University of Houston Athletics
University of Houston
3-0
Texas Tech
2-1
Houston Falls Short to Texas Tech, 27-24
9/23/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
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HOUSTON (AP) Houston Football dropped its first game of 2017 in a 27-24 heartbreaker to Texas Tech inside TDECU Stadium. The loss snapped the Cougars' nation-leading home win streak.
Houston managed to make a fourth-quarter comeback that featured senior Kyle Postma at quarterback.
Postma connected on two late scoring drives in the fourth quarter - a nine-yard rushing touchdown on his own and a 4-yard pass to Linell Bonner with 15 seconds left in the game to pull the Cougars within three.
Houston trailed Texas Tech, 13-0, before junior kicker Caden Novikoff connected on a career-long 45-yard field goal to put the Cougars on the board.
With 4:41 left in the first half, starting quarterback Kyle Allen found sophomore D'Eriq King with an 18-yard touchdown pass to make it 13-10 Texas Tech.
The Red Raiders would manage to extend their lead with two scores late in the third and early in the fourth to make it a 27-10 game.
Houston (2-1) owned the nation's longest active home winning streak entering Saturday. The last home loss for Houston was Nov. 8, 2014, against Tulane, 31-24.
The loss snaps a seven-game winning streak for the Cougars against teams from non-conference P6 schools.
Houston quarterback Kyle Allen finished 24-of-39 for 217 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.
Postma replaced Allen midway through the fourth quarter and finished 8-of-13 for 100 yards and a score. Postma also had four carries for 52 yards, including a nine-yard touchdown run.
Defensively, senior Matthew Adams led all defensive players with a career-high 15 tackles. Senior D'Juan Hines also notched a career-high with 13 tackles. Senior Khalil Williams had two sacks for a loss of 11 yards, also a career-best.
UP NEXT
Houston: The Cougars will begin American Athletic Conference play when they head to Philadelphia, Pa. to face Temple on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT.
Team Stats
TTU 3, HOU 0
TTU - Ewton, Michael 32 yd field goal 8 plays, 17 yards, TOP 4:10
TTU 6, HOU 0
TTU - Barden, Michael 47 yd field goal 12 plays, 39 yards, TOP 3:17
TTU 13, HOU 0
TTU - Nisby, Desmond 3 yd run (Ewton, Michael kick), 11 plays, 86 yards, TOP 4:04
TTU 13, HOU 3
HOU - NOVIKOFF, Caden 45 yd field goal 7 plays, 26 yards, TOP 2:42
TTU 13, HOU 10
HOU - KING, D'Eriq 18 yd pass from ALLEN, Kyle (NOVIKOFF, Caden kick) 2 plays, 19 yards, TOP 0:29
TTU 20, HOU 10
TTU - Coutee, Keke 77 yd pass from Shimonek, Nic (Barden, Michael kick) 2 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:25
TTU 27, HOU 10
TTU - Stockton, J. 20 yd pass from Shimonek, Nic (Barden, Michael kick) 2 plays, 94 yards, TOP 1:15
TTU 27, HOU 17
HOU - POSTMA, Kyle 9 yd run (NOVIKOFF, Caden kick), 10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 2:57
TTU 27, HOU 24
HOU - BONNER, Linell 4 yd pass from POSTMA, Kyle (NOVIKOFF, Caden kick) 8 plays, 76 yards, TOP 1:27
