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HOUSTON COUGARS 49 SMU 28 BY THE NUMBERS NEXT: AT TULANE, 8 P.M. OCT. 16 TV/RADIO: ESPNU, 950 AM 49, SMU 28 SMU 14 7 0 7—28 Houston 7 21 14 7—49 First Quarter SMU—Sutton 8 pass from Davis (Hedlund kick), 10:11. Hou—Ward Jr. 10 run (Cummings kick), 8:57. SMU—Malone 9 pass from Davis (Hedlund kick), 5:24. Second Quarter Hou—Farrow 2 run (Cummings kick), 14:39. SMU—Davis 1 run (Hedlund kick), 6:16. Hou—Farrow 6 run (Cummings kick), 2:18. Hou—Ward Jr. 2 run (Cummings kick), :02. Third Quarter Hou—Ward Jr. 10 run (Cummings kick), 9:06. Hou—Farrow 1 run (Cummings kick), 3:09. Fourth Quarter Hou—Ward Jr. 2 run (Cummings kick), 7:37. SMU—Joseph 25 pass from Davis (Hedlund kick), 3:35. A—25,204.

SMU Hou First downs 21 23 Rushes-yards 39-151 48-214 Passing 248 243 Comp-Att-Int 21-35-0 16-18-0 Return Yards 3 0 Courtesy photo/ Athletics via @UHCougarFB Punts-Avg. 4-34.0 4-42.0 quarterback Greg Ward Jr. (1) rushed for four of the team’s seven touchdowns Thursday against SMU. Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-51 6-55 Time of Possession 31:21 28:39

UH goes against SMU on the field, Texans off INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—SMU, Jones 10-52, Davis 15-46, West 9-35, By ANTHONY OPPERMANN Line 5-18. Houston, Ward Jr. 14-82, R.Jackson 10-53, Far- The Daily News row 11-40, Webb 8-38, Kokuma 3-6, Team 2-(minus 5). PASSING—SMU, Davis 21-35-0-248. Houston, Ward Jr. » HOUSTON 16-18-0-243. he Houston Cougars had RECEIVING—SMU, Sutton 6-48, Walker 3-40, Jones their work cut out for them both 3-36, Joseph 2-63, Castille 2-22, Malone 2-14, Line 1-12, on and of the ield hursday West 1-11, Thomas 1-2. Houston, Ayers 7-91, Allen 3-47, night. McCloskey 2-42, Dunbar 2-34, Farrow 1-28, R.Jackson 1-1. Quarterback Matt Davis led SMU on 10- and 9-play touch- down drives on the Mustangs’ irst two ofensive possessions to PLAYERS OF THE GAME give the visitors a quick 14-7 lead at TDECU Stadium. OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE Courtesy photo/University of Houston Athletics via @UHCougarFB Meanwhile, less than 10 miles PLAYER OF THE GAME PLAYER OF THE GAME away, the faced The University of Houston student section reacts during the Cougars game the Indianapolis Colts in a key against the SMU Mustangs on Thursday at TDECU Stadium in Houston. early season matchup between the two AFC South division ri- vals. In addition to the 71,732 Ward, Farrow lead Houston past SMU, 49-28 fans at NRG Stadium, the Tex- » HOUSTON season. ans and Colts played in front of Greg Ward Jr. ran for four Matt Davis completed 21 of 35 a national television audience on touchdowns and Kenneth Farrow passes for 238 yards and three both CBS and the NFL Network. ran for three as Houston defeated touchdowns for the Mustangs (1-5, “Obviously we wouldn’t have 0-2), who led 14-7 after one quar- wanted to go head-to-head with SMU 49-28 on Thursday night. ter. Courtland Sutton and Ryheem the Texans,” UH athletic director Ward, who completed 16 of 18 Greg Ward Jr. Steven Taylor Malone had the touchdowns. QB #1 LB #41 Yurachek said. passes for 243 yards, led the Cou- Farrow scored twice and Ward Broke ’s Recorded eight total National TV was the reason gars (5-0, 2-0 American Confer- capped the second quarter with single-season record for tackles among them four why the Coogs did. ence) with 82 yards on 14 carries, a 2-yard TD run with two seconds most rushing TDs by a tackles for a loss includ- he American Athletic Con- inding the end zone once in each left to help the Cougars take a 28- quarterback by scor- ing three sacks to bring ference has TV partnerships quarter. Ward has rushed for 11 touch- 21 lead at the half. ing four times on the his season total to eight with both ESPN and CBS Sports. ground … Led the team in five games … Forced downs and passed for eight this Davis’ third TD was a 25-yarder According to Yurachek, the with 82 yards rushing a fumble and registered season but his 82 yards on the to Darius Joseph with 3:35 to play. networks pick which conference while completing 16 of three quarterback hurries games they want to carry. ESPN ground is his lowest output of the The Associated Press 18 passes for 243 yards. in the game. selected the Week 6 meeting be- tween former Southwest Confer- that when the NFL schedule was dent turnout at approximately ence rivals Houston and SMU. announced in late April, UH at- 6,000. Student attendance was On almost any other occa- tempted to switch the game with between 5,000 and 6,000 for AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE sion, having a home game tele- the UConn-UCF contest. How- UH’s irst two home games. vised nationally in prime time ever, Yurachek said travel ac- Even though the busy sports EAST on ESPN2 would be considered commodations had already been night hursday in Houston AMERICAN OVERALL a good thing. made by the two schools with the caused the Cougars’ attendance W L W L Because of NFL scheduling, AAC schedule being set in Feb- to take a hit, Yurachek feels like Temple 1 0 4 0 however, it turned out to be less ruary. the success of all of the sports East Carolina 1 1 3 2 than advantageous for the Cou- Faced with the reality of host- franchises in the city help add to UConn 0 1 2 3 gars, who announced a crowd ing a home game on the same its proile as a good sports mar- USF 0 0 1 3 of 25,204 fans ater having more night as the Texans and what also ket. UCF 0 1 0 5 than 35,000 fans at their previous turned out to be a road playof “he best thing, to me, that can Cincinnati 0 2 3 2 home game against Texas State game for the as happen to this community is for WEST on Sept. 26. well, UH turned to its students. the Rockets to win a champion- AMERICAN OVERALL In addition to UH, four other Cougars head coach Tom Her- ship, the Texans to win a cham- W L W L AAC schools are in NFL markets: man and the UH athletic depart- pionship, the Astros to win a Memphis 2 0 5 0 the , the ment challenged the student championship and the Dynamo Houston 2 0 5 0 University of South Florida in body on social media earlier in and the Cougars,” Yurachek said. Navy 2 0 4 0 Tampa, Fla., the week to top the 10,000 mark “hen, Houston will be a cham- Tulane 1 0 2 2 in Philadelphia, and Tulane Uni- in attendance. pionship city.” Tulsa 0 1 2 2 versity in New Orleans. he students’ responded, pack- Ater turning a pair of SMU SMU 0 2 1 5 With college games hardly ever ing the Cullen Blvd. end of the turnovers into touchdowns in played on Sundays, overlaps sel- stadium in a raucous sea of red. the second quarter, UH domi- THURSDAY’S GAME dom happen. “Our students are great,” Yura- nated the second half on its way » Houston 49, SMU 28 hursday’s instance was and chek said. “his group of stu- to a 49-28 win. SATURDAY’S GAMES will be the only one this season dents that’s here tonight, they’re With key Saturday home » Tulane at Temple, 11 a.m. (ESPNews) where an AAC team played or very energetic, enthusiastic and games against Vanderbilt, Cin- » Navy at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) will play at home on the same the crowd, everybody else that’s cinnati and Memphis, the Coogs » Syracuse at USF, 2:30 p.m. (ESPNews) night in the same city as an NFL here in the stadium feeds of will look to dominate the second » UConn at UCF, 2:45 p.m. (ESPNU) team. them.” half the home schedule of the » Louisiana-Monroe at Tulsa, 5 p.m. (ESPNews) » For their part, Yurachek said Yurachek estimated the stu- ield, too. East Carolina at BYU, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Editor’s Pick: Game to Watch Coming to Play Trending Up Trending Down Navy at » FBS TOP FIVE: OFFENSIVE PLAYS PER GAME No. 15 Notre Dame Stew Milne 1. 2:30 p.m. Saturday AP photo Tulsa - 88.5 TV: NBC Midshipmen QB Keenan 2. Cincinnati - 86.6 Reynolds is four rush- ing TDs shy of matching 3. Houston* - 86.5 Memphis UCLA Montee Ball’s all-time The Tigers edged USF, 24- The Bruins dropped from NCAA record of 73. The 4. Bowling Green - 85.4 17, to extend their winning No. 7 to No. 20 in the AP Fighting Irish are look- streak to a school-record Top 25 after losing at ing to bounce back from 5. TCU - 84.4 12 games and receive 19 home to Arizona State, their loss at Clemson. *Before Thursday’s game points in the latest AP poll. 38-23, last Saturday.