A High Scoring Night in Houston! (#19 SMU Vs. Houston, October, 2021)

[Music] features the programs with the best records in the Lone Star State it's 6-1 Houston versus 7 and0 SMU this is ESPN college football Prime Time hasn't been explosive but he say we make those Garden variety type plays and we do those consistently that's how they got to a third and manageable on this opening possession on Third and one the true freshman Alton mccal bangs away up to the 34 first down cougar on this down is Houston they typically face eight yards or more on this down over the season ton middle of the field this time it's caught and it's Singleton making up for the drop and then some in the red zone and down to the 11 yd line armanii Johnson finally brought him down but this a third and six they can get a first down if they get it inside the one back corner is open to Dell touchdown back to the corner The End Zone again comes down with the ton Henry the transfer from Texas Tech will come in on a second and two fake to him ton wants to throw the Deep ball he's got a man down there Dell again field and for another c three of three are the Cougars on third down here comes the pressure ton gets rid of it make it four for four past the 20 up to the 27 yd line again it's Jeremy Singleton previous Seasons established early in this game tun wants to throw the Deep ball again diving for it is kwn Carter and he got it inside the 45 yd line maintain control of the ball all the way through the ground you see it almost had it propped up against his face mask initially but I don't see it making contact with the turf Dana hogerson has been intentional and the execution has been there Total Domination by the cougar offense so far and another strike this time goes to the tight end Christian Tran he's inside the 35 for 12 more to the field and Alyssa at the assistant and coordinator level and this program was a little bit scarred by that what is he dial up on Third and 11 tune facing heavy pressure he gets out he's short of the first down but he's out of bounds near the 33 Richard Moore that's a long one here for Dalton Withers spoon for 50 yards as long of the season is 48 his career long at Houston's 53 and he draws that one right through there drops coming into this game that's fantastic considering the amount of passes they throw in this offense morai on a slant and at the 39 yd line it appears Danny Gray held on to it with Marcus Jones all over him first down he caught that tip ball Hail Mary against Louisiana Tech to stun Louisiana Tech and win the game Bentley in space inside the 45 staying out of those obvious passing Downs first quarter Running Out of [Applause] Time morai wants it all has a man down there and got him t touchdown Jordan Curley Jord Cur healthy here tonight underneath little tight end pass nice job going down the field by tryan to stay on his feet up to the 44 yd line DB's trying to bring him to the ground he only had 23 career catches before this season already he has more than that this year now ton has a man open again coming back to the ball is Dell and he's stopped at the four yd line presenting preventing the touchdown is Bryce McMorris but Dell running free all night stench Bry mcris it's the play action pass that's eating them up in that secondary and Dell who we knew had the type of speed to get behind your run heavy play action on first and then take a shot downfield that's a third of 40 plus 52 yards on that one ton just goes down back at the 11 swallowed up by Richard Moore the Texas A&M transfer of the screen here's trean ton under pressure and it's almost picked off it was deflected attemp for Dalton Witherspoon from 23 yds away and he gives the Cougars three more points you got to give Bryce MCM Morris I guess I mean with a one loss and especially if that one loss comes to a team with a one loss two straight no gains this one a dangerous pass somehow the interception was missed by Armani Johnson earlier possession and then that time a near pick and going for it here on fourth down M car in the back field he gets the football and he bangs into Mustangs he fumbles the ball and that is well shy of the first down on his tune recovered it but Houston who was nine of 11 on Fourth Downs this season just met one of the best defenses in the country on fourth down pretty bold call right there at Midfield and that ball popped out right now I don't think Carr was going to get the conversion anyway look at him challenging his offensive front you can't pick up a yard morai pumps he wants to throw it out of the back field and it's sigers running free no one in front of him touchdown the defense gets off the field on fourth down and the Mustang offense makes some pay one play later ton flushed out again against his body completes it to the 35 yd line and that's enough to kesan Carter the ball looked like it came loose there at the end here's a [Applause] look protection held up pretty good ton ends up flushing out of there I think the pocket looked pretty strong at that point regardless throws on target to Carter certainly came out there but got it back and it's enough to move the chains for the Cougars up to the 35 we going to take another look at it they came up right now and Chase is under further review for a fumble yeah number 18 Chase kardi comes in there watch his left hand looks like he gets his hand right on this football tough to see from that angle it certainly came out but was he down before it came out and then who ended up with the football this will give us a better look it looks like it's coming out did Isaac Slade Mata end up with it there's a skirmish there for it I think the other question here stench is can they see if there was a clear recovery by Slade Mata team comes in well if you keep rolling this you'll see that eventually matautia has it right there with Henry then grabbing it away from him but Mata still has the ball there on the ground before after further review the receiver follow the ball and there is clear video evidence that the recovered the ball the SMU player recovered the ball it'll be first down for at that spot wow so you've got a fourth down you go for it not only get stuffed but the ball bounced out Clayton ton had to jump on it Dana hogerson can't believe it third down again we talk about the pressure there's an andai right here on the edge here comes the blitz morai wide open inside the 20 Robertson first down Mustangs this time two backs in the back field sigar following LaVine and he's down to the six it's going to be fourth and a yard and Marcus Jones has played one whale of a first half first out earlier what do you predict on fourth and one I don't know why you know if you had him in earlier but here comes Henry well no morai wide open TouchDown perfect job to get Rashid rice open and the Mustangs have tied it up Blake Maza to give SMU their first lead of the [Applause] game and it's blocked tie game as the cougs block the extra point with 245 to go in the half how about that it only makes sense this is supposed to be one of the most tightly contested games of the year and it has proven to be that Houston has blocked three punts this season and now they blocked an extra point as well 20 to 20 as Manny nunery gleon spr well and Shawn Lewis came in 20 to2 with 245 to go here in the first half at TD ECU Stadium with 121 yards receiving in two touchdowns ton steps into the football and it's a strike past the 35 and down near the 44 goes Dell Henry had an opportunity ran right into the back of the offensive front inside 45 seconds left tun drifting back and it's complete for a first down to the 41 yd line more yards but remember Witherspoon already connected from 51 earlier ton dumps it off underneath and it's Singleton running after the catch and they're certainly in Witherspoon territory now to the 24 yd L we do it with 19 seconds left and preserve that [Applause] timeout wide open inside the 15 and out of bounds goes Jake herow caught in his entire career at Old Dominion it's the 10th play of the drive for the cougs trying to take the lead back ton stays behind the line of scrimage incomplete just with this play [Music] call tuned to the back of the end zone and that's a flag it's there was some pushing and shoving from jari Rogers but was that a catchable football and that's what these officials are going to talk about teson Henry the intended target and that ball was well out of bounds when it first came out I don't know we're going to have enough football fi for this throw there is no foul for defensive pass interference the ball was uncatchable field goal attempt by Dalton Witherspoon to give the Cougars the lead lead at the break and he does just that wouldn't be surprised if we have another kick like that later in the game to decide it in the first half fun first half on a beautiful night in htown and coming out is Brian Massie five yds deep in his in zone and it's a good decision he's got the kicker to beat cuts it [Applause] back5 yards for Brian Massie Massie kickoff return load up right there on first down off play action second and nine this is Henry and it's a first down run pass the by the way we're in the Jim N broadcast Booth here in Houston Texas tonight lots of golfers from both of these schools Henry pass Midfield down to the 49 yd line on the ground game all rushes so far in the second half for the coups All Day stepping into the throw and it's a strike to herlo inside the 35 for 15 more Nathaniel tank Dell said you know what let's fix that here in the first half let's get some bombs going ripping up the Mustang secondary and now on a big conversion an8 yd gain and this is a first down run inside the 20 down to the 17 Jimmy Phillips they got to be more efficient in this part of the field that first down shot did not help to set up the third and 10 doto inzone got Del again his third of the night number oneel on the around 30 45 minutes in real time since morai in this Mustangs offense has been on the field second and nine across the middle completion to rice and plenty of Running Room into cougar territory they run it on Third and three and sigar runs hard right at the cougar defense to move the chains he comes out and that's Tyler LaVine standing to mory's right morai off the back foot it's caught inside the five by Danny gray sigers and LaVine both back there and sigar behind LaVine gets tripped up and Dives touchdown how about that effort from the senior from Duncanville goes back to his old duty of blocking does a pretty good job and see if Henry or if sigar rather gets that ball across I think he does it looked like he did simu was down 17 nothing at one point in this game now up four and trying to get off the field ton keeps drifting back has all day to throw and just short of the marker at the 34 is Jeremy Singleton it is going to be fourth down overload to the right with the two tight ends got to get to the 35 and cars just his momentum carried him past as Jimmy Phillips makes the tackle at the top of his drop ton against his body look at that throw it's h ow running free inside the 30 yd line ECU Stadium cougars have won six in a row on the season trying to hand SMU their first loss Clayton tun's been terrific he throws into coverage and it's incomplete he was looking for trean but here come the flags Tran and they thought about it for a second didn't they both those flags there was a beat or two before they Defense number 16 ball be placed at the two yd line automatic first down that's Trevor denbo it's that left arm that I think got him and you see Tran getting up there he had levels options had two receivers to the right side ton in zone got it back there touchdown to Carter in the end zone we'll see if the Cougars play coverage and just rush with their front four as used just one of four on third down in the second half morai with flags on the field incomplete rice there is no foul for a chop off contct was legal it's Fourth Down here's your game Mustangs must convert or it's their first loss of the Season Sunny Dy said it when I turn on film it's can r five block their four and it comes down to this you got a back back there to help in protection morai a bullet to the 35 first down stayed a few years ago it's second and 10 this could be a free play and calcatera is going to get up to the 49 yd line and they make use of it and use of that Cadence to neutralize some of the pass rush now they're going to think twice on this first step morai throwing the fade incomplete to Curley and there's the flag he had no chance at the football Cur it's Alex Hogan who never looked back flag and the flag came from the back judge not the side judge pass interference Defense number 19 15yd penalty automatic first down wow that is a huge call this ball hung up forever now watch Hogan 3 I don't see it have a 51 y for wazu a few years ago but need another first down to give him a reasonable chance morai throws down inside the 30 to the 28 and what Danny gray gets the catch Owens with the tackle this officially a 46 yd field goal try to tie the game with 35 seconds left right through there kick is good Maza ties it up with 30 seconds to go how about that how about that kid just Stripes it to go that's exactly what we've gotten now Marcus Jones may say guys if they kick it to me hold the phone and they're doing just that he's going to take it two yards deep deep look at this he had eight career kick returns for touchdowns make it nine Marcus Jones takes it [Applause] 3 a flag does come down at the end of the play and that's because every cougar has left the [Applause] bench unreal are you not entertained there've been nothing but just two teams standing in the center of the Ring seeing who's going to stand up at the end two 100 plus yard kick returns in the same game one for each team I'm shocked that SMU kicks that ball to Marcus Jones again they have not kicked away from him all night not in the punt game not in the kickoffs result of the play is a touchdown after the play unsportsman like conduct receiving team number 73 for removing his helmet the 15 yd penalty will be enforced on the kickoff could go to the sideline or take two cracks at the end zone it's got to come out quick you see him check check morai heaves it on what will be the last play of the game incomplete Houston hands SMU their first loss of the season and they're on the field at TD econ Stadium your Houston Athletics and the American Athletic Conference kindly ask that you stay off of the field the PA announcer here doing his best to keep the fans off the field it did not work they are jumping the walls like crazy to celebrate this victory over number 19 SMU hadn't dropped a game since the opener here than you and there are two teams at the top of the americ