Utah vs. Houston: Box score, stats, and summary feat. Zeon Chriss (Week 9)

The Houston Cougars were able to secure a 17-14 home win against the Utah Utes in Big 12 action. The Utes (4-4, 1-4 Big 12) are back in the swing of things and are looking to find results with Isaac Wilson under center and a stout defense under coach Kyle Whittingham. The Cougars (3-5, 2-3) need to go back to the drawing board as they played well enough to win this game but Jack Martin's 43-yard field goal as time expired gave the Cougars the come-from-behind victory.

Let's take a look at what happened throughout this game.

Utah vs. Houston box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Utah	7	0	7	0	14
Houston	0	7	0	10	17

Utah box score

Quarterback: Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Mycah Pittman	0	0	0	2	4	0
Money Parks	0	0	0	1	6	0
Carsen Ryan	0	0	0	1	7	0
Munir McClain	0	0	0	1	7	0
Dorian Singer	0	0	0	6	54	0
Brant Kuithe	0	0	0	5	113	1
Isaac Wilson	5	3	0	0	0	0
Brandon Rose	3	3	0	0	0	0
Jaylon Glover	4	33	0	0	0	0
Micah Bernard	14	51	1	4	25	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Johnathan Hall	1	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Cole Becker	2-2	0-2	N/A

Houston box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Zeon Chriss	17	45	0	6-13	61	2	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Maliq Carr	0	0	0	1	2	0
Devan Williams	0	0	0	1	3	0
Stephon Johnson	0	0	0	1	21	1
Joseph Manjack IV	0	0	0	1	28	1
Stacy Sneed	8	32	0	1	0	0
Zeon Chriss	17	45	0	0	0	0
Re'Shaun Sanford II	16	72	0	0	0	0
J'Marion Burnette	8	81	0	1	7	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Keith Cooper Jr.	0	1
A.J. Haulcy	1	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Jack Martin	2-2	1-1	43

Utah vs. Houston Game Summary

The Utah Utes have been able to do well with Isaac Wilson and Brandon Rose each throwing the football for the program. Micah Bernard really took the game over as he ran in a touchdown as well while Brant Kuithe's game-leading 113 receiving yards and a touchdown made it difficult for the Houston defense to know what was going on. Utah only had 12 total first downs in the game and was able to secure a victory with the ability to defend well.

The Houston Cougars were unable to extend drives, going just 3-of-15 on third down attempts and 1-of-3 on fourth down tries. Zeon Chriss was unable to be much of a passer with 61 passing yards. They had two solid parts of their game as they forced a pair of turnovers (one interception, one forced fumble) and ran the ball for 4.6 yards per attempt.

Below is the scoring breakdown for this game to see how the game unfolded.

12:28 1Q: Isaac Wilson 71 Yard Passing TD to Brant Kuithe | 7-0 Utah
11:54 2Q: Zeon Chriss 21 Yard Passing TD to Stephon Johnson | 7-7
5:01 3Q: Micah Bernard 14 Yard Rushing TD | 14-7 Utah
8:29 4Q: Zeon Chriss 28 Yard Passing TD to Joseph Manjack IV | 14-14
0:00 4Q: Jack Martin 43 Yard Field Goal | 17-14 Houston