GAMEDAY College Football

South Florida 42, Howard 20

Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. - Brian Battie ran for 105 yards and had one of South Florida's six rushing touchdowns in a 42-20 victory over FCS-member Howard.

Michel Dukes (two touchdowns), Jaren Mangham (two touchdowns) and K'Wan Powell also scored on the ground for the Bulls (1-1). Battie's touchdown was a 60-yard run.

Gerry Robinson completed 17 of 28 passes for 219 yards with one interception for South Florida.

Jarett Hunter, Ian Wheeler and Kasey Hawthorne scored rushing touchdowns for the Bison. Hunter led with 81 yards on 12 carries.

Quinton Williams was 28-of-37 passing for 250 yards for Howard.

Hunter's 28-yard TD run drew Howard within 21-14 late in the third quarter but South Florida scored on its next three possessions to take a 42-14 lead midway through the fourth.

All nine touchdowns in the game came on the ground and there were no field goals.

Scoring Summary
First Quarter				Howard	USF
Howard	TD	4:41	Kasey Hawthorne 18 yd run (Aaron Bickerton kick)	7	0
Second Quarter				Howard	USF
USF	TD	11:16	Jaren Mangham 2 yd run (Spencer Shrader kick)	7	7
USF	TD	2:10	Michel Dukes 7 yd run (Spencer Shrader kick)	7	14
Third Quarter				Howard	USF
USF	TD	7:14	Jaren Mangham 1 yd run (Spencer Shrader kick)	7	21
Howard	TD	2:37	Jarett Hunter 28 yd run (Aaron Bickerton kick)	14	21
USF	TD	0:33	Michel Dukes 28 yd run (Spencer Shrader kick)	14	28
Fourth Quarter				Howard	USF
USF	TD	11:37	Brian Battie 60 yd run (Spencer Shrader kick)	14	35
USF	TD	8:05	K'Wan Powell 1 yd run (Spencer Shrader kick)	14	42
Howard	TD	4:24	Ian Wheeler 3 yd run (failed 2pt pass)	20	42

Team Stats
	Howard	South Florida
First downs	24	20
Rushing	8	6
Passing	14	11
Penalty	2	3
3rd Down Efficiency	9-17, 53%	2-8, 25%
4th down efficiency	0-2, 0%	1-1, 100%
Rushes-Yards	40-168	27-205
Passing Yards	250	219
Return Yards	2	97
Completions-Attempts-Int	28-37-1	17-28-1
Sacks-Yards Lost	3--17	0-0
Punts	3	3
Punts-Average	39	41.7
Fumbles Lost	2-2	0-0
Penalties - Yards	5-43	3-40
Time of Possession	38:56	21:04

Howard Passing
Player	Cmp	Att	Yds	TDs	Int
Q. Williams	28	37	250	0	1

South Florida Passing
Player	Cmp	Att	Yds	TDs	Int
G. Bohanon	17	28	219	0	1

Howard Rushing
Player	Carries	Yds	Avg	TDs
J. Hunter	12	81	6.8	1
I. Wheeler	10	70	7.0	1
K. Hawthorne	5	25	5.0	1
Q. Williams	9	14	1.6	0
E. James	3	-6	-2.0	0
A. Murray	1	-16	-16.0	0

South Florida Rushing
Player	Carries	Yds	Avg	TDs
B. Battie	7	105	15.0	1
M. Dukes	3	34	11.3	2
J. Mangham	7	28	4.0	2
M. Hamilton	3	13	4.3	0
J. Albritton	2	9	4.5	0
G. Bohanon	2	9	4.5	0
Y. Young	1	4	4.0	0
K. Powell	2	3	1.5	1

Howard Receiving
Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TDs
A. Murray	5	50	10.0	0
I. Wheeler	5	45	9.0	0
R. Ilarraza	5	45	9.0	0
M. McDonald	3	42	14.0	0
J. Hunter	4	31	7.8	0
B. Smith	1	15	15.0	0
K. Hawthorne	3	13	4.3	0
C. Carter	1	10	10.0	0
N. Hezekiah	1	-1	-1.0	0

South Florida Receiving
Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TDs
X. Weaver	7	57	8.1	0
J. Horn Jr.	2	52	26.0	0
O. Dollison	1	39	39.0	0
G. Greenwald	2	25	12.5	0
K. Brown	1	19	19.0	0
J. Mangham	1	10	10.0	0
S. Atkins	1	8	8.0	0
C. Carter	1	6	6.0	0
M. Dukes	1	3	3.0	0

Howard Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards
R. Jones III	1	2

South Florida Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards
J. Curry	1	0

Howard Punting
Player	Punts	Yards	Avg
P. Richards	3	117	39.0

South Florida Punting
Player	Punts	Yards	Avg
A. Stokes	3	125	41.7

Howard Punt Returns
Player	Ret	Yards	Average

South Florida Punt Returns
Player	Ret	Yards	Average
X. Weaver	1	8	8.0
S. Atkins	1	6	6.0

Howard Kick Returns
Player	Ret	Yards	Average

South Florida Kick Returns
Player	Ret	Yards	Average
B. Battie	2	20	10.0
J. Horn Jr.	1	32	32.0
M. Dukes	1	31	31.0

Howard Missed FG
Player	Length
A. Bickerton	50

South Florida Missed FG
Player	Length
S. Shrader	54