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Preseason Week 2: Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Houston Cougars

August 31, 1929
80°
TDECU Stadium (Houston, TX) Attendance: 22,515 (56%)
Fighting Irish 3 7 0 0 - 10
Cougars 14 3 2 9 - 28

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Cougars: 3-2-NDI 38 (9:57) 33-Tad Washington ran for 38 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Wilbert Rodriguez. HOU 7 NDI 0
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-6-HOU 35 (4:49) 13-John Davis 53 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 7 NDI 3
(Qtr 1) Cougars: 2-4-NDI 4 (2:01) 33-Tad Washington ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Wilbert Rodriguez. HOU 14 NDI 3
(Qtr 2) Cougars: 4-1-NDI 25 (4:42) 3-Wilbert Rodriguez 43 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 17 NDI 3
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 2-7-HOU 8 (1:16) 6-Bill Mann pass complete to 82-Raul Hughes for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-John Davis. HOU 17 NDI 10
(Qtr 3) Cougars: 2-9-NDI 4 (7:16) 38-Oliver Gonzales ran for -5 yards. Tackle by 47-Charley McWilliams. SAFETY! (47-Charley McWilliams) HOU 19 NDI 10
(Qtr 4) Cougars: 2-9-NDI 28 (10:11) 11-David McClung pass complete to 17-Maurice Nehls for 28 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Cougars: 4-2-NDI 21 (1:56) 3-Wilbert Rodriguez 39 yard field goal is GOOD. HOU 28 NDI 10

Team Statistics

Cougars Fighting Irish
First Downs 12 15
- Rushing 7 5
- Passing 5 8
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 350 205
- Offensive Plays 59 62
- Yards Per Play 5.93 3.31
Net Rushing Yards 201 82
- Rushing Attempts 42 25
- Yards Per Rush 4.79 3.28
Net Passing Yards 149 123
- Att/Comp/Int 17 / 13 / 0 35 / 22 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 149 143
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.76 3.32
- Yards Per Completion 11.46 6.50
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 6 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.1 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 27 3 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 58 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 83 2 / 42
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 20
Time of Possession 32:28 27:34

Drive Charts

Houston Cougars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:41 2:51 OWN 40 5 60 Touchdown
1 4:45 2:47 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
2 11:38 7:00 OWN 11 10 64 Field Goal
2 1:12 1:12 OWN 22 2 6 Half
3 15:00 1:29 OWN 32 3 2 Punt
3 11:30 3:34 OWN 32 6 29 Punt
3 7:14 0:57 OWN 39 3 2 Punt
3 1:58 1:57 OWN 47 3 9 Punt
4 14:06 4:02 OWN 44 7 56 Touchdown
4 8:40 1:54 OPP 42 3 8 Missed FG
4 6:10 4:18 OWN 42 8 37 Field Goal
4 0:27 0:27 OWN 20 3 -1 Game

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:19 OWN 16 3 2 Punt
1 9:50 5:06 OWN 25 10 40 Field Goal
1 1:58 5:20 OWN 25 9 31 Punt
2 4:39 3:27 OWN 14 11 86 Touchdown
3 13:31 2:01 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
3 7:56 0:42 OWN 3 2 -3 Safety
3 6:17 4:19 OWN 16 6 12 Punt
3 0:01 0:55 OWN 13 3 3 Punt
4 10:04 1:24 OWN 25 4 -23 Punt
4 6:46 0:35 OWN 41 5 37 Downs
4 1:53 1:26 OWN 25 7 37 Punt

Rushing Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Tad Washington 21 140 6.67 38 4 2
Jared Spurgeon 7 25 3.57 10 1 0
Michael Frazee 9 20 2.22 8 0 0
Robert Digregorio 4 16 4.00 8 0 0
David McClung 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Dowell 12 56 4.67 13 3 0
Oliver Gonzales 12 19 1.58 11 1 0
Jeffrey Schiro 1 7 7.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Raymond Ringo 7 7 97 0 / 0 0 49 0 118.75
David McClung 10 6 52 0 / 0 1 28 0 107.08

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Marion Bailey 19 11 73 2 / 20 0 15 0 66.34
Bill Mann 16 11 70 0 / 0 1 13 0 98.44

Receiving Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Maurice Nehls 2 77 38.50 49 1
David Rondeau 1 15 15.00 15 0
Michael McLean 1 14 14.00 14 0
Antonio Salls 4 14 3.50 5 0
Tad Washington 2 13 6.50 10 0
Robert Ford 1 7 7.00 7 0
Jared Spurgeon 1 5 5.00 5 0
Charles Stukes 1 4 4.00 4 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Raul Hughes 4 42 10.50 13 1
Tom Lowe 4 27 6.75 12 0
Oliver Gonzales 2 16 8.00 15 0
David Almeida 2 15 7.50 10 0
David Rice 1 15 15.00 15 0
Earl Gross 2 11 5.50 8 0
Michael Dowell 2 8 4.00 7 0
Andres Rodriguez 2 5 2.50 3 0
Samuel Conner 1 3 3.00 3 0
Jeffrey Schiro 2 1 0.50 1 0

Blocking Stats

Houston Cougars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Fredrick Casey 0 2 0 0
Gerard Bible 0 2 0 1
Michael Sharp 0 1 0 0
Robert Alderman 6 4 0 0
Jose Land 0 1 0 0
Christopher Earley 2 5 0 0
David Gross 0 1 0 0
Donald Shields 0 3 0 0
Matthew Dole 0 3 0 0
Leon Barber 0 4 0 0
Michael Lopez 0 4 0 0
Charley McWilliams 0 4 0 1
Noel Hayes 0 2 0 0
Patrick Castillo 10 26 0 2
Harry Miguel 7 9 0 0
David Rondeau 0 8 0 0
Richard Schulze 0 7 0 1
Norman Dossantos 0 1 0 1
Maurice Nehls 0 13 0 1
Stephen Maddix 4 7 0 0
Antonio Godwin 10 14 0 0
Rene McFarland 10 16 0 0
Robert Ford 1 15 0 1
Robert Digregorio 14 26 0 2
Michael McLean 0 13 0 1
Jacob Pascua 10 13 0 0
Hiram Rhoades 10 18 0 1
Calvin King 10 16 0 1
Charles Stukes 0 9 0 0
Jared Spurgeon 2 2 0 0
Antonio Salls 4 25 0 2
Michael Frazee 3 6 0 0
Michael Wilder 14 25 0 1
Richard Ward 19 26 0 1
Samuel Collins 19 27 0 3
Marvin Musick 18 26 0 2
Tad Washington 6 10 0 1
John Manning 0 2 0 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Rice 22 24 1 6
Joshua Jenkins 18 10 1 2
Joe Crosby 0 2 0 0
Eric Sheets 20 18 0 0
Earl Gross 0 4 0 1
Matthew Jones 5 1 0 0
James Russell 28 10 0 0
Samuel Conner 0 8 0 0
Raul Hughes 0 9 0 0
Tom Lowe 1 14 0 0
William Peckham 15 4 0 0
Robert Kimbrel 29 14 0 0
Oliver Gonzales 8 6 0 0
Oscar Holbert 4 5 0 2
Francisco Gonzalez 18 22 0 0
Kevin Corona 2 2 0 0
Horace Jackson 38 19 0 0
Jeffrey Schiro 12 19 0 1
Calvin Dickinson 16 22 0 0
Andres Rodriguez 6 15 0 0
David Almeida 1 15 0 0
Everett Cole 19 19 0 0
Ricardo Aybar 2 2 0 0
Ronald Allen 0 2 0 0
Enrique Daly 0 2 0 0
Michael Dowell 6 4 0 0
Brian Fonseca 0 2 0 0
Carlos Armstrong 0 2 0 0
Dennis Roberson 0 2 0 0
Brian Guevara 11 5 0 0

Interception Stats

Houston Cougars

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Fumble Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gerard Bible 0 0 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Marion Bailey 1 1 0 0

Punting

Houston Cougars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Percy McKinney 4 155 38.75 38.75 46 4

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cory Robinson 7 321 45.86 34.57 52 1

Kicking

Houston Cougars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Wilbert Rodriguez 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 43 2 / 2

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Davis 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 1 / 1

Punt Return

Houston Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Maurice Nehls 4 58 14.5 27 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Kick Return

Houston Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Tad Washington 3 83 27.7 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Oliver Gonzales 2 42 21.0 0

Defensive Stats

Houston Cougars

Name Tackles Sacks
Gerard Bible 8 1
Wade Smith 5 0
Donald Shields 5 0
Noel Hayes 5 0
Fredrick Casey 4 0
Michael Lopez 4 0
Charley McWilliams 4 0
David Gross 3 0
Jose Land 2 0
Norman Dossantos 2 0
Christopher Earley 2 1
Stephen Maddix 2 0
Charles Cooper 1 0
Matthew Dole 1 0
Leon Barber 1 0
Charles Goins 1 0

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Name Tackles Sacks
Ricardo Aybar 8 0
James Florian 7 0
Ronald Allen 5 0
Brian Fonseca 4 0
Henry Shivers 4 0
Enrique Daly 3 0
Aaron Nguyen 3 0
Walter Poling 3 0
William Fuller 3 0
Carlos Armstrong 3 0
Scott Rodriguez 2 0
Joseph Main 2 0
Pablo Wilson 2 0
Ramon Bingham 1 0
Dennis Roberson 1 0
Kevin Corona 1 0
Joe Crosby 1 0
Raul Hughes 1 0
Brian Guevara 1 0
James Russell 1 0
Robert Flores 1 0
Matthew Jones 1 0