Texas Tech Survives Houston 28-26 After Falling Behind 10-0
Houston scored with 49 seconds left to get within two, and then missed the two-point try that would have tied it at 28-28. That is the game. Texas Tech, down 10-0 early, hung on 28-26 and is 3-0.
Texas Tech's hole was 10 points, and it climbed out of it before halftime. Houston got a 31-yard field goal and an 11-yard touchdown pass from Conner Weigman to Amare Thomas, and then Kenny Johnson caught a 35-yarder from Will Hammond early in the second quarter. Thomas Castellanos ran in from 3 yards to put Texas Tech up 14-10, Houston answered with a 46-yard touchdown pass to Koby Young with 1:11 left in the half to lead 17-14, and J'Koby Williams went 29 yards early in the third quarter to flip it again. Three lead changes, and Texas Tech had the last real one.
Cameron Dickey's 1-yard run at 7:36 of the fourth made it 28-20. Houston's only points in between were a 28-yard field goal at 5:31 of the third, and its last touchdown did not come until the final minute. The yardage was Houston's: 460 to 428, with 178 rushing yards and 282 passing and no interceptions. Texas Tech threw two picks and still won, because Houston lost a fumble and spent most of the second half chasing. Convert the two-pointer and it is 28-28.
For fantasy, Weigman's 34.9 points led everyone, and he did it with three touchdown throws and 56 yards on 13 carries. Johnson's 113 yards on four catches (21.3) and Patrick Overmyer's eight catches and final-minute touchdown (21.2) were nearly even for second.