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Northwestern State at Houston

Houston 55, Northwestern St. 7


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HOUSTON (AP) -Case Keenum completed 23 of his 30 passes for 359 yards as Houston defeated Northwestern State 55-7 Saturday.

Keenum threw touchdowns to four different receivers and ran for another score as the Cougars (1-0) won the first meeting between the teams and improved to 32-30-2 in home openers.

Freshman Charles Sims caught six passes for a game-high 128 yards and scored his first career touchdown. Bryce Beall carried the ball nine times for a team-high 58 yards as the Cougars spoiled Bradley Dale Peveto's first game at the helm of the Demons.

The Cougars scored touchdowns on their first four possessions and led 28-0 with 2:30 left in the first quarter.

John Hundley completed 22 of 35 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown for Northwestern State.

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Scoring Summary
HOUCharles Sims 23 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick)
HOUBryce Beall 17 yd run (Jordan Mannisto kick)
HOUL.J. Castile 22 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick)
HOUCharles Sims 1 yd run (Jordan Mannisto kick)
HOUBryce Beall 15 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick)
NWSTJustin Aldredge 1 yd pass from John Hundley (John Shaughnessy kick)
HOUCase Keenum 7 yd run (blocked XP)
HOUChaz Rodriguez 8 yd pass from Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto kick)
HOURonnie Williams 7 yd pass from Cotton Turner (Matt Hogan kick)
 
Team Stats
 NWSTHOU
First Downs1930
Third Down Efficiency6-176-10
Fourth Down Efficiency2-20-0
Plays-Net Yards76-26371-538
Rushes-Yds40-15727-91
Passing Yds106447
Kick Return Yds14041
Punt Return Yds00
Passes22-36-032-44-0
Punts8-3004-164
Fumbles-Lost3-31-1
Penalties-Yds8-671-6
Time of Poss.36:2823:32
 
Individual Stats
RUSHING
NWST: William Griffin 10-63, Paul Harris 9-54, John Hundley 10-21, Quentin Castille 8-12, Phillip Harvey 1-6, Sidney Riley 2-1
HOU: Bryce Beall 9-58, Chris Wilson 8-35, Cotton Turner 2-9, Charles Sims 3-2, Tyron Carrier 1-2, Case Keenum 2-0, Team 1--4, Austin Elrod 1--11
PASSING
NWST: John Hundley 22-35-106-0, Paul Harris 0-1-0-0
HOU: Case Keenum 23-30-359-0, Cotton Turner 9-14-88-0
RECEIVING
NWST: Darius Duffy 5-39, Justin Aldredge 4-7, Thomas Jackson 3-0, Jasper Edwards 2-14, Quinten Goodie 2-11, Bradley Brown 2-10, Adrian Reese 1-11, Jeremy Jefferson 1-6, Quentin Castille 1-4, Wade Williams 1-4
HOU: Charles Sims 6-128, Patrick Edwards 4-52, Demetrius Woods 3-30, Tyron Carrier 3-24, A.J. Dugat 2-42, Chris Wilson 2-35, Bryce Beall 2-35, Chaz Rodriguez 2-31, L.J. Castile 2-26, James Cleveland 2-18, E.J. Smith 1-8, Justin Johnson 1-7, Ronnie Williams 1-7, Marcus Williams 1-4