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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 Interim Football Contact: Jeff Conrad // office (713) 743- 9410 // cell (713) 557-3841// [email protected] UH COUGAR SCOREBOARD Sept. 3....UCLA ................W ..........38-34 GAME 6 Sept. 10....at North Texas .......... W ...........48-23 Sept. 17....at Louisiana Tech........ W ...........35-34 Saturday, Oct. 8 Sept. 24...Georgia State.........W ...........56-0 Sept. 29....at UTEP ................ W ...........49-42 6 p.m., CDT Oct. 8 .....East Carolina ..............6 p.m. (CBSSN Houston, Texas Oct. 22 . .Marshall (HC) .................3:30 (CSS) Oct. 27 . .Rice .......................7 p.m. (FSN) Robertson Stadium Nov. 5 .....at UAB.......................6 p.m. (CBSSN) Nov. 10 ....at Tulane ....................7 p.m. (CBSSN) HOUSTON (5-0, 1-0 C-USA) (Capacity 32,000) EAST CAROLINA (1-3, 1-0 C-USA) Nov. 19 ...SMU......................... TBA (FSN) COUGARS PIRATES Nov. 25 ....at Tulsa........................11 a.m. (FSN) Dec. 3......Conference USA Championship Game * all times Central … rankings are AP/Coaches Poll THE COACHES Kevin Sumlin ................................................................HEAD COACH ...........................................................................Ruffin McNeill HOUSTON COACHING STAFF Purdue 1988 ................................................................ ALMA MATER .................................................................... East Carolina 1980 Kevin Sumlin, Head Coach ........................................4th Season 4th year at UH and Overall, 28-16 ................................EXP/RECORD .........................2nd year at ECU, 7-10 // 2nd Year Overall, 8-10 Tony Levine, Assistant Head Coach/Inside Receivers Special Teams Coordinator ..............................4th Season FAST FACTS ON THE SERIES Jason Phillips, Off. Coordinator / Wide Receivers ......9th Season Series Record Overall ....................................................................................................................................East Carolina leads 6-4 Brian Stewart, Def. Coordinator/ Cornerbacks .........2nd Season Series Record in Houston ..............................................................................................................................East Carolina leads 4-1 B.J. Anderson, Offensive Line ...................................3rd Season Series Record in Greenville ................................................................................................................................ Houston leads 3-2 Jamie Bryant, Linebackers [B] .................................. 1st Season First Meeting .................................................................. East Carolina 28, Houston 27 (Nov. 8, 1997; Robertson Stadium, Houston) Carlton Hall, Defensive Line ...................................... 1st Season Kliff Kingsbury, Co-Off. Coordinator/ Quarterbacks ...4th Season Last Meeting ...........................................East Carolina 38, Houston 32 (Dec. 5, 2009; C-USA Championship Game; Greenville, N.C.) Clarence McKinney, Running Backs [B] ...................4th Season Zac Spavital, Safeties [B] .........................................4th Season THE SERIES [B] - denotes coaches in the press box « Saturday’s game marks the 11th game between the two teams... East Carolina leads the all-time series 6-4 and won the most recent meeting during the 2009 Conference USA Championship game in Greenville, N.C. CAPTAINS « Surprisingly, homefield advantage hasn’t meant much in this series with each team holding the lead at the other’s home facility... Patrick Edwards, Sr., WR; Case Keenum, Sr., QB; Marcus McGraw, Houston has posted a 3-2 all-time record in Greenville... East Carolina is 4-1 all-time at Robertson Stadium. Sr., LB; Derrick Mathews, Fr., LB « Head coach Kevin Sumlin is 1-1 against East Carolina in his two previous meetings. This will be ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill’s first game against the Cougars. TELEVISION (CBSSN) Dave Ryan..................................play-by-play COUGARS VS. THE PIRATES Rich Rodriguez .................................. analyst « Saturday’s game will be the fourth for senior quarterback Case Keenum against East Carolina. In those four games, Keenum has Watch CBSSN: DirecTV 613; DISH 152; Verizon 94; AT&T 643/1643 completed 99-of-131 passes for 1,023 yards and nine touchdowns. In the most recent showdown against the Pirates, he posted 527 RADIO (SPORTSTALK 790 AM) yards on 56-of-75 passing with five touchdowns during the Conference USA Championship game in Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 5, 2009. Tom Franklin................................play-by-play Ted Pardee ..................................... analyst Chuck Brown....................................sideline PLAYERS TO WATCH ON THE WEB CASE KEENUM, QB, SR. Official Site ..............................UHCougars.com Case Keenum is now the winningest quarterback in school history with a 29-13 record leading the Cougars. Twitter................................. UHCougarSports Keenum has a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 14-2 in 2011. He recorded the 15th 400-yard game of his Facebook...............................HoustonAthletics career with 471 passing yards against Conference USA-rival UTEP during the league opener last Thursday. He YouTube ................................... UHAthletics has returned to the elite in college football leading the NCAA in total offense and second in passing. MEDIA FOOD PROVIDED BY CHARLES SIMS, RB, SO. Sophomore running back Charles Sims was one of the Cougars’ leading offensive performers in their come- from-behind win last week at UTEP. Sims rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries and added two catches for 90 yards and another score. With the Cougars clinging to a 41-35 midway through the fourth quarter, Sims grabbed a screen pass from quarterback Case Keenum and raced a career-long 84 yard down the sideline to give the Cougars a 14-point lead. 1 10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 1989 HEISMAN TROPHY | 1976 LOMBARDI AWARD | 20 BOWL APPEARANCES | 135 ALL-AMERICANS Stats Comparison Houston East Carolina 45.2 Points Per Game 23.8 28.6 First Downs 22.5 794 Rushing Yards 324 158.8 Avg./Game 81.0 2,256 Passing Yards 1,165 164-235-3 C-A-I 133-194-7 451.2 Avg./Game 291.2 3,050 Total Yards 1,489 610.0 Avg./Game 372.2 8-5 Fumbles/Lost 13-10 8 Total Turnovers 17 37-311 Penalties-Yds. 13-112 18-840 Punts-Avg. 14-40.4 27:17 TOP-Game 27:36 42-76 / 55% 3rd Down Conversions 22-45 / 45% 26.6 Points Allowed Per Game 32.8 962 Rushing Yards Allowed 804 192.4 Avg./Game 201.0 1,105 Passing Yards Allowed 735 93-151-4 C-A-I 62-113-2 221.0 Avg./Game 183.8 2,067 Total Yards Allowed 1,539 413.4 Avg./Game 384.8 11 Turnovers Forced 9 « Senior running back Bryce Beall has rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns during his career against the Pirates. As a freshman in 2008, he rushed 21 times for 130 yards and a pair of scores during the Cougars’ 41-24 win in Greenville, N.C. « Senior receiver Tyron Carrier has enjoyed a pair of double-digit reception games against East Carolina during his career... He posted Individual Comparison 10 catches for 67 yards in 2008 and added 11 receptions for 94 yards and a score during the 2009 C-USA Championship game... In two games, he has posted 21 catches for 161 yards and a touchdown. Rushing Yards « Senior linebacker Marcus McGraw has recorded 17 tackles in his two previous games against the Pirates. He also had added 1.5 Houston East Carolina tackles for a loss of four yards in those games. Hayes 60.8 Bullock 79.5 Beall 47.8 Dobson 11.5 FOR OPENERS Sims 42.8 « After the fifth week of play, Houston is receiving 97 votes in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, to rank No. 26 and 68 votes in the Associated Press poll for No. 27. Passing Yards « With Thursdays’ win at UTEP, the Cougars improved to 5-0 for only the fourth time in school history. It is the first time since 1990. Houston East Carolina Other Houston teams that started 5-0 were: 1979 and 1973. Each of those teams also started out 6-0. Keenum 401.0 Davis 291.2 « Through five games, Houston is back as the NCAA’s top team with 451.2 passing yards and 610.0 yards of total offense per game. The Turner 116.5 team also ranks eighth in scoring offense at 45.2 points per game. All three of those numbers are the best in Conference USA. « The Cougars have recorded at least 700 yards of offense in consecutive games, a first since late during the 1990 season. Receiving Yards « Senior linebacker Sammy Brown leads the NCAA and Conference USA in tackles for loss with 11.5 through five games. Dating back Houston East Carolina the last 12 games (to Rice in 2010), Brown has recorded 29 tackles for loss, an average of 2.42 TFL per game. Edwards 101.8 Lewis 90.0 « As a team Houston ranks third in the NCAA in net punting with 43.6 yards per game. Carrier 70.6 Hardy 71.2 « Keenum needs 422 yards to break the NCAA career total offense record and 203 passing yards to move to No. 2 on the NCAA all-time J. Johnson 71.4 Bodeheimer 32.8 passing yardage list, past Graham Harrell of Texas Tech. E. Smith 47.0 Webster 31.0 « The Cougars have been to six bowl games in the last eight seasons. Points Scored TEAM NOTES Houston East Carolina « In Houston’s 48-23 win over North Texas, the Cougars outscored the Mean Green 28-6 in the second half and 28-14 in the second half Hogan 8.8