College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 30, Penn State 14
When: 12:00 PM ET, Monday, January 2, 2012
Where: Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 46817
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Penn State 0 7 7 0 14
Houston 17 7 3 3 30
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:08
Houston   TD  Houston 7 - Penn State 0
Patrick Edwards 40 yd. pass from Case Keenum (Matt Hogan kick)
1st Quarter - 9:12
Houston   FG  Houston 10 - Penn State 0
Matt Hogan 35 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:35
Houston   TD  Houston 17 - Penn State 0
Justin Johnson 8 yd. pass from Case Keenum (Matt Hogan kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:57
Penn State   TD  Houston 17 - Penn State 7
Stephfon Green 6 yd. run (Anthony Fera kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:43
Houston   TD  Houston 24 - Penn State 7
Patrick Edwards 75 yd. pass from Case Keenum (Matt Hogan kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:21
Houston   FG  Houston 27 - Penn State 7
Matt Hogan 38 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:38
Penn State   TD  Houston 27 - Penn State 14
Justin Brown 69 yd. pass from Rob Bolden (Anthony Fera kick)
4th Quarter - 14:52
Houston   FG  Houston 30 - Penn State 14
Matt Hogan 22 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Penn State Houston
W/L 9 - 4 - 0 13 - 1 - 0
Conference 6 - 2 - 0 8 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Penn State Houston
Score 14 30
1st Downs 14 25
3rd Down Efficiency 6-for-18
33% 		6-for-17
35%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0% 		0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 306 600
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 44-169 16-68
Average/Rush 3.8 4.2
Passing
Comp-Att 7-27 45-69
Passing Yards 137 532
Average/Pass Play 4.7 7.5
Penalties-Yards 6-55 6-55
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 3 0
Time of Possession 32:11 27:49
PLAYER STATS
Penn State (9 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Bolden 7/26 137 1 3
B. Belton 0/1 0 0 0
Houston (13 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Keenum 45/69 532 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
S. Green 15 63 4.2 1
S. Redd 14 53 3.8 0
B. Belton 6 38 6.3 0
R. Bolden 6 16 2.7 0
D. Smith 2 0 0.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Sims 6 39 6.5 0
M. Hayes 2 20 10.0 0
C. Keenum 7 10 1.4 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Brown 1 69 69.0 1
D. Smith 2 49 24.5 0
K. Haplea 1 12 12.0 0
S. Green 2 6 3.0 0
J. Suhey 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
P. Edwards 10 228 22.8 2
J. Johnson 12 148 12.3 1
R. Williams 6 58 9.7 0
T. Carrier 9 44 4.9 0
C. Sims 5 30 6.0 0
E. Smith 2 13 6.5 0
M. Hayes 1 11 11.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Steward 1 11 0
N. Saenz 2 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Latimore 1.0 11.0
K. Fortt 1.0 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Hayden 1.0 10.0
S. Brown 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
M. Willis 7 1
N. Stupar 7 5
D. Astorino 5 3
G. Hodges 5 4
C. Powell 4 1
N. Sukay 4 3
D. Lynn 3 1
S. Morris 3 2
E. Latimore 2 0
K. Fortt 2 0
D. Moye 2 0
A. Fera 1 0
J. Hill 1 0
D. Jones 1 0
J. Van Fleet 1 0
K. Baublitz 1 0
J. Brown 1 0
J. Terry 1 1
M. Hull 1 1
A. Amos 1 1
J. Cully 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
D. Mathews 6 3
M. McGraw 6 4
D. Hayden 4 0
N. Saenz 4 4
K. Brooks 4 6
D. Hunter 3 0
E. Braswell 3 1
S. Brown 3 1
T. Bates 2 0
J. Lewis 1 0
J. Johnson 1 0
B. Beall 1 0
B. Welford 1 1
D. Miller 1 2
L. Allen 0 1
Z. Riser 0 1
P. Steward 0 3
D. Spencer 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
K. Fortt 2.0 5.0
E. Latimore 1.0 11.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Hayden 2.0 13.0
S. Brown 2.0 10.0
D. Mathews 1.0 2.0
M. McGraw 1.0 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Bolden 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles