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10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 1989 HEISMAN TROPHY | 1976 LOMBARDI AWARD | 20 BOWL APPEARANCES | 135 ALL-AMERICANS houston FootBALL Athletic Communications // 3100 Cullen Blvd. // Houston, TX 77204 // www.uhcougars.com Football Contact: Cassie Arner // office (713) 743- 9409 // cell (832) 523- 8647 // [email protected] UH COUGAR SCOREBOARD Sept. 3 . UCLA .................. W ...........38-34 GAME 3 Sept. 10....at North Texas .......... W ...........48-23 Sept. 17....at Louisiana Tech.......... 6 p.m. (ESPN3.com) Saturday, Sept. 17 Sept. 24....Georgia State....................7 p.m. (CSS) 6 p.m., Central Sept. 29....at UTEP ......................7 p.m. (CBSSN) Oct. 8 ......East Carolina ..................6 p.m. (CBSSN Ruston, La. Oct. 22 .....Marshall (HC)..................... 3:30 (CSS) Oct. 27 .....Rice ............................7 p.m. (FSN) Joe Aillet Stadium Nov. 5 .....at UAB.......................6 p.m. (CBSSN) HOUSTON (2-0, 0-0 C-USA) (Capacity 30,600) LOUISIANA TECH (1-1, 0-0 WAC) Nov. 10 ....at Tulane ....................7 p.m. (CBSSN) Nov. 19 ....SMU..............................TBA (FSN) COUGARS BULLDOGS Nov. 25 ....at Tulsa........................11 a.m. (FSN) THE COACHES Dec. 3......Conference USA Championship Game Kevin Sumlin ................................................................HEAD COACH ............................................................................. Sonny Dykes * all times Central … rankings are AP/Coaches Poll Purdue 1988 ................................................................ ALMA MATER ........................................................................ Texas Tech 1993 4th year at UH and Overall, 25-16 ................................EXP/RECORD .............................. 2nd year at Louisiana Tech and Overall, 6-8 HOUSTON COACHING STAFF Kevin Sumlin, Head Coach ........................................4th Season FAST FACTS ON THE SERIES Tony Levine, Assistant Head Coach/Inside Receivers Series Record Overall .......................................................................................................................................... Houston leads 3-2 Special Teams Coordinator ..............................4th Season Series Record in Ruston ............................................................................................................................................ Series tied 1-1 Jason Phillips, Offensive Coordinator Series Record at Home ........................................................................................................................................ Houston leads 2-1 Wide Receivers ................................................9th Season First Meeting ..........................................................................Oct. 4, 1948; Houston 40, Louisiana Tech 33 (Public School, Houston) Brian Stewart, Defensive Coordinator/ Last Meeting ................................................................................Sept. 9, 1995; Louisiana Tech 19, Houston 7 (Robertson Stadium) Cornerbacks ..................................................2nd Season B.J. Anderson, Offensive Line ...................................3rd Season Jamie Bryant, Linebackers [B] .................................. 1st Season FOR OPENERS Carlton Hall, Defensive Line ...................................... 1st Season « With a win over North Texas, quarterback Case Keenum tie former UH and current Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb for Kliff Kingsbury, Co-Offensive Coordinator/ most wins as a starting signal caller at 26. With one more victory, Keenum will be the all-time winningest signal caller in UH history. Quarterbacks ..................................................4th Season « Punter Richie Leone has averaged 53.8 yards on five punts, including four over 50 yards. He doesn’t have enough punts to qualify Clarence McKinney, Running Backs [B] ...................4th Season for NCAA rankings but based on his average he would lead the nation. He has laned two-of-five punts inside the 20 yard line. As a Zac Spavital, Safeties [B] .........................................4th Season team Houston leads the NCAA in net punting with 50.8 yards per game. [B] - denotes coaches in the press box « Senior receiver Patrick Edwards earned Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honors for his 187-yard performance in Houston’s 48-23 win over North Texas. He averaged 23.4 yards per catch and scored on a 46-yard pass from Keenum. The receiving yards were the most in a single game for Edwards and ranks him No. 1 in the conference in the category. CAPTAINS « After the second week of play, Houston is receiving 32 votes in the Associated Press poll and 43 votes in the USA Today Coaches’ Patrick Edwards, Sr., WR; Case Keenum, Sr., QB; Marcus McGraw, Poll, good enough for No. 28 in both polls. Sr., LB; Richie Leone, So., P « In Houston’s 48-23 win over North Texas, the Cougars outscored the Mean Green 28-6 in the second half. TELEVISION (ESPN3.com) John Sadak .................................play-by-play PLAYERS TO WATCH Rene Nadeau ................................... analyst CASE KEENUM, QB, SR. RADIO (AM 790) Case Keenum tied Kevin Kolb with most wins as a UH starting quarterback after guiding Houston to a 48-23 Tom Franklin................................play-by-play win over North Texas. He now has 26. Keenum passed for 458 yards, completing 69 percent of his passes and Ted Pardee ..................................... analyst tossing five touchdowns. He recorded his 13th 400-yard game of his career. He has returned to the elite in Chuck Brown....................................sideline college football ranking second in the NCAA in total offense and third in passing. Keenum’s race for the NCAA all-time records have him currently fourth for both total offense and passing yards. ON THE WEB Official Site ........................ www.UHCougars.com PATRICK EDWARDS, WR, SR. Twitter................................. UHCougarSports Senior receiver Patrick Edwards had a career day with 187 yards on eight catches, averaging 23.4 yards per Facebook...............................HoustonAthletics catch. For his performance he was named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. He scored a 46- YouTube ................................... UHAthletics yard touchdown to bring his career total to 24 which ranks fourth in the Houston record books. Edwards leads Conference USA in receiving yards per game and ranks 23rd nationally. 1 10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 1989 HEISMAN TROPHY | 1976 LOMBARDI AWARD | 20 BOWL APPEARANCES | 135 ALL-AMERICANS Stats Comparison Houston LATECH 43.0 Points Per Game 32.5 30.5 First Downs 19.5 286 Rushing Yards 289 143.0 Avg./Game 144.5 873 Passing Yards 497 69-99-1 C-A-I 43-74-1 436.5 Avg./Game 248.5 1159 Total Yards 786 579.5 Avg./Game 393.0 3-2 Fumbles/Lost 3-1 3 Total Turnovers 2 13-109 Penalties-Yds. 19-216 5-53.8 Punts-Avg. 13-39.7 27:01 TOP-Game 26:47 21-32 / 66% 3rd Down Conversions 10-30 / 33% 28.5 Points Allowed Per Game 30.5 350 Rushing Yards Allowed 226 175.0 Avg./Game 113.0 494 Passing Yards Allowed 598 41-63-1 C-A-I 50-90-2 247.0 Avg./Game 299.0 844 Total Yards Allowed 824 422.0 Avg./Game 412.0 4 Turnovers Forced 3 « Keenum needs 345 yards to pass Graham Harrell (Texas Tech) on the NCAA career total offense list and 678 yards to pass Ty Detmer (BYU) on the NCAA all-time passing yardage list. He would be third on both lists. Individual Comparison « Through two games, Houston is back as the NCAA’s top passing team with 436.5 yards per game. The team also ranks sixth in total offense with 579.5 per contest. Both those numbers are the best in Conference USA. Rushing Yards « The Cougars have been to six bowl games in the last eight seasons. Houston LATECH « In the season opener, the Cougars started nine new players, including the entire defensive secondary with junior college transfers Hayes 59.0 Creer 115.0 Chevy Bennett at FS, D.J. Hayden at CB, Texas A&M transfer Colton Valencia at SS and sophomore Zach McMillian at CB. The defense Beall 48.5 Holley 32.5 also had first-time starters at middle linebacker in true-freshman Derrick Mathews and junior college transfer noseguard Dominic Smith. On the offensive side, there were three new faces on the offensive line in right tackle Rowdy Harper, and guards Ty Cloud and Passing Yards Kevin Forsch. Houston LATECH Keenum 384.0 Isham 247.0 SIXTH TIMES THE CHARM Turner 105.0 Senior quarterback Case Keenum learned in January 2011 he had been granted a sixth season of eligibility after suffering a torn ACL vs. UCLA in the third game of the 2010 season. Keenum returns to captain a UH team which has won 26 games with him at the Receiving Yards helm in four years as a starter. Houston LATECH Edwards 104.0 Patton 153.0 Carrier 100.5 Ikharo 43.0 KEENUM’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS Smith 58.0 White 19.0 After leading the nation in total offense in 2008 and 2009, quarterback Case Keenum is rising back to the top as he is No. 2 after two J. Johnson 52.5 Casey 14.0 games with 403.5 yards per game. He currently ranks third in passing offense with 384.0 yards per contest. In 2008, he ranked No. 1 with 403.2 yards per game and repeated in the category with 416.4 yards in 2009. He also led the nation in Points Scored passing in 2009. Keenum is only the seventh quarterback in FBS history to lead the nation in total offense in consecutive seasons, and Houston LATECH the last since Hawaii’s Colt Brennan accomplished the feat in 2005-06. If Keenum matches that success in 2011, he could join Louisiana Hayes