Houston Cougars vs Air Force Falcons - December 31, 2008 - College Football

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	Houston Cougars

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2ND

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-4.0

	Air Force Falcons

+4.0

Wednesday, December 31, 2008
12:00PM ET

Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth, TX
Attendance: 41,127

	Boxscore		Recap		Spread		Photos

Stat
Points	34	28
Plays	65	85
Net Yards	415	352
Yards Avg	6.4	4.1
1st Downs	20	21
1st Downs-Rushing	9	15
1st Downs-Passing	10	6
1st Downs-Penalties	1	0
3rd Downs Made	7	11
3rd Downs Att.	13	22
3rd Down Pct	54.0	50.0
4th Downs Made	0	2
4th Downs Att.	0	4
4th Down Pct		50.0
Carries	32	67
Rushing Yards	163	243
Rushing Yards Avg	5.1	3.6
Completions	22	8
Passing Att.	33	18
INTs	1	0
Passing Net Yards	252	109
Passing Yards Avg	7.6	6.1
Sacked	1	2
Sack Yds Lost	-9	-14
Punts	4	3
Punt Yards	177	131
Punt Yards Avg	44.3	43.7
Punt Return Att.	1	1
Punt Return Yds	34	1
Kick Return Att.	5	6
Kick Return Yds	75	118
Penalties	4	3
Penalty Yards	25	11
Fumbles	2	2
Fumbles Lost	2	2

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1ST QUARTER			Plays/Yds	Scoring Play
	TD	13:27	4/25	B. Beall 1 yard run (J. Mannisto PAT)	7	0
	TD	11:27	6/77	J. Tew 2 yard run (R. Harrison PAT)	7	7
	TD	8:09	8/65	C. Keenum 1 yard run (J. Mannisto PAT)	14	7
	FG	0:04	7/8	J. Mannisto kicked a 22-yard field goal	17	7
2ND QUARTER
	TD	9:52	12/76	T. Jefferson 5 yard run (R. Harrison PAT)	17	14
	FG	2:28	9/27	R. Harrison kicked a 44-yard field goal	17	17
3RD QUARTER
	TD	12:27	7/69	C. Keenum 4 yard run (J. Mannisto PAT)	24	17
	FG	3:51	18/51	R. Harrison kicked a 37-yard field goal	24	20
4TH QUARTER
	TD	10:58	3/42	A. Kohn 13 yard pass from C. Keenum (J. Mannisto PAT)	31	20
	TD	6:05	6/30	J. Tew 2 yard run (T. Jefferson 2-Pt run)	31	28
	FG	3:24	9/55	J. Mannisto kicked a 37-yard field goal	34	28

Houston Passing
Player	Rating	C	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int
Case Keenum	134.8	22	33	252	0.667	40	1	1

Air Force Passing
Player	Rating	C	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int
Tim Jefferson	108.8	7	14	98	0.5	46	0	0
Shea Smith	48.1	1	4	11	0.25	11	0	0

Houston Rushing
Player	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Bryce Beall	22	135	6.1	24	1
Tyron Carrier	3	26	8.7	21	0
Andre Kohn	3	7	2.3	4	0
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Case Keenum	3	-4	-1.3	4	2

Air Force Rushing
Player	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Jared Tew	27	149	5.5	35	2
Asher Clark	16	57	3.6	26	0
Tim Jefferson	14	14	1.0	5	1
Kyle Lumpkin	6	12	2.0	4	0
Spencer Armstrong	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ryan Southworth	1	8	8.0	8	0
Kyle Halderman	2	-7	-3.5	0	0

Houston Receiving
Player	Rec	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Bryce Beall	4	92	23.0	40	0
Tyron Carrier	5	49	9.8	24	0
Andre Kohn	3	32	10.7	20	1
Chaz Rodriguez	5	19	3.8	8	0
E.J. Smith	2	25	12.5	18	0
L.J. Castile	2	20	10.0	15	0
Mark Hafner	1	15	15.0	15	0

Air Force Receiving
Player	Rec	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Spencer Armstrong	2	60	30.0	46	0
Kyle Halderman	1	10	10.0	10	0
Josh Cousins	2	12	6.0	6	0
Keith Madsen	1	14	14.0	14	0
Ty Paffett	1	11	11.0	11	0
Travis Dekker	1	2	2.0	2	0

Houston Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards	TD

Air Force Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards	TD
Aaron Kirchoff	1	19	0

Houston Kick Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Tyron Carrier	3	62	18	0
Mark Hafner	1	8	8	0
Kierrie Johnson	1	5	5	0

Air Force Kick Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Reggie Rembert	4	88	24	0
Spencer Armstrong	1	21	21	0
Asher Clark	1	9	9	0

Houston Punt Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Tyron Carrier	1	34	34	0

Air Force Punt Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Reggie Rembert	1	1	1	0

Houston Kicking
Player	FG Att	FG Made	Lng	FG Blocked	XP Att	XP Made	XP Blocked
Jordan Mannisto	2	2	37	0	4	4	0

Air Force Kicking
Player	FG Att	FG Made	Lng	FG Blocked	XP Att	XP Made	XP Blocked
Ryan Harrison	4	2	44	0	2	2	0

Houston Punts
Player	Punts	Yards	Long
Chase Turner	4	177	60

Air Force Punts
Player	Punts	Yards	Long
Ryan Harrison	3	131	51