College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 42, Connecticut 14
When: 8:00 PM   ET ,  Thursday, September 29, 2016
Where: TDECU Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 40873
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Connecticut 0 7 0 7 14
Houston 0 28 14 0 42
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 14:20
Houston   TD  Houston 7 - Connecticut 0
Greg Ward Jr. 30 yd. run (Ty Cummings kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:11
Houston   TD  Houston 14 - Connecticut 0
Dillon Birden 1 yd. run (Ty Cummings kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:36
Houston   TD  Houston 21 - Connecticut 0
Tyler McCloskey 3 yd. pass from Greg Ward Jr. (Ty Cummings kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:37
Houston   TD  Houston 28 - Connecticut 0
Steven Dunbar 15 yd. pass from Greg Ward Jr. (Ty Cummings kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:30
Connecticut   TD  Houston 28 - Connecticut 7
Noel Thomas 62 yd. pass from Bryant Shirreffs (Bobby Puyol kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:47
Houston   TD  Houston 35 - Connecticut 7
Greg Ward Jr. 10 yd. run (Ty Cummings kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:58
Houston   TD  Houston 42 - Connecticut 7
Linell Bonner 4 yd. pass from Greg Ward Jr. (Ty Cummings kick)
4th Quarter - 8:42
Connecticut   TD  Houston 42 - Connecticut 14
Bryant Shirreffs 1 yd. run (Bobby Puyol kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Connecticut Houston
W‑L 2 - 3 - 0 5 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 2 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Connecticut Houston
Score 14 42
1st Downs 14 27
3rd Down Efficiency 3-for-15
20%
8-for-16
50%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0%
0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 335 540
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 27-62 30-114
Average/Rush 2.3 3.8
Passing
Comp-Att 16-36 40-49
Passing Yards 273 426
Average/Pass Play 6.8 8.2
Penalties-Yards 4-38 2-20
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 26:30 33:30
PLAYER STATS
Connecticut (2 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Shirreffs 13/29 239 1 0
G. Anderson 3/7 34 0 0
Houston (5 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Ward Jr. 32/38 389 3 0
K. Postma 8/10 37 0 0
D. King 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
N. Thomas 3 22 7.3 0
A. Newsome 6 13 2.2 0
B. Shirreffs 10 12 1.2 1
J. Thompson 1 12 12.0 0
R. Johnson 6 11 1.8 0
G. Anderson 1 -8 -8.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
G. Ward Jr. 12 65 5.4 2
D. Birden 9 27 3.0 1
L. Bonner 3 12 4.0 0
M. Car 4 8 2.0 0
D. King 1 4 4.0 0
K. Postma 1 -2 -2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
N. Thomas 6 135 22.5 1
H. Mayala 6 92 15.3 0
T. Davis 2 18 9.0 0
A. McLean 1 16 16.0 0
A. Bloom 1 12 12.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
L. Bonner 12 159 13.2 1
S. Dunbar 5 97 19.4 1
C. Allen 7 85 12.1 0
D. King 7 32 4.6 0
C. Lark 2 18 9.0 0
I. Johnson 2 18 9.0 0
T. Mark 3 8 2.7 0
M. Car 1 6 6.0 0
T. McCloskey 1 3 3.0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Ormsby 2.0 10.0
E. Levenberry 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Oliver 1.0 8.0
A. Robinson 1.0 8.0
N. Fruge 1.0 4.0
G. Davis 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. Ormsby 2.0 10.0
J. Summers 1.0 2.0
E. Levenberry 1.0 1.0
O. Melifonwu 0.5 1.0
V. Diggs 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Davis 2.5 4.0
E. Oliver 1.0 8.0
A. Robinson 1.0 8.0
N. Fruge 1.0 4.0
C. Malveaux 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles