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Week 1: North Carolina Tar Heels at Houston Cougars

September 02, 1928
86°
TDECU Stadium (Houston, TX) Attendance: 28,707 (72%)
Tar Heels 0 3 0 6 - 9
Cougars 0 3 0 5 - 8

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Tar Heels: 4-7-HOU 7 (11:40) 9-Steven Roden 25 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 0 UNC 3
(Qtr 2) Cougars: 4-1-UNC 35 (7:17) 3-Wilbert Rodriguez 53 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 UNC 3
(Qtr 4) Tar Heels: 4-3-HOU 32 (11:43) 9-Steven Roden 50 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 3 UNC 6
(Qtr 4) Cougars: 2-20-UNC 1 (4:43) 3-Daniel Doner sacked at UNC -9 for -10 yards (55-Douglas Madden). Sack allowed by 52-Matthew Karp. SAFETY! (55-Douglas Madden) 52-Matthew Karp completely missed his blocking assignment. HOU 5 UNC 6
(Qtr 4) Cougars: 4-13-UNC 25 (1:56) 3-Wilbert Rodriguez 43 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 8 UNC 6
(Qtr 4) Tar Heels: 1-10-HOU 37 (0:03) 9-Steven Roden 55 yard field goal is GOOD. PENALTY - Offsides (HOU 77-Leslie Toy) (Declined) HOU 8 UNC 9

Team Statistics

Cougars Tar Heels
First Downs 10 14
- Rushing 7 6
- Passing 3 8
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 173 220
- Offensive Plays 51 67
- Yards Per Play 3.39 3.28
Net Rushing Yards 94 79
- Rushing Attempts 25 36
- Yards Per Rush 3.76 2.19
Net Passing Yards 79 141
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 13 / 0 29 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 96 161
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.04 4.55
- Yards Per Completion 7.38 8.05
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 11 9 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 4.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 21 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 16 4 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 41 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 25
Time of Possession 26:02 33:55

Drive Charts

Houston Cougars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:26 1:35 OWN 47 5 21 Fumble
1 4:46 2:12 OWN 7 3 2 Punt
2 11:37 1:35 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 9:15 2:02 OPP 43 3 9 Field Goal
2 3:38 1:32 OWN 26 5 12 Punt
3 15:00 3:30 OWN 25 7 21 Punt
3 9:13 3:05 OWN 33 5 21 Punt
3 4:32 3:34 OPP 46 6 18 Missed FG
4 11:39 1:25 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 8:04 2:39 OWN 23 5 17 Punt
4 4:40 2:47 OWN 46 5 29 Field Goal
4 1:32 0:06 OPP 47 1 0 Fumble

North Carolina Tar Heels

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:34 OWN 25 5 28 Fumble
1 10:51 6:05 OWN 22 9 36 Punt
1 2:34 5:57 OPP 50 12 43 Field Goal
2 10:02 0:46 OWN 35 2 10 Fumble
2 7:13 3:35 OWN 25 6 12 Punt
2 2:06 2:06 OWN 10 4 16 Half
3 11:30 2:18 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
3 6:07 1:35 OWN 8 3 1 Punt
3 0:58 4:19 OWN 35 9 33 Field Goal
4 10:14 2:09 OWN 24 3 9 Punt
4 5:25 0:45 OWN 11 2 -20 Safety
4 1:53 0:20 OWN 25 5 22 Downs
4 1:26 1:26 OWN 41 4 22 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Hall 13 47 3.62 10 2 0
Jared Spurgeon 11 37 3.36 11 3 0
Raymond Ringo 1 10 10.00 10 1 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Eric Webber 23 39 1.70 10 1 0
Jose Utter 9 25 2.78 8 0 0
Daniel Doner 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
John Dean 3 6 2.00 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Raymond Ringo 24 13 96 2 / 17 0 20 0 63.89

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel Doner 29 20 161 2 / 20 0 15 0 82.69

Receiving Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Antonio Salls 3 33 11.00 20 0
Richard Little 3 23 7.67 12 0
Frank Wolfe 2 14 7.00 8 0
Jared Spurgeon 3 13 4.33 9 0
Michael McLean 2 13 6.50 7 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Luke Stamper 4 37 9.25 12 0
Lawrence Birdwell 7 37 5.29 13 0
Eric Webber 3 28 9.33 15 0
John Dean 2 27 13.50 15 0
Jose Utter 1 10 10.00 10 0
Gale Morales 1 10 10.00 10 0
Timothy Cranford 1 6 6.00 6 0
Toby Oleson 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Cougars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Johnny Giddings 35 29 2 3
Michael Sharp 0 5 0 1
Richard Ward 10 0 0 0
David Gross 0 2 0 0
James Mart 0 2 0 0
Christopher Earley 0 3 0 0
Robert Alderman 0 2 0 1
Tommie Hightower 0 1 0 0
Leon Barber 0 1 0 0
Marvin Musick 3 0 0 0
John Howard 2 1 0 0
Douglas Madden 0 4 0 0
Joseph Rentschler 0 1 0 0
Calvin King 10 1 0 0
Fredrick Casey 7 2 0 0
William Gainey 10 1 0 0
Jose Land 0 4 0 0
Tad Washington 1 13 0 1
Travis Garcia 0 12 0 0
Jared Spurgeon 6 14 0 0
Richard Little 0 10 0 0
Antonio Salls 1 15 0 0
Antonio Godwin 37 26 0 1
Hiram Rhoades 33 28 0 3
Jacob Pascua 29 24 0 1
Mark Hall 10 10 0 0
Frank Wolfe 0 8 0 0
Michael McLean 0 13 0 1
Rene McFarland 36 32 0 1
Norman Dossantos 0 1 0 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ricardo Gibson 40 41 1 7
Matthew Karp 40 35 1 3
Oliver Polanco 37 43 0 1
Toby Oleson 0 17 0 3
Neal White 0 1 0 0
Kasey Bentz 0 2 0 0
George Greene 0 2 0 0
Frank Reich 0 1 0 0
Richard Lindsay 3 0 0 0
David Deschamps 3 1 0 0
Colin Height 6 3 0 0
Dale Hampton 5 0 0 0
Timothy Cranford 0 2 0 0
Gale Morales 0 6 0 0
Eric Webber 3 4 0 0
Numbers Taylor 13 7 0 1
Charles Wilder 0 1 0 0
Joseph Richards 0 4 0 0
Lamar Gray 0 1 0 0
Thomas Orlandi 0 1 0 0
Larry Kelley 2 2 0 0
Larry Bland 1 1 0 0
Marcus Taylor 20 12 0 0
Lawrence Birdwell 0 12 0 1
Matthew Shinn 15 22 0 2
Jose Utter 4 11 0 0
John Dean 14 25 0 0
Luke Stamper 2 33 0 1
William Knight 0 8 0 1
Jimmy Barnett 34 42 0 2
Johnny Hart 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Cougars

North Carolina Tar Heels

Fumble Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Antonio Salls 1 0 0 0
Mark Hall 1 0 0 0
Norman Dossantos 0 0 1 0
Timothy Simmons 0 1 0 0
Marion Maddox 0 1 1 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eric Webber 1 0 0 0
Jose Utter 1 0 0 0
Charles Wilder 0 0 1 0
Johnny Hart 0 1 0 0
Larry Kelley 0 0 1 0
Lamar Gray 0 1 0 0

Punting

Houston Cougars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Percy McKinney 7 335 47.86 43.29 54 3

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clinton Maldonado 5 164 32.80 38.80 48 1

Kicking

Houston Cougars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Wilbert Rodriguez 2 / 3 2 / 3 1 / 1 53 0 / 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Steven Roden 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 55 0 / 0

Punt Return

Houston Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mark Hall 2 16 8.0 9 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lawrence Birdwell 4 16 4.0 7 0

Kick Return

Houston Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Mark Hall 1 41 41.0 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Defensive Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Tackles Sacks
Joseph Rentschler 8 0
Timothy Simmons 8 0
Fredrick Casey 7 0
Darrell Robicheaux 5 0
Michael Sharp 5 0
David Gross 5 0
Norman Dossantos 5 1
Marion Maddox 4 0
Jose Land 3 0
James Mart 3 0
Douglas Madden 2 1
Christopher Earley 2 0
Leon Barber 2 0
Frank Wolfe 1 0
Gerard Bible 1 0
Antonio Salls 1 0

North Carolina Tar Heels

Name Tackles Sacks
Neal White 6 0
Johnny Hart 5 0
Lamar Gray 4 0
Frank Reich 3 2
Joseph Richards 3 0
Willie Settle 3 0
Kasey Bentz 2 0
Charles Wilder 2 0
Matthew Karp 2 0
Larry Kelley 2 0
Colin Height 2 0
Jimmy Barnett 1 0
Jason McNally 1 0
Larry Bland 1 0
Humberto Thomas 1 0
Dale Hampton 1 0
Steven Roden 1 0
Robby Berry 1 0
Thomas Orlandi 1 0