Houston defeats Northwestern St. 55-7

Sep 5, 10:54 pm EDT

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HOUSTON (AP)—Case Keenum completed 23 of his 30 passes for 359 yards as Houston defeated Northwestern State 55-7 Saturday.

Keenum threw touchdowns to four different receivers and ran for another score as the Cougars (1-0) won the first meeting between the teams and improved to 32-30-2 in home openers.

Freshman Charles Sims caught six passes for a game-high 128 yards and scored his first career touchdown. Bryce Beall carried the ball nine times for a team-high 58 yards as the Cougars spoiled Bradley Dale Peveto’s first game at the helm of the Demons.

The Cougars scored touchdowns on their first four possessions and led 28-0 with 2:30 left in the first quarter.

John Hundley completed 22 of 35 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown for Northwestern State.

Updated Sep 5, 10:54 pm EDT
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Head to Head - Week 1

Team Total Yds Pass Yds Rush Yds First Downs 3rdD% Pen./Yds Turnovers Time of Poss.
Northwestern State 263 106 157 19 35.3% 8/67 3 36:28
Houston 538 447 91 30 60.0% 1/6 1 23:32
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  1. Big Tyme
    7. Posted by Big Tyme Wed Sep 16 5:56pm EDT

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    Poor little Northwestern State. I still love them and am a proud alumni!
  2. Harvin G
    6. Posted by Harvin G Sat Sep 12 2:22pm EDT

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    Growl coogs!rip,tear!
  3. Jay
    5. Posted by Jay Tue Sep 8 12:44am EDT

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    Coogs v Baylor

    BCS Championship Game


    Heard it here first!!
  4. Charles P
    4. Posted by Charles P Mon Sep 7 8:55pm EDT

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    Congratulations to the Coogs but face it NorthWestern is not exactly a football powerhouse. I bet UofH subs could have put a good whipping on them. Your test will be at Oklahoma State. They played a very sloppy offensive game against the Bulldogs but their much maligned defense stepped up and controlled the game. OState skill players stepped up to make the needed plays. Special teams at OSU did an especially great job and it will be interesting to see how UofH coverage will do in containing Perish Cox or Dez Bryant..

    The quesiton is will Ostate offense get back into their groove. I doubt that Houston defense is near the caliber of Georgia. I think that the Ostate offense was embarrassed by its lack of productivity and will work real hard to make a statement this Saturday. Ostate running game will probably pulverize the UofH defense and once that happens the passing game will open up. The Ostate defense will stuff the UofH run. Ostate, if like this past week, will put pressure on Keenum and some big hits on the receivers. Still I think the short passing of UofH is hard for any team to totally stop. UofH will not have as easy of a time as they did against Northwestern.

    Ostate should prevail but expect each team to score at least 4 touchdowns. Go Pokes!
  5. john k
    3. Posted by john k Sun Sep 6 11:07pm EDT

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    wtg coogs rock on
  6. steve r
    2. Posted by steve r Sun Sep 6 10:23am EDT

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    Go coogs !!!!!!!
  7. adamy
    1. Posted by adamy Sun Sep 6 10:12am EDT

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    Bcs baby
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Top Performers

 Top Performers
 Northwestern St.
J. Hundley J. Hundley, QB
22-35, 106 yds
1 TD
 Houston
C. Keenum C. Keenum, QB
23-30, 359 yds
4 TDs
2 Rush, 0 yd, 1 TD

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