HOUSTON (AP) - Charles Sims set a career high with 210 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns, leading Houston to a 44-21 victory over North Texas on Saturday night.
Sims opened the scoring with a 5-yard run to cap the first drive of the game, then took a screen pass from David Piland 27 yards for another touchdown just before halftime. That put the Cougars (2-3) ahead 31-14.
Sims' previous career high was 207 yards rushing in last season's 73-17 victory over Tulane.
Piland, who was 31 of 41 for 321 yards, also connected with Dewayne Peace on a 16-yard score and added a rushing touchdown, as did Kenneth Farrow. Matt Hogan made all three of his field-goal attempts, including a 50-yarder, as Houston improved to 7-7 against the Mean Green (2-4).
Brandin Byrd led North Texas with 96 yards rushing, and Jeremy Brown, Antoinne Jimmerson and quarterback Derek Thompson ran for scores.
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| Scoring Summary |
| HOU | Charles Sims 5 yd run (Matt Hogan kick) |
| HOU | DeWayne Peace 16 yd pass from David Piland (Matt Hogan kick) |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 21 yd FG |
| NTEXAS | Antoinne Jimmerson 1 yd run (Zach Olen kick) |
| HOU | Kenneth Farrow 48 yd run (Matt Hogan kick) |
| NTEXAS | Jeremy Brown 48 yd run (Zach Olen kick) |
| HOU | Charles Sims 27 yd pass from David Piland (Matt Hogan kick) |
| NTEXAS | Derek Thompson 7 yd run (Zach Olen kick) |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 50 yd FG |
| HOU | David Piland 5 yd run (Matt Hogan kick) |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 23 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| NTEXAS | HOU | |
| First Downs | 25 | 35 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 5-14 | 4-10 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 78-483 | 79-623 |
| Rushes-Yds | 40-231 | 37-302 |
| Passing Yds | 252 | 321 |
| Kick Return Yds | 91 | 33 |
| Punt Return Yds | 0 | 0 |
| Passes | 20-38-2 | 31-42-0 |
| Punts | 5-213 | 2-89 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 7-87 | 4-30 |
| Time of Poss. | 34:28 | 25:32 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| NTEXAS: Brandin Byrd 19-96, Jeremy Brown 7-80, Antoinne Jimmerson 9-37, Derek Thompson 3-9, Brelan Chancellor 2-9 |
| HOU: Charles Sims 21-210, Kenneth Farrow 8-85, David Piland 2-13, Ryan Jackson 3--1, Team 2--2, Ronnie Williams 1--3 |
| PASSING |
| NTEXAS: Derek Thompson 20-38-252-2 |
| HOU: David Piland 31-41-321-0, Charles Sims 0-1-0-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| NTEXAS: Ivan Delgado 4-85, Brelan Chancellor 4-44, Derrick Teegarden 3-30, Darnell Smith 2-28, Drew Miller 2-12, Jeremy Brown 1-36, Antoinne Jimmerson 1-10, Tanner Smith 1-4, Brandin Byrd 1-3, Carlos Harris 1-0 |
| HOU: DeWayne Peace 9-83, Deontay Greenberry 6-71, Charles Sims 5-55, Shane Ros 4-61, Daniel Spencer 4-32, Xavier Maxwell 1-8, Marcus Williams 1-8, Kenneth Farrow 1-3 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| North Texas | 6th Sun Belt | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Houston | 3rd Conference USA West | 4-4 | 5-7 |
