Houston 41, East Carolina 24
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Houston 14 7 3 17 41 Final 
(23) East Carolina 7 3 7 7 24  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Cougars - Pirates 
  1st Quarter
 Cougars TD Case Keenum passed to Patrick Edwards down the middle for 24 yard gain (Ben Bell made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
 Pirates TD Emanuel Davis intercepted Case Keenum for 13 yards (Ben Hartman made PAT) 7 - 7 
 
 Cougars TD Bryce Beall rushed to the right for 21 yard gain (Ben Bell made PAT) 14 - 7 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Pirates FG Ben Hartman kicked a 26-yard field goal 14 - 10 
 
 Cougars TD Case Keenum passed to Mark Hafner down the middle for 11 yard gain (Ben Bell made PAT) 21 - 10 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Pirates TD Brandon Simmons rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain (Ben Hartman made PAT) 21 - 17 
 
 Cougars FG Ben Bell kicked a 24-yard field goal 24 - 17 
 
  4th Quarter
 Cougars TD Case Keenum passed to Kierrie Johnson to the right for 84 yard gain (Ben Bell made PAT) 31 - 17 
 
 Cougars TD Bryce Beall rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain (Ben Bell made PAT) 38 - 17 
 
 Pirates TD Patrick Pinkney passed to Jamar Bryant down the middle for 12 yard gain (Ben Hartman made PAT) 38 - 24 
 
 Cougars FG Ben Bell kicked a 33-yard field goal 41 - 24 
 
 Team Statistics
  Cougars Pirates 
  First Downs 25 13 
    Passing 16 7 
    Rushing 8 6 
    Penalty 1 0 
  Third Down Efficiency 6-16 1-13 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1 1-2 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 621 275 
    Total Plays 84 64 
    Average Gain Per Play 7.4 4.3 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 222 126 
    Rushes 40 36 
    Average Per Rush 5.6 3.5 
  NET YARDS PASSING 399 149 
    Completions-Attempts 36-44 15-28 
    Yards Per Pass Play 9.1 5.3 
    Times Sacked 3 1 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 22 2 
    Had Intercepted 1 2 
  PUNTS 2 8 
    Average Punt 59.5 48.5 
  PENALTIES 5 7 
    Penalty Yards 35 69 
  FUMBLES 4 2 
    Fumbles Lost 3 1 
 Passing                  
 Houston Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 C. Keenum 36 44 399 81.8 9.1 3 22 3 1 
 East Carolina Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 P. Pinkney 10 20 100 50.0 5.0 1 2 1 1 
 R. Kass 5 8 49 62.5 6.1 0 0 0 1 
 Rushing            
 Houston Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 B. Beall 22 132 6.0 29 2 0 
 P. Edwards 1 35 35.0 25 0 0 
 B. Joseph 5 31 6.2 11 0 0 
 C. Keenum 9 23 2.6 29 0 0 
 J. Johnson 2 3 1.5 2 0 0 
 East Carolina Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 B. Simmons 19 86 4.5 11 1 0 
 N. Whitley 3 16 5.3 7 0 0 
 P. Pinkney 8 13 1.6 8 0 0 
 D. Harris 2 8 4.0 8 0 0 
 J. Williams 3 6 2.0 8 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Houston Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 P. Edwards 11 146 13.3 44 1 0 
 K. Johnson 4 104 26.0 84 1 0 
 T. Carrier 9 65 7.2 19 0 0 
 M. Hafner 6 43 7.2 11 1 0 
 B. Beall 2 18 9.0 21 0 0 
 C. Rodriguez 2 12 6.0 10 0 0 
 L. Castile 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 
 T. Monroe 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 
 East Carolina Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 A. Taylor 3 58 19.3 47 0 0 
 D. Harris 5 52 10.4 41 0 0 
 B. Simmons 5 20 4.0 9 0 0 
 J. Bryant 1 12 12.0 12 1 0 
 D. Freeney 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Houston XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 B. Bell 5 5 2 4 32 50.0 11 
 East Carolina XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 B. Hartman 3 3 1 1 26 100.0 6 
 Punting            
 Houston Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 C. Turner 2 59.5 60 0 0 0 
 East Carolina Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 M. Dodge 8 48.5 60 0 2 2 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Houston PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 K. Fontenette 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 T. Carrier 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 33 16.5 18 0 
 East Carolina PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 D. Harris 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 104 17.3 25 0 
 D. Freeney 2 21 10.5 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 

Updated on Monday, Sep 29, 2008 1:54 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Houston
C. Keenum C. Keenum, QB
36-44, 399 yds
3 TDs, 1 INT
 East Carolina
B. Simmons B. Simmons, RB
19 Rush, 86 yds
1 TD