Oct. 12, 2013
| SCOREBOARD |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
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| Memphis | 3
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 15
|
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Houston
| 7
| 3
| 8
| 7
| 25
|
| THE GAME AT A GLANCE |
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| Date | Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 |
| Time | 11 a.m. |
| Location | Houston |
| Venue | BBVA Compass Stadium |
| Capacity | 22,000 |
| Surface | Natural Grass |
| TV | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| Radio | SportsTalk 790 |
| Audio | All Access |
| Live Stats | |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
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| 1st Quarter |
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| Spencer, 17-yard TD catch | 7-0 |
| Elliott, 33-yard FG | 7-3 |
| 2nd Quarter |
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| Elliott, 50-yard FG | 7-6 |
| Leone, 24-yard FG | 10-7 |
| Elliott, 24-yard FG | 10-9 |
| 3rd Quarter |
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| Elliott, 42-yard FG | 10-12 |
| Elliott, 38-yard FG | 10-15 |
| Farrow, 1-yard TD | 18-15 |
| Farrow, 6-yard TD | 25-15 |
 | 2:28 |
Cougars win 25-15!
| | 2:00 |
Thomas Bates breaks up a pass on third down to force a three-and-out. UH takes over on their own 38 with 7:14 to go.
| | 1:53 |
Trevon Stewart forces and recovers a fumble, Cougars fourth turnover caused today.
Stewart was clearly going for the strip on the play - holding up the ball carrier while help came and followed by the fumble.
That's a +14 turnover margin for the season for UH.
| | 1:47 |
Kenneth Farrow barrels his way into the endzone for his first career multiple rushing touchdown game. UH goes up 25-15.
| | 1:42 |
Trevor Harris makes his second sack of the year to end Memphis drive on third down.
First UH ball, Ryan Jackson rips off an impressive 44-yard screen catch and run to take the ball to the Memphis 18 yard line.
| | 1:25 |
Houston regains the lead as Kenneth Farrow punches it in from one yard out.
On the two-point conversion, John O'Korn narrowly avoids the sack and shovels it to Farrow for the points.
| | 1:22 |
Xavier Maxwell with an incredible catch brings the drive to the Mempis 1-yard line. Big offsides penalty on fourth down saved a turnover and prolonged the drive. UH uses their first time out of the second half to avoid a delay of game.
| | 1:14 |
Memphis adds their fifth field goal of the game to make it 15-10. Figures that kick battle busts out at the soccer stadium.
| | 1:08 |
Cougars with their first offensive turnover today gives Memphis the ball on the UH 38-yard line.
| | 1:02 |
Memphis takes their first lead of the game on a 42-yard field goal.
| | 12:51 |
Houston gets the ball to start the second half and Demarcus Ayers records a career-long kick return covering 45 yards.
| | 12:42 |
| | 12:29 |
| | 12:24 |
Memphis with their third three-pointer of the day making it 10-9. Houston used two timeouts and get the ball back with 51 seconds on their own 25-yard.
| | 12:09 |
Steve Taylor recovers his first career fumble on the Memphis 34-yard line. Efrem Oliphant forces his second fumble on the season.
That's four games this year Houston has forced at least three turnovers. forces
| | 12:03 p.m. |
Houston settles for a field goal to make it 58 points off opponents' turnovers this year with Leone's 24-yard FG.
| | 11:57 |
Houston defense sets up the offense with Derrick Mathews second fumble recovery of the day/career. UH with the ball at Memphis the 11-yard line.
| | 11:48 |
Memphis hits a 50-yard field goal to cut the lead to 7-6. Career long kick for Jake Elliott.
| | 11:41 a.m. |
| | 11:35 a.m. |
John O'Korn scrambles on a naked bootleg on third down for a career-long rush of 22 yards but part of the play negated by a holding penalty - still gets the first down.
| | 11:29 a.m. |
Back-to-back false starts push Memphis from the UH 5 back to the 15. Houston defense backs the Tigers offense even more with a TFL by Eric Eiland. Memphis settles for 33-yard FG to make it 7-3.
| | 11:14 a.m. |
That's six-straight drives the Cougars have forced a turnover.
| | 11:10 a.m. |
John O'Korn to Daniel Spencer puts Houston up 7-0 with 10:13 left in the first quarter. Spencer hauls in a 17-yard touchdown grab to cap the six play, 57-yard drive covering 1:55.
That's 55 points off turnovers for Houston this year.
| | 11:05 a.m. |
That Houston Defense causes another turnover on the Memphis opening drive.
Derrick Mathews forces and recovers his first career fumble.
| | 10:55 a.m. |
Coin flip goes for Houston and the Cougars defer to the second half.
| | 10:30 a.m. |
Cougars wearing the all-red uniforms today, sporting a 1-0 record in the ensemble (W, Southern). Looking so fresh and so clean clean.
| | 10:00 a.m. |
Today's game is the Coogs for the Cure game as all proceeds from donations go to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
| | 9:30 a.m. |
Head coaches Tony Levine and Justin Fuente meet before the warm ups.
| | 8:30 a.m. |
We are live from the BBVA Compass press box. Lots of orange right now - can't wait to see that color correction in just a few.
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