and kept it for a 28-yard rush to put the Red Raiders at the 16-yard line. Two plays later, Potts found Batch on a screen pass, and he battled through two tacklers before getting into the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown to make it 28-13.
Potts found Lewis for two touchdowns in the first half. The pair connected for a 6-yard score on the Red Raiders' first possession of the game. The second touchdown pass to Lewis - a 9-yarder - came at the end of Texas Tech's first drive of the second quarter to give it a 21-10 lead.
The score came after Tech got great field position on the Houston 47 after Houston punter Richie Leone's failure to get a first down on a fake punt on fourth-and-9.
After the teams traded interceptions on successive plays in the first quarter, Houston drove to Piland's 7-yard TD pass to Johnson that put the Cougars up 10-7.
Running back Eric Stephens put Tech back in front 14-10 on a 26-yard score with 1:13 left in the first quarter.
