TCU 34, Houston 27

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	21	27
Total Yards	377	513
Passing	256	284
Rushing	121	229
Penalties	3-25	9-106
3rd Down Conversions	7-17	7-15
4th Down Conversions	2-3	1-1
Turnovers	1	1
Possession	26:23	33:37

Individual Leaders

Houston Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kolb 25/44 256 3 0	TCU Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Gunn 16/24 234 2 1 Hassell 4/6 50 0 0
Houston Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Evans 10 59 0 24 Kolb 13 53 0 43 Taylor 3 7 0 3	TCU Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Merrill 30 137 0 15 Gunn 7 41 2 13 Boyd 8 29 0 13
Houston Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Marshall 9 123 1 46 McDaniel 6 73 0 41 Avery 2 17 1 12 Cucci 2 15 0 8	TCU Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Rodgers 7 100 1 62 Harmon 5 67 1 37 Harrell 3 63 0 24 DePriest 2 16 0 11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				HOU	TCU
	FG	3:41	PETER LOCOCO 27 YD FG Drive info: 12 plays, 88 yards.	0	3
SECOND QUARTER				HOU	TCU
	TD	11:01	TYE GUNN 1 YD RUN (PETER LOCOCO KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 74 yards.	0	10
	FG	6:31	DUSTIN BELL 19 YD FG Drive info: 10 plays, 70 yards.	3	10
	FG	0:00	DUSTIN BELL 21 YD FG Drive info: 5 plays, 53 yards.	6	10
THIRD QUARTER				HOU	TCU
	TD	8:42	TYE GUNN 1 YD RUN (PETER LOCOCO KICK) Drive info: 15 plays, 80 yards.	6	17
	TD	4:51	CORY RODGERS 62 YD PASS FROM TYE GUNN (PETER LOCOCO KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 74 yards.	6	24
	FG	2:30	DUSTIN BELL 29 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 58 yards.	9	24
FOURTH QUARTER				HOU	TCU
	FG	10:06	PETER LOCOCO 27 YD FG Drive info: 17 plays, 62 yards.	9	27
	TD	9:04	RYAN GILBERT 4 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (FAILED 2PT PASS) Drive info: 4 plays, 49 yards.	15	27
	TD	5:52	QUENTILY HARMON 37 YD PASS FROM TYE GUNN (PETER LOCOCO KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 80 yards.	15	34
	TD	3:16	DONNIE AVERY 12 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (FAILED 2PT PASS) Drive info: 8 plays, 41 yards.	21	34
	TD	0:02	VINCENT MARSHALL 5 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	27	34

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Tye Gunn came off the bench to run for two touchdowns and throw for two more Saturday to lead TCU to a 34-27 victory over Houston.

Gunn took over for quarterback Brandon Hassell, who left the game after taking a hard hit on an option keeper in the first quarter. Gunn rushed for 41 yards on seven carries, scoring on two 1-yard keepers, and completed 16-of-24 for 234 yards.

TCU (4-3, 2-2 Conference USA) led 10-6 at the half before Gunn scored on a 1-yard TD run and touchdown passes of 62 yards to Cory Rodgers and 37 yards to Quentily Harmon.

Houston (1-6, 1-3) was led by quarterback Kevin Kolb who completed 25-of-44 passes for 256 yards and touchdowns of 4, 12 and 5 yards. All of his scoring passes came in the fourth quarter.

Houston's Vincent Marshall caught nine passes for 123 yards.

Robert Merrill, playing in place of injured running back Lonta Hobbs, rushed 30 times for 137 yards for TCU.

Despite the loss of Hobbs, the Horned Frogs rushed for a season-best 229 yards.

The loss was the seventh straight for Houston in the series with TCU.

The Horned Frogs had allowed 40 or more points in four of their first six games this season.

TCU led 24-9 after three quarters and extended it to 34-15 on Gunn's scoring pass to Harmon with 5:52 left.

Houston, which has lost four straight games, tried to rally late but ran out of time. Kolb threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Donnie Avery and he followed with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Marshall. But there was just two seconds left by the time the Cougars cut the lead to seven.