Houston 42, East Carolina 3
Associated Press
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Clayton Tune completed 32 of 44 passes for 435 yards and four touchdowns - two to Matthew Golden - and Houston scored the first 28 points as the Cougars beat East Carolina 42-3.
Nathaniel Dell caught nine passes for 176 yards and his 12-yard touchdown reception opened the scoring less than 5 minutes into the game. Tune hit Christian Trahan for a 9-yard TD in the second quarter and Brandon Campbell's 5-yard touchdown run - which capped a nine-play, 92-yard drive - gave Houston (6-4, 4-2 American Athletic Conference) a 21-0 halftime lead.
Golden, who finished with eight receptions for 127 yards, caught two 26-yard touchdown throws from Tune in the third quarter. Later, a 14-play, 73-yard drive that took nearly 8 minutes off the clock culminated when Ta'Zhawn Henry scored on a 3-yard run that made it 42-3 with 6:11 to play.
Keaton Mitchell had 129 yards rushing on 14 carries for East Carolina (6-4, 3-3).
November 19, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Hou | ECU |
| Hou |
TD |
10:23 |
Nathaniel Dell 12 yd pass from Clayton Tune (Kyle Ramsey kick) |
7 |
0 |
| Second Quarter |
Hou | ECU |
| Hou |
TD |
9:24 |
Christian Trahan 9 yd pass from Clayton Tune (Kyle Ramsey kick) |
14 |
0 |
| Hou |
TD |
5:55 |
Brandon Campbell 5 yd run (Kyle Ramsey kick) |
21 |
0 |
| Third Quarter |
Hou | ECU |
| Hou |
TD |
11:50 |
Matthew Golden 26 yd pass from Clayton Tune (Kyle Ramsey kick) |
28 |
0 |
| ECU |
FG |
7:38 |
Andrew Conrad 21 yd FG |
28 |
3 |
| Hou |
TD |
4:45 |
Matthew Golden 26 yd pass from Clayton Tune (Kyle Ramsey kick) |
35 |
3 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Hou | ECU |
| Hou |
TD |
6:11 |
Ta'Zhawn Henry 3 yd run (Kyle Ramsey kick) |
42 |
3 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Houston |
East Carolina |
| First downs |
27 |
13 |
| Rushing |
5 |
5 |
| Passing |
22 |
6 |
| Penalty |
0 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
6-12, 50% |
3-14, 21% |
| 4th down efficiency |
2-2, 100% |
0-4, 0% |
| Rushes-Yards |
24-80 |
22-118 |
| Passing Yards |
435 |
197 |
| Return Yards |
40 |
61 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
32-44-1 |
17-35-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
0-0 |
2--11 |
| Punts |
3 |
6 |
| Punts-Average |
50.7 |
42.2 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
2-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
7-65 |
0-0 |
| Time of Possession |
30:34 |
29:18 |
| Houston Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Tune |
32 |
44 |
435 |
4 |
1 |
| East Carolina Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| H. Ahlers |
15 |
30 |
182 |
0 |
0 |
| M. Garcia |
2 |
5 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
| Houston Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Tune |
6 |
43 |
7.2 |
0 |
| T. Henry |
11 |
20 |
1.8 |
1 |
| B. Campbell |
2 |
17 |
8.5 |
1 |
| L. Coley |
2 |
3 |
1.5 |
0 |
| K. Walker |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| East Carolina Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| K. Mitchell |
14 |
128 |
9.1 |
0 |
| M. Garcia |
3 |
3 |
1.0 |
0 |
| M. Gunn Jr. |
3 |
-2 |
-0.7 |
0 |
| H. Ahlers |
2 |
-11 |
-5.5 |
0 |
| Houston Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| N. Dell |
9 |
176 |
19.6 |
1 |
| M. Golden |
8 |
127 |
15.9 |
2 |
| T. Henry |
4 |
56 |
14.0 |
0 |
| C. Trahan |
6 |
48 |
8.0 |
1 |
| K. Carter |
2 |
31 |
15.5 |
0 |
| M. Byrnes |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| K. Walker |
1 |
-2 |
-2.0 |
0 |
| P. Sawyer |
1 |
-4 |
-4.0 |
0 |
| East Carolina Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Hatfield |
2 |
68 |
34.0 |
0 |
| C. Johnson |
3 |
48 |
16.0 |
0 |
| I. Winstead |
3 |
21 |
7.0 |
0 |
| R. Jones |
2 |
19 |
9.5 |
0 |
| J. Johnson |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
0 |
| K. King |
1 |
11 |
11.0 |
0 |
| K. Mitchell |
2 |
8 |
4.0 |
0 |
| M. Gunn Jr. |
2 |
6 |
3.0 |
0 |
| S. Calhoun |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| Houston Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| East Carolina Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| J. Powell |
1 |
2 |
| Houston Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| L. Wilkins |
3 |
152 |
50.7 |
| East Carolina Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| L. Larsen |
6 |
253 |
42.2 |
| Houston Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| P. Sawyer |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
| East Carolina Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Houston Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Rogers |
1 |
38 |
38.0 |
| East Carolina Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Hatfield |
3 |
59 |
19.7 |
| Houston Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| East Carolina Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
