Houston Pulls Away from Oregon State 33-20
Amare Thomas finished 0.1 Promethium points ahead of his own quarterback, 27.3 to 27.2, which is the sort of tie nobody has to settle. Houston beat Oregon State 33-20.
Thomas started it with a 31-yard touchdown catch from Conner Weigman with 8:13 left in the first quarter (the extra point failed, so 6-0). Braden Atkinson ran in from three yards for Oregon State and a 7-6 lead, the only one of the day, and it lasted about two minutes. Jonathan Dimas kicked a 42-yard field goal for 9-7 and Houston did not trail again. Re'Shaun Sanford II broke a 56-yard run in the second quarter, Dimas added a 32-yarder with 35 seconds left in the half, and Houston led 19-7 at the break.
Makhi Hughes scored from a yard out in the third quarter for 26-7. Then Oregon State made a game of it. Jesse Legree caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Atkinson with 44 seconds left in the third (the two-point try failed, 26-13), and AJ Newberry ran in from four yards with 9:02 left in the fourth to make it 26-20. Weigman answered with a one-yard run with 5:01 to play, and that was the ballgame at 33-20.
Houston had 305 passing yards and 231 rushing yards on 40 rushing attempts, 536 in all. It also gave the ball away twice, an interception and a lost fumble. Oregon State had 376 passing yards but just 26 rushing yards on 25 carries, 402 total, and no turnovers. Weigman went 20 of 30 for 305 yards.
Houston is 1-0, Oregon State 0-1. Legree had a big day in defeat, 136 receiving yards on five catches, 24.6 points, and was the only Beaver in the top three.