Houston 44, SMU 38

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	30	26
Total Yards	535	413
Passing	404	365
Rushing	131	48
Penalties	8-89	11-90
3rd Down Conversions	6-11	6-11
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-0
Turnovers	2	3
Possession	29:05	30:55

Air/Ground Leaders
Houston Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Keenum 28/36 404 2 1 Joseph 0/1 0 0 0	Southern Methodist Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Mitchell 29/39 365 4 2 Team 0/1 0 0 0
Houston Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Beall 22 105 3 11 Kohn 6 19 0 7	Southern Methodist Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McKinney 8 41 0 11 Martin 2 5 0 5
Houston Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Hafner 10 160 0 43 Edwards 4 92 1 43	Southern Methodist Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Robinson 8 186 2 70 Sanders 8 79 2 17

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				HOU	SMU
	TD	11:10	Emmanuel Sanders 17 Yd Pass From Bo Levi Mitchell (Thomas Morstead Kick)	0	7
	TD	01:52	Bo Levi Mitchell 4 Yd Run (Thomas Morstead Kick)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER				HOU	SMU
	TD	14:05	Patrick Edwards 29 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Ben Bell Kick)	7	14
	TD	08:35	Emmanuel Sanders 10 Yd Pass From Bo Levi Mitchell (Thomas Morstead Kick)	7	21
	TD	02:17	Bryce Beall 5 Yd Run (Ben Bell Kick)	14	21
THIRD QUARTER				HOU	SMU
	FG	11:30	Ben Bell 23 Yd	17	21
	TD	04:17	Aldrick Robinson 9 Yd Pass From Bo Levi Mitchell (Thomas Morstead Kick)	17	28
	TD	01:56	Bryce Beall 3 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	23	28
	TD	00:00	Aldrick Robinson 70 Yd Pass From Bo Levi Mitchell (Thomas Morstead Kick)	23	35
FOURTH QUARTER				HOU	SMU
	TD	09:23	Case Keenum 9 Yd Run (Ben Bell Kick)	30	35
	FG	04:55	Thomas Morstead 23 Yd	30	38
	TD	02:34	Bryce Beall 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	36	38
	TD	00:24	Tyron Carrier 26 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Case Keenum Pass To Mark Hafner For Two-Point Conversion)	44	38

DALLAS -- Case Keenum threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Tyron Carrier with 24 seconds left as Houston rallied for its third straight win, beating SMU 44-38 on Saturday night.

Houston (4-3, 3-0 Conference USA) trailed 35-23 heading into the fourth quarter before Keenum, who surpassed 300 yards passing for the eighth straight game, engineered the comeback.

Trailing 38-36, the Cougars got the ball at their own 15 with 1:58 left.

Keenum, who completed 28 of 36 passes for 404 yards, was 5-of-6 on an eight-play drive. He capped it with his TD pass to Carrier, who made a nice over-the-shoulder catch in the end zone.

SMU (1-7, 0-5) has lost 14 straight conference games and 17 in a row to FBS teams. The Mustangs' only win this season was against FCS school Texas State.

Bo Levi Mitchell was 29-of-39 for 365 yards and four touchdowns, and Aldrick Robinson had 186 yards receiving and two touchdowns for the Mustangs.

Bryce Beall rushed for 105 yards and three touchdowns and Mark Hafner had 160 yards receiving for the Cougars, who are 3-0 in league play for the first time since 1990.

Keenum's 9-yard touchdown run brought the Cougars within 35-30 early in the fourth.

After an SMU field goal, Beall scored on a 1-yard run but Houston's two-point conversion attempt to tie the game failed. The Mustangs were forced to punt on their next possession, setting up the Cougars' game-winning drive.

Mitchell's desperation pass from near midfield on the final play of the game was intercepted.

The Mustangs last won a conference game on Nov. 18, 2006.

SMU jumped out to a 21-7 lead thanks to Mitchell's first TD run of the season and two scoring passes to Emmanuel Sanders, who set the SMU school record with 26 touchdown receptions.

The Cougars crept within 21-17 early in the third. Mitchell tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Robinson, including a 70-yarder on the final play of the third quarter to extend SMU's lead to 35-23.