University of Houston Athletics
Red Claims 31-17 Win in 2018 Red-White Game
4/7/2018 12:00:00 AM | Football
HOUSTON - The Red Team came away with a 31-17 win Saturday at Houston Football's 2018 Red & White Game on an unusually chilly April Saturday inside TDECU Stadium.
With the No. 1 offense and defense comprising the red team, junior quarterback D'Eriq King led three first half scoring drives for a total of 17 points. However, after building a 17-0 lead at halftime, the score was flipped forcing the Red team to come back from a 17-point deficit.
The challenge was no match for the Red Team as it reeled off 30 unanswered points in the second half, led by two rushing scores from Mulbah Car. The game was played with four 12-minute quarters and a running clock.
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The game's first touchdown was courtesy of King hitting junior receiver Terry Mark for a 58-yard score before following up with a 60-yard strike to junior receiver Courtney Lark. The Red team closed out the scoring in the first half with a 31-yard field goal from senior kicker Caden Novikoff.
The second half opened with a 1-yard plunge from junior running back Kevrin Justice before Car scored the first of his two rushing touchdowns, the first coming from five yards out. Junior kicker Dalton Witherspoon added the next points, a 38-yard field goal, before Car ran in from 11 yards for his second score.
Junior receiver James Homan laid claim to the day's final touchdown, pulling in a 70-yard touchdown reception from redshirt-freshman quarterback Ike Ogbogu.
King finished the day 8-of-13 passing for 259 yards and two touchdowns. Homan led Houston in receiving with seven receptions for 129 yards and a score while Lark also eclipsed the 100-yard mark receiving with 107 yards and a score on three receptions.
Justice was the day's top rusher with 99 yards and a score on 13 rushing attempts while Car ran for 72 yards and two scores on 10 attempts.
In total, the Houston quarterbacks completed 61.5 percent of their passes (32-of-51) for 544 yards and three touchdowns while Houston rushed for 207 yards on the ground.
Defensively, Houston was led by sophomore safety Deontay Anderson who totaled five tackles on the day.
Senior cornerback Alexander Myres had the day's lone turnover, an interception that was returned to the end zone before a penalty on the return pulled it back. Sophomore defensive end Isaiah Chambers racked up the game's two sacks while senior linebacker Roman Brown, freshman safety Garrison Vaughn and junior linebacker Jordan Milburn each had four stops on the day.
Following Saturday's Red & White Game, Houston returns to the practice field for two more spring practices on Monday and Wednesday. The Cougars open the season on Sept. 1 at Rice before its home opener vs. Arizona on Sept. 8.
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