Houston 35, Marshall 28

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	24
Total Yards	396	472
Passing	260	298
Rushing	136	174
Penalties	3-25	3-34
3rd Down Conversions	5-12	9-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	0	2
Possession	30:44	29:16

Air/Ground Leaders
Marshall Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Morris 20/32 260 1 0	Houston Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Keenum 24/32 298 2 1
Marshall Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Marshall 12 66 1 14 Small 8 43 1 13	Houston Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Alridge 25 103 1 20 Keenum 8 44 1 14
Marshall Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Spann 3 75 1 36 Wynn 6 66 0 20	Houston Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Hafner 6 128 1 62 Avery 5 46 0 18

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MRSH	HOU
	FG	11:34	T.J. Lawrence 32 Yd	0	3
	TD	00:36	Emmanuel Spann 32 Yd Pass From Bernard Morris (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	7	3
SECOND QUARTER				MRSH	HOU
	TD	05:17	Anthony Alridge 3 Yd Run (T.J. Lawrence Kick)	7	10
THIRD QUARTER				MRSH	HOU
	FG	10:46	T.J. Lawrence 24 Yd	7	13
	TD	04:31	Anthony Alridge 26 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (T.J. Lawrence Kick)	7	20
	TD	00:20	Chubb Small 13 Yd Run (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	14	20
FOURTH QUARTER				MRSH	HOU
	TD	10:50	Case Keenum 1 Yd Run (Case Keenum Run For Two-Point Conversion)	14	28
	TD	05:10	Darius Marshall 1 Yd Run (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	21	28
	TD	04:22	Mark Hafner 62 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (T.J. Lawrence Kick)	21	35
	TD	02:31	Kelvin Turner 1 Yd Run (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	28	35

HOUSTON (AP) -- Case Keenum passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Anthony Alridge scored twice to lead Houston over Marshall 35-28 Saturday, keeping alive the Cougars' hopes of winning Conference USA's West Division.

The defending C-USA champion Cougars (7-4, 6-2) could wrap up the division title if Rice beats Tulsa next Saturday. Houston finishes with a non-conference game against Texas Southern next week.

Marshall (2-9, 2-5) had won two of its previous three games.

Leading 10-7 at the half, the Cougars had an 18-point spurt on their first three possessions of the second half to take a 28-14 lead with 10:50 left.

T.J. Lawrence kicked a 24-yard field goal, Keenum hit Alridge with a 26-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, and then Keenum kept it himself for a 1-yard score and ran in the 2-point conversion early in the fourth quarter for a 28-14 lead.

Marshall got a 13-yard touchdown from Chubb Small in the third quarter and cut Houston's lead to 28-21 on a 1-yard run by Darius Marshall.

After Keenum hit tight end Mark Hafner with a 62-yard touchdown, Marshall drove for a 1-yard touchdown by Kelvin Turner with 2:51 to play.

Keenum completed 24 of 32 passes for 298 yards with an interception. He rushed eight times for 44 yards.

Hafner had six receptions for 128 yards, and Alridge finished with 103 yards on 25 carries.

Houston's halftime lead came on a 32-yard field goal by Lawrence in the first quarter and 3-yard run by Alridge, capping a 70-yard second-quarter drive.

Herd defensive tackle Byron Tinker tipped a pass by Keenum, and it was intercepted by Ryland Wilson at the Marshall 44 late in the first quarter.

Marshall capitalized when Bernard Morris threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Emmanuel Spann on third down. Morris hit 20 of 32 passes for 260 yards and was sacked three times.