Sept. 21, 2013
| SCOREBOARD |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|
| Houston | 7
| 10
| 7
| 7
| 31
|
|---|
Rice
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 26
|
| INFO |
|---|
| Date | Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 |
| Time | 2 p.m. CST |
| Location | Houston |
| Venue | Reliant Stadium |
| Capacity | 71,000 |
| Surface | Synthetic Turf |
| TV | FSN |
| Radio | SportsTalk 790 |
| Audio | All Access |
| Live Stats | |
 
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| -SCORING SUMMARY |
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| 1st Quarter |
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| Peterson, 57-yard TD catch | 0-6 |
| Jackson, 1-yard TD run | 7-6 |
| Ross, 1-yard TD run | 7-13 |
| 2nd Quarter |
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| Leone, 24-yard field goal | 10-13 |
| Spencer, 25-yard touchdown catch | 17-13 |
| 3rd Quarter |
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| Greenberry, 28-yard TD catch | 24-13 |
| 4th Quarter |
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| Jackson, 32-yard TD catch | 31-13 |
| McHargue, 1-yard TD run | 31-20 |
| Lyons, 68-yard blocked FG | 31-26 |
 | 5:46 |
We're final! Cougars win an exciting game 31-26
| | 5:35 |
Rice blocks Leone's 40-yard field goal attempt and takes it 68 yards for a touchdown. Two-point conversion is no good and we're getting set for an onside kick.
| | 5:15 |
Rice misses a 50-yard field goal attempt and UH will take over with 4:27 left in the 4Q leading 31-20
| | 5:05 |
Today's attendance is 34,831
| | 5:04 |
Rice scores on a one-yard rushing touchdown by McHargue. UH leads 31-20 with 10:52 left. UH held Rice without a score for 10-straight posessions.
| | 4:50 |
Touchdown, Houston! Levine pulls the trigger on 4th-and-3 and O'Korn connects on a wheel route to Ryan Jackson and the Cougars are pulling away with a 31-13 lead. First time in Jackson's career he has caught and rushed for a touchdown.
| | 4:47 |
Third quarter belonged to the UH defense. Rice managed three three-and-outs and only 23 yards on 15 plays.
| | 4:42 |
Three-straight three-and-outs for Rice. Harris and Bowser blow up the option.
Damian Payne with a great return of 31 yards, and a great block from Thomas Bates on the edge to spring him loose. UH ball on the Rice 39.
| | 4:37 |
Houston goes up 24-13as O'Korn rolls right and finds Greenberry in the end zone for a 28-yard touchdown. First multiple-touchdown game of Greenberry's career, and second straigh 100+ yard game of the season.
| | 4:35 |
Tyus Bowser has been the Player of the Game so far - forces another pressure and Rice goes 3-and-out. Tyler High School is representing very nicely today between he and Greg Ward.
| | 4:24 |
Houston forces a three-and-out on Rice's first possession of the second half. Rice went -8 yards on the drive. UH ball on their own 28.
| | 4:12 |
Tyus Bowser ends another series with his seoncd (1.5) sack of the game. UH takes over on their own 15.
| | 3:45 |
First half stats:
| | 3:38 |
Deontay Greenberry goes past the 100-yard mark for the second straight game. Houston calls a time out and O'Korn finds
Daniel Spencer for a 25-yard touchdown with 0:05 left in the first half. Cougars take the lead 17-13.
| | 3:35 |
Rice's Chris Boswell misses a 55-yard field goal. Houston takes over on their own 38 with 0:51 left in the first half.
| | 3:23 |
Tyus Bowser having a heck of a first half. Forces a QB pressure on third down to get the three-and-out.
| | 3:15 |
Cougars settle for a field goal after a 9-play, 70-yard drive and
Richie Leone caps it off with a 24-yard field goal.
| | 3:09 |
Tyus Bowser makes his first career interception and the Cougars force their second turnover of the game. That's three-straight games this year and 11-straight 2+ turnover games dating back to last year.
Greg Ward checks in at QB for this drive and completes a pass to Markeith Ambles, his first catch in a UH uniform. Greg Ward rips off a 28-yard run brining UH to the Rice 1-yard line.
| | 2:49 |
End of the first quarter and UH forces a punt after the turnover. Two newcomers on the DL, Tyus Bowser and Trevor Harris, get after the Rice QB on third-and-long.
| | 2:47 |
John O'Korn makes his first mistake of the game and throws Houston's first interception of the season.
| | 2:45 |
Thomas Bates forces a turnover and
Adrian McDonald makes it two straight games with a turnover as he recovers the all on the UH 39.
| | 2:35 |
Greg Ward enters the game for
John O'Korn and rushes for 19 yards on three plays before O'Korn reenters the game.
| | 2:28 |
Rice answers with a nine-play drive 75-yard drive with Charles Ross scoring on a one-yard rush.
| | 2:18 |
Third play from scrimmage in
John O'Korn's first start goes for 61-yards to
Deontay Greenberry, tying the receivers career high. No red zone problems thus far as
Ryan Jackson punches it in from the one-yard line on the next play and UH takes the 7-6 lead.
| | 2:10 |
Houston goes for the punt block and ends up getting called for a roughing the punter penalty. Two plays later, from the wildcat formation, Rice throws a 57-yard TD pass on a wheel route. Houston's B.J. Singleton blocks the extra point.
| | 2:04 |
Rice wins the toss and elects to receive. Houston will defend the north end zone.
| | 1:30 p.m. |
Uniform model
Richie Leone showing off the white tops with red helmets/pants.
| | 12:00 p.m. |
The Cougars have arrived to Reliant Stadium.
| | 11:45 a.m. |
Hope you tailgaters are staying dry. Not quite as the monsoon weather as in 2011, but it's close.
| | 11:30 a.m. |
360 Panorama before the teams arrived:
| | Saturday | 11 a.m. |
We are live from the press box at the 40th meeting of the Bayou Bucket. Houston leads the all-time series 28-11.
| | Friday | 2 p.m. |
Just a reminder for tomorro that due to the impending implosion of the Macy's building, METRO will temporarily suspend all lightrail service, and detour select bus routes in the area. A bus bridge will begin at 8:30 p.m. and run between the Fannin South Park & Ride and UH-Downtown. The bus bridge will cover the entire 7.5-mile line. For complete information on schedules, parking areas and buying tickets, please visit www.ridemetro.org.
| | Friday | 12 p.m. |
Houston's Keys to the Game
| | Wednesday |
Practice Update:
| | Tuesday |
Weekly Press Conference:
