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 | |  | | Northwestern St. (0-1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | | Houston (1-0) | 28 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 55 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Houston: Charles Sims 23 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick) | | | Houston: Bryce Beall 17 yd run (Jordan Mannisto kick) | | | Houston: L.J. Castile 22 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick) | | | Houston: Charles Sims 1 yd run (Jordan Mannisto kick) | | | Houston: Bryce Beall 15 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick) | | | Northwestern St.: Justin Aldredge 1 yd pass from John Hundley (John Shaughnessy kick) | | | Houston: Case Keenum 7 yd run (blocked XP) | | | Houston: Chaz Rodriguez 8 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick) | | | Houston: Ronnie Williams 7 yd pass from Cotton Turner (Matt Hogan kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Houston | Northwestern St. | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 30 | 19 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 538 | 263 | | Total Plays | 71 | 76 | | Average Gain | 7.6 | 3.5 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 91 | 157 | | Rushes | 27 | 40 | | Average per rush | 3.4 | 3.9 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 447 | 106 | | Completions-attempted | 32-44 | 22-36 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 1 | 3 | | Interceptions | 0 | 0 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 3 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 1 | 8 | | Penalty Yards | 6 | 67 | | Time of Possesion | 23:32 | 36:28 | | Punts | 4 | 8 | | Punt Average | 41 | 37.5 | | Return Yards | 41 | 140 |
| Passing | | Houston | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Case Keenum (0) | 23 | 30 | 359 | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | | | Cotton Turner (0) | 9 | 14 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 | | | Northwestern St. | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | John Hundley (0) | 22 | 34 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | | | Paul Harris (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rushing | | Houston | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Bryce Beall (0) | 9 | 58 | 1 | 6.4 | | | Chris Wilson (0) | 8 | 35 | 0 | 4.4 | | | Cotton Turner (0) | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | | | Charles Sims (0) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.7 | | | Tyron Carrier (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Case Keenum (0) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | | Team (0) | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4.0 | | | Austin Elrod (0) | 1 | -11 | 0 | -11.0 | | | Northwestern St. | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | William Griffin (0) | 10 | 63 | 0 | 6.3 | | | Paul Harris (0) | 9 | 54 | 0 | 6.0 | | | John Hundley (0) | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2.1 | | | Quentin Castille (0) | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1.5 | | | Phillip Harvey (0) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Sidney Riley (0) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| Receiving | | Houston | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Charles Sims (0) | 6 | 128 | 1 | 21.3 | | | Patrick Edwards (0) | 4 | 52 | 0 | 13.0 | | | Demetrius Woods (0) | 3 | 30 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Tyron Carrier (0) | 3 | 24 | 0 | 8.0 | | | A.J. Dugat (0) | 2 | 42 | 0 | 21.0 | | | Bryce Beall (0) | 2 | 35 | 1 | 17.5 | | | Chris Wilson (0) | 2 | 35 | 0 | 17.5 | | | Chaz Rodriguez (0) | 2 | 31 | 1 | 15.5 | | | L.J. Castile (0) | 2 | 26 | 1 | 13.0 | | | James Cleveland (0) | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9.0 | | | E.J. Smith (0) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Ronnie Williams (0) | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | | | Justin Johnson (0) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Marcus Williams (0) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Northwestern St. | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Darius Duffy (0) | 6 | 43 | 0 | 7.2 | | | Justin Aldredge (0) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1.8 | | | Thomas Jackson (0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Jasper Edwards (0) | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Quinten Goodie (0) | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5.5 | | | Bradley Brown (0) | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Adrian Reese (0) | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Jeremy Jefferson (0) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Quentin Castille (0) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | |
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