American college football season
The 2020 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cougars played their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas , and competed in the American Athletic Conference . They were led by second-year head coach Dana Holgorsen .
Preseason [ edit ] Recruiting class [ edit ] References :[1]
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date Derek Bowman Offensive lineman Magnolia, TX Magnolia HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 270 lb (120 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Nathaniel Dell Wide receiver Daytona Beach, FL Mainland HS Independence CC 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Darius Edmonds Wide receiver Humble, TX Atascocita HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : James Faminu Offensive lineman London, UK London Academy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 350 lb (160 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : D'Anthony Jones Linebacker Long Beach, CA Leuzinger HS Long Beach CC 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Sofian Massoud Quarterback Katy, TX Cypress Lakes HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Ugonna Nnanna Offensive lineman Arlington, TX Seguin HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Chidozie "Dot" Nwankwo Defensive Tackle Richmond, TX Foster HS 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 293 lb (133 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Dylan Robinson Wide receiver Humble, TX Atascocita HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Malik Robinson Linebacker Snellville, GA South Gwinnett HS North Carolina Fort Scott CC 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Jayce Rogers Cornerback Valdosta, GA Valdosta HS Northwest Mississippi CC 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Stacy Sneed Running back Arlington, TX Mansfield Timberview HS 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : JoVanni Stewart Safety Katy, TX Katy HS West Virginia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Trevonte Sylvester Tight end Breaux Bridge, LA Breaux Bridge HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Khiyon Wafer Wide receiver Frisco, TX Independence HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Mike Welch Safety Dickinson, TX Dickinson HS 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Laine Wilkins Punter Perth, Australia ProKick Australia 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : Sedrick Williams Defensive Tackle Houma, LA Ellender Memorial HS Kilgore College 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 302 lb (137 kg) Dec 18, 2019 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : Reuben Unije Offensive lineman Bradenton, FL IMG Academy Illinois 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 303 lb (137 kg) Feb 5, 2020 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A
AAC preseason media poll [ edit ] The preseason Poll was released September 1[2]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 UCF 204 (10) 2 Cincinnati 201 (7) 3 Memphis 192 (2) 4 SMU 146 5 Navy 125 (1) 6 Tulane 118 7 Houston 114 8 Temple 88 9 Tulsa 49 10 East Carolina 42 11 South Florida 41
Schedule [ edit ] The 2020 Houston schedule, as originally released, was to consist of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Cougars were to play host to conference foes Tulane , UCF , South Florida , and Tulsa , and to travel to conference opponents Memphis , Navy , Cincinnati , and SMU .
The Cougars were scheduled to host two non-conference games, against North Texas (C-USA ) and BYU (an FBS Independent). The home game against Rice was postponed on August 10, after Rice announced it was delaying the start of the season until September 26.[3]
Houston had a game scheduled against Washington State , which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[4]
On September 12 the American announced that the Houston/Memphis game scheduled for September 18 was postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases at Memphis,[5] As a result of the Houston at Memphis game postponement, Houston was able to add a game at Baylor scheduled for September 19.[6] On September 18, Baylor announced that the Houston versus Baylor game would be postponed due to Baylor not meeting the Big 12 Conference COVID-19 game cancellation thresholds.[7]
After experiencing several COVID-19 cases through September 23, the North Texas Mean Green canceled the September 26 game against the Cougars.[8]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:30 p.m. Tulane ESPN W 49–318,164 8:40 p.m. No. 14 BYU * ESPN L 26–4310,092 October 24 2:30 p.m. at Navy CBSSN W 37–213,600 October 31 1:00 p.m. UCF ESPN+ L 21–448,630 November 7 2:30 p.m. at No. 6 Cincinnati ABC L 10–380 November 14 2:30 p.m. South Florida ESPN2 W 56–218,266 December 12 11:00 a.m. at Memphis ESPN+ L 27–309,475 2:30 p.m. vs. Hawaii * ESPN L 14–282,060
Schedule Source: [9] Game summaries [ edit ] Tulane at Houston 1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 17 7 7 0 31 • Cougars 7 14 21 7 49
Scoring summary 1 13:42 TULN Macon Clark 64-yard interception returned (Merek Glover kick)(5 plays, 36 yards, 1:18) TULN 7–0 11:07 HOU Mulbah Car 5-yard rush (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:35) TIE 7–7 09:23 TULN Jeffrey Johnson 1-yard fumble returned (Merek Glover kick)(2 plays, −13 yards, 0:38) TULN 14–7 03:50 TULN Merek Glover 39-yard field goal(10 plays, 36 yards, 4:43) TULN 17–7 2 13:50 TULN Michael Pratt 1-yard rush (Merek Glover kick)(9 plays, 50 yards, 4:26) TULN 24–7 09:47 HOU Clayton Tune 1-yard rush (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(10 plays, 75 yards, 4:03) TULN 24–14 03:53 HOU Ke'Andre Street 23-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(11 plays, 68 yards, 3:48) TULN 24–21 3 07:53 HOU Mulbah Car 3-yard rush (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(10 plays, 57 yards, 5:09) HOU 24–28 05:53 TULN Jha'Quan Jackson 8-yard pass from Michael Pratt (Merek Glover kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:00) TULN 31–28 05:36 HOU Marquez Stevenson 97-yard kickoff returned (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00) HOU 31–35 00:46 HOU Kyle Porter 1-yard rush (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(8 plays, 60 yards, 3:21) HOU 31–42 4 14:03 HOU Marquez Stevenson 41-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(2 plays, 43 yards, 0:38) HOU 31–49
Pregame line Over/under HOU −6.5 58[10]
Statistics Tulane Houston First downs 16 22 Total yards 211 476 Rushing yards 70 157 Passing yards 141 319 Turnovers 0 5 Time of possession 28:47 31:13
Team Category Player Statistics Tulane Passing Michael Pratt 11/25, 141 yards, 1 TD Rushing Cameron Carroll 18 carries, 34 yards Receiving Duece Watts 2 receptions, 50 yards Houston Passing Clayton Tune 20/33, 319 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs Rushing Kyle Porter 11 carries, 57 yards, 1 TD Receiving Marquez Stevenson 5 receptions, 118 yards, 1 TD
Brigham Young at Houston 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 14 BYU Cougars 14 0 7 22 43 HOU Cougars 3 17 6 0 26
Date: October 16, 2020Location: TDECU Stadium Houston, TX Game start: 8:40 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 43 minutesGame attendance: 10,092Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Mostly Cloudy • Wind: E 3 MPH Referee: Kevin MarTV announcers (ESPN): Jason Benetti (play–by–play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Kris Budden (sideline reporter) Scoring summary 1 09:53 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 27-yard field goal(10 plays, 65 yards, 5:07) HOU 3–0 09:34 BYU Dax Milne 78-yard pass from Zach Wilson (Jake Oldroyd kick)(1 play, 78 yards, 0:19) BYU 7–3 04:42 BYU Lopini Katoa 1-yard rush (Jake Oldroyd kick)(7 plays, 85 yards, 3:23) BYU 14–3 2 09:01 HOU Christian Trahan 20-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(8 plays, 91 yards, 4:01) BYU 14–10 04:42 HOU Nathaniel Dell 5-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(7 plays, 61 yards, 3:22) HOU 17–14 00:00 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 49-yard field goal(9 plays, 65 yards, 1:12) HOU 20–14 3 03:05 HOU Clayton Tune 5-yard rush (two-point pass conversion attempt failed)(16 plays, 98 yards, 6:48) HOU 26–14 00:53 BYU Dax Milne 2-yard pass from Zach Wilson (Jake Oldroyd kick)(5 plays, 75 yards, 2:12) HOU 26–21 4 10:35 BYU Masen Wake 8-yard pass from Zach Wilson (Zach Wilson two-point conversion pass to Tyler Allgeier)(3 plays, 23 yards, 1:15) BYU 29–26 03:06 BYU Dax Milne 18-yard pass from Zach Wilson (Jake Oldroyd kick)(6 plays, 57 yards, 1:37) BYU 36–26 01:40 BYU Tyler Allgeier 14-yard rush (Jake Oldroyd kick)(2 plays, 17 yards, 0:13) BYU 43–26
Pregame line Over/under BYU −3.0 62
Statistics BYU Houston First downs 23 28 Total yards 478 438 Rushing yards 78 128 Passing yards 400 310 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 25:48 34:12
Team Category Player Statistics BYU Passing Zach Wilson 25/35, 400 yards, 4 TDs Rushing Zach Wilson 9 carries, 40 yards Receiving Dax Milne 9 receptions, 184 yards, 3 TDs Houston Passing Clayton Tune 21/31, 310 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Kyle Porter 20 carries, 94 yards Receiving Christian Trahan 3 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD
At Navy [ edit ] Houston at Navy 1 2 3 4 Total • Cougars 3 13 7 14 37 Midshipmen 7 6 0 8 21
Scoring summary 1 06:04 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 33-yard field goal(13 plays, 33 yards, 4:31) HOU 3–0 00:08 NAVY Dalen Morris 6-yard rush (Bijan Nichols kick)(11 plays, 75 yards, 5:56) NAVY 7–3 2 10:47 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 53-yard field goal(11 plays, 39 yards, 4:21) NAVY 7–6 06:37 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 45-yard field goal(5 plays, 22 yards, 2:39) HOU 9–7 04:02 NAVY Ryan Mitchell 60-yard pass from Dalen Morris (Bijan Nichols PAT blocked)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:35) NAVY 13–9 01:53 HOU Marquez Stevenson 51-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(3 plays, 79 yards, 0:44) HOU 16–13 3 06:32 HOU Kyle Porter 1-yard rush (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(5 plays, 20 yards, 2:27) HOU 23–13 4 14:06 HOU Kyle Porter 33-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(10 plays, 77 yards, 3:46) HOU 30–13 05:24 HOU Marquez Stevenson 24-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(12 plays, 80 yards, 5:08) HOU 37–13 01:07 NAVY CJ Williams 5-yard pass from Dalen Morris (Dalen Morris two-point conversion rush)(14 plays, 75 yards, 4:17) HOU 37–21
Pregame line Over/under HOU −15.5 56
Statistics Houston Navy First downs 23 16 Total yards 420 372 Rushing yards 86 166 Passing yards 334 206 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 29:11 30:49
Team Category Player Statistics Houston Passing Clayton Tune 24/34, 316 yards, 3 TDs Rushing Kyle Porter 21 carries, 52 yards, 1 TD Receiving Marquez Stevenson 9 receptions, 129 yards, 2 TDs Navy Passing Dalen Morris 10/18, 206 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Nelson Smith 11 carries, 51 yards Receiving Ryan Mitchell 2 receptions, 94 yards, 1 TD
Central Florida at Houston 1 2 3 4 Total • Knights 10 13 0 21 44 Cougars 7 0 6 8 21
Date: October 31, 2020Location: TDECU Stadium Houston, TX Game start: 1:05 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 39 minutesGame attendance: 8,630Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: SW 3 MPH Referee: Luke RichmondTV announcers (ESPN+ ): David Saltzman (play–by–play) and Stanford Routt (analyst) Scoring summary 1 07:59 UCF Daniel Obarski 31-yard field goal(9 plays, 63 yards, 2:55) UCF 3–0 04:03 HOU Grant Stuard 34-yard fumble returned (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(5 plays, 14 yards, 1:25) HOU 7–3 02:15 UCF Ryan O'Keefe 34-yard pass from Dillon Gabriel (Daniel Obarski kick)(4 plays, 78 yards, 1:48) UCF 10–7 2 10:59 UCF Bentavious Thompson 1-yard rush (Daniel Obarski kick)(7 plays, 70 yards, 1:40) UCF 17–7 05:20 UCF Daniel Obarski 24-yard field goal(13 plays, 89 yards, 3:46) UCF 20–7 00:19 UCF Daniel Obarski 38-yard field goal(9 plays, 59 yards, 1:19) UCF 23–7 3 06:16 HOU Kyle Porter 1-yard rush (two-point conversion pass attempt failed)(11 plays, 85 yards, 3:20) UCF 23–13 4 14:38 UCF Ryan O'Keefe 36-yard pass from Dillon Gabriel (Daniel Obarski kick)(6 plays, 58 yards, 1:40) UCF 30–13 07:03 UCF Greg McCrae 1-yard rush (Daniel Obarski kick)(9 plays, 75 yards, 4:02) UCF 37–13 04:17 HOU Nathaniel Dell 10-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Clayton Tune two-point conversion pass to Chandler Smith)(8 plays, 82 yards, 2:46) UCF 37–21 01:36 UCF Otis Anderson 28-yard rush (Daniel Obarski kick)(6 plays, 47 yards, 2:41) UCF 44–21
Pregame line Over/under UCF –3.0 82
Statistics UCF Houston First downs 32 26 Total yards 681 434 Rushing yards 353 165 Passing yards 328 269 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 27:19 32:41
Team Category Player Statistics UCF Passing Dillon Gabriel 19/33, 328 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Otis Anderson Jr. 16 carries, 170 yards, 1 TD Receiving Jaylon Robinson 5 receptions, 107 yards Houston Passing Clayton Tune 21/41, 263 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs Rushing Kyle Porter 13 carries, 52 yards, 1 TD Receiving Nathaniel Dell 6 receptions, 88 yards, 1 TD
At Cincinnati [ edit ] Houston at Cincinnati 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 10 0 0 10 • No. 6 Bearcats 7 21 3 7 38
Scoring summary 1 08:51 CIN Gerrid Doaks 2-yard rush (Cole Smith kick)(5 plays, 84 yards, 2:20) CIN 0–7 2 07:53 CIN Desmond Ridder 10-yard rush (Cole Smith kick)(10 plays, 75 yards, 3:06) CIN 0–14 04:17 HOU Kyle Porter 3-yard rush (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(8 plays, 65 yards, 3:29) CIN 7–14 01:40 CIN Desmond Ridder 32-yard rush (Cole Smith kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:37) CIN 7–21 00:38 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 27-yard field goal(5 plays, 55 yards, 1:02) CIN 10–21 00:13 CIN Josh Whyle 21-yard pass from Desmond Ridder (Cole Smith kick)(3 plays, 55 yards, 0:28) CIN 10–28 3 05:48 CIN Cole Smith 32-yard field goal(17 plays, 60 yards, 9:12) CIN 10–31 4 14:15 CIN Desmond Ridder 12-yard rush (Cole Smith kick)(10 plays, 85 yards, 3:09) CIN 10–38
Pregame line Over/under CIN –12.5 51.5[11]
Statistics Houston Cincinnati First downs 15 24 Total yards 282 510 Rushing yards 93 342 Passing yards 189 168 Turnovers 2 1 Time of possession 27:31 32:29
Team Category Player Statistics Houston Passing Clayton Tune 20/34, 189 yards, 1 INT Rushing Kyle Porter 16 carries, 69 yards, 1 TD Receiving Nathaniel Dell 3 receptions, 60 yards Cincinnati Passing Desmond Ridder 17/27, 162 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Gerrid Doaks 16 carries, 184 yards, 1 TD Receiving Michael Young Jr. 4 receptions, 47 yards
South Florida [ edit ] South Florida at Houston 1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 0 0 7 14 21 • Cougars 14 14 14 14 56
Date: November 14, 2020Location: TDECU Stadium Houston, TX Game start: 2:35 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 22 minutesGame attendance: 8,266Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: S 10 MPH Referee: Charles LamertinaTV announcers (ESPN2 /ESPN+ ): David Saltzman (play–by–play) and Stanford Routt (analyst) Scoring summary 1 14:04 HOU Bryson Smith 28-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Kyle Ramsey kick)(3 plays, 75 yards, 0:56) HOU 7–0 02:05 HOU Clayton Tune 26-yard rush (Kyle Ramsey kick)(6 plays, 80 yards, 3:05) HOU 14–0 2 10:06 HOU Clayton Tune 13-yard rush (Kyle Ramsey kick)(6 plays, 56 yards, 2:19) HOU 21–0 07:16 HOU Keith Corbin 33-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Kyle Ramsey kick)(3 plays, 53 yards, 1:05) HOU 28–0 3 13:51 HOU Marcus Jones 72-yard punt returned (Kyle Ramsey kick)(3 plays, 4 yards, 1:09) HOU 35–0 06:07 HOU Derek Parish 85-yard fumble returned (Kyle Ramsey kick)(10 plays, 49 yards, 3:59) HOU 42–0 03:37 USF Leonard Parker 2-yard rush (Spencer Shrader kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:30) HOU 42–7 4 11:50 USF Omarion Dollison 2-yard pass from Jordan McCloud (Spencer Shrader kick)(11 plays, 83 yards, 4:25) HOU 42–14 10:22 USF Bentlee Sanders 38-yard interception returned (Spencer Shrader kick)(3 plays, 9 yards, 1:28) HOU 42–21 05:35 HOU Christian Trahan 6-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Kyle Ramsey kick)(7 plays, 75 yards, 5:00) HOU 49–21 05:15 HOU James Fullbright III 14-yard rush (Kyle Ramsey kick)(1 play, 14 yards, 0:07) HOU 56–21
Pregame line Over/under HOU −14.5 58.5[12]
Statistics South Florida Houston First downs 23 25 Total yards 359 505 Rushing yards 136 319 Passing yards 223 186 Turnovers 2 1 Time of possession 31:01 28:59
Team Category Player Statistics South Florida Passing Jordan McCloud 14–29, 180 yards, 1TD Rushing Brian Battie 13 carries, 86 yards Receiving Bryce Miller 5 receptions, 53 yards Houston Passing Clayton Tune 14–25, 165 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Clayton Tune 10 carries, 120 yards, 2TDs Receiving Keith Corbin 4 receptions, 67 yards, 1 TD
At Memphis [ edit ] Houston at Memphis 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 3 0 21 27 • Tigers 3 14 10 3 30
Scoring summary 1 07:57 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 28-yard field goal(15 plays, 64 yards, 7:03) HOU 3–0 00:22 MEM Riley Patterson 34-yard field goal(14 plays, 56 yards, 4:59) TIE 3–3 2 08:14 HOU Dalton Witherspoon 29-yard field goal(10 plays, 60 yards, 4:32) HOU 6–3 05:21 MEM Tahj Washington 4-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)(8 plays, 75 yards, 2:53) MEM 10–6 00:31 MEM Jaylon Allen 85-yard fumble return (Riley Patterson kick)(8 plays, 45 yards, 3:16) MEM 17–6 3 11:46 MEM Calvin Austin III 15-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)(9 plays, 75 yards, 3:14) MEM 24–6 02:15 MEM Riley Patterson 49-yard field goal(12 plays, 55 yards, 6:30) MEM 27–6 4 13:01 HOU Marquez Stevenson 13-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(11 plays, 75 yards, 4:09) MEM 27–13 08:07 HOU Clayton Tune 19-yard rush (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(6 plays, 40 yards, 1:33) MEM 27–20 00:28 HOU Bryson Smith 18-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(15 plays, 70 yards, 4:46) TIE 27–27 00:00 MEM Riley Patterson 47-yard field goal(5 plays, 46 yards, 0:28) MEM 30–27
Pregame line Over/under HOU –6.0 65
Statistics Houston Memphis First downs 26 20 Total yards 409 310 Rushing yards 139 64 Passing yards 270 246 Turnovers 2 1 Time of possession 33:29 26:31
Team Category Player Statistics Houston Passing Clayton Tune 30/49, 270 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Kyle Porter 15 carries, 70 yards Receiving Christian Trahan 5 receptions, 84 yards Memphis Passing Brady White 22/35, 246 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Asa Martin 11 carries, 27 yards Receiving Calvin Austin 7 receptions, 74 yards, 1 TD
Vs. Hawaii (New Mexico Bowl) [ edit ] 2020 New Mexico Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total • Rainbow Warriors 14 7 7 0 28 Cougars 0 0 14 0 14
Scoring summary 1 10:43 HAW Dae Dae Hunter 3-yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Matthew Shipley kick)(2 plays,8 yards, 0:35) HAW 7–0 03:35 HAW Calvin Turner 75-yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Matthew Shipley kick)(1 play, 75 yards, 0:12) HAW 14–0 2 08:05 HAW Jonah Laulu 4-yard pass from Chevan Cordeiro (Matthew Shipley kick)(7 plays, 80 yards, 3:17) HAW 21–0 3 07:39 HOU Nathaniel Dell 7-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(17 plays, 75 yards, 7:21) HAW 21–7 03:45 HOU Christian Trahan 26-yard pass from Clayton Tune (Dalton Witherspoon kick)(5 plays, 83 yards, 2:03) HAW 21–14 03:29 HAW Calvin Turner 92-yard kickoff returned (Matthew Shipley kick)(0 plays, 0 yards, 0:16) HAW 28–14
Pregame line Over/under HOU –7.0 61
Statistics Hawaii Houston First downs 11 20 Total yards 267 307 Rushing yards 131 58 Passing yards 136 249 Turnovers 0 3 Time of possession 26:56 33:04
Team Category Player Statistics Hawaii Passing Chevan Cordeiro 15/23, 136 yards, 3 TDs Rushing Dae Dae Hunter 12 carries, 44 yards Receiving Jared Smart 3 receptions, 33 yards Houston Passing Clayton Tune 20/38, 216 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs Rushing Mulbah Car 15 carries, 47 yards Receiving Nathaniel Dell 6 receptions, 112 yards, 1 TD
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — —* RV Coaches — —* — CFP Not released Not released
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "2020 National Signing Day" . University of Houston Athletics . Retrieved May 18, 2020 . ^ "UCF Chosen as Favorite in American Preseason Media Poll" . theAmerican.org . Retrieved September 1, 2020 . ^ "Rice Delays Start of 2020 Football Season" . riceowls.com . Retrieved September 5, 2020 . ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020" . Yahoo News . Retrieved July 10, 2020 . ^ "American Announces Postponement of Houston-Memphis Football Game" . theamerican.org . Retrieved September 13, 2020 . ^ "Baylor Football to host Houston Sept. 19" . baylorbears.com . Retrieved September 13, 2020 . ^ "Baylor-Houston Match-Up Postponed" . baylorbears.com . Retrieved September 18, 2020 . ^ "Houston–North Texas game canceled" . uhcougars.com . Retrieved September 24, 2020 . ^ "2020 Houston Cougars Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved May 22, 2020 . ^ "Tulane Green Wave vs Houston Cougars" . Odds Shark . Retrieved October 14, 2020 . ^ "Houston Cougars vs Cincinnati Bearcats" . OddsShark.com . Retrieved November 7, 2020 . ^ "USF Bulls vs Houston Cougars" . Odds Shark . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
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