Houston defeats Texas Southern 70-14

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Texas Southern Tigers Football team dropped a 70-14 decision to the University of Houston Cougars in a game that marked only the second meeting between the two institutions.

UH took a 49-0 lead at the 12:38 mark of the third quarter before the Tigers put their first points on the board with a 1-yard Terio Brown touchdown. Brown's score was setup by a 44-yard touchdown reception from Tariq Buchanan which got TSU inside the Cougars' red zone.

Houston would subsequently add two more scores before the Tigers got a spark off the bench when quarterback Jay Christophe entered the game and connected on a 95-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Hartzog which brought the score to 63-14 after a successful Aaron Cuevas' extra point.

The 95-yard completion for a score tied a record for the longest touchdown reception allowed by UH in school history dating back over 25 years (1991). Hartzog led all receivers in the contest tallying a total of 173 yards on nine receptions and one touchdown.



Houston would add another score with under five minutes remaining bringing the score to 70-14 which would be the final score of the contest.

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For the game the Tigers amassed 338 yards of total offense (60 R, 278 P) while Houston racked up 671 yards (285 R, 386 P).

Defensively Texas Southern was led by Sean Jones who tallied 10 stops on the nights including six solo tackles.

The Tigers will get set to enter a bye week before returning to home to face Alabama A&M on Oct. 6 at BBVA Compass Stadium.

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