Keenum, Houston rebound vs. Mississippi State

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• Keenum's 4 TDs Leads Houston Over MSU

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	31	26
Total Yards	553	490
Passing	434	160
Rushing	119	330
Penalties	2-32	8-60
3rd Down Conversions	6-12	6-12
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-0
Turnovers	2	4
Possession	27:10	32:50

Air/Ground Leaders
Houston Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Keenum 39/52 434 4 2	Mississippi State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Lee 15/23 160 0 2 Team 0/2 0 0 0
Houston Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Beall 15 94 0 15 Sims 3 16 0 10	Mississippi State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Dixon 21 134 2 50 Ducre 9 87 0 22
Houston Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Cleveland 11 131 2 36 Carrier 7 83 2 18	Mississippi State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Bumphis 3 43 0 23 Green 4 37 0 14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				HOU	MSST
	TD	05:07	Charles Mitchell 71 Yd Interception Return (Derek Depasquale Kick)	0	7
	TD	02:38	James Cleveland 5 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER				HOU	MSST
	TD	09:30	Anthony Dixon 50 Yd Run (Derek Depasquale Kick)	7	14
	TD	08:03	Tyron Carrier 16 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	14	14
	FG	03:30	Derek DePasquale 34 Yd	14	17
THIRD QUARTER				HOU	MSST
	FG	06:39	Ben Bell 23 Yd	17	17
FOURTH QUARTER				HOU	MSST
	TD	06:23	James Cleveland 3 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Ben Bell Kick)	24	17
	TD	04:14	Tyron Carrier 18 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Ben Bell Kick)	31	17
	TD	01:22	Anthony Dixon 1 Yd Run (Derek Depasquale Kick)	31	24

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Case Keenum threw four touchdown passes, two to James Cleveland and two to Tyron Carrier, as Houston rebounded to beat Mississippi State 31-24 on Saturday.

Houston (4-1), coming off a loss to Texas-El Paso that knocked the Cougars from their first Top 25 ranking in 18 years, overcame a slow start.

The Bulldogs (2-4) intercepted Keenum twice -- one that Charles Mitchell returned 71 yards for a touchdown -- and sacked him once.

Still, Keenum completed 39 of 52 attempts for 434 yards.

The Cougars had 553 yards in total offense but were tied 17-17 going into the fourth quarter.

Keenum capped a 78-yard drive with a 3-yard scoring pass to Cleveland to put Houston ahead 24-17.

The Bulldogs came right back and appeared to tie the score when Anthony Dixon leapt into the end zone with 4:57 left. But a holding penalty nullified the TD and a fumble by Tyson Lee gave the ball back to Houston.

Less than a minute later, Keenum found Carrier from 18 yards out and the Cougars were up 31-17.

Dixon had 134 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. He had a 50-yard TD run in the second quarter, much of it draped with Houston defenders, to put Mississippi State up 14-7.