Colorado Stumbles and Loses To Houston By Two Possessions

Conner Weigman threw for 222 yards and ran for 83 yards and two touchdowns — each profession highs — to steer Houston over Colorado 36-20 on Friday night time.

The Cougars (3-0, 1-0 Massive 12) have been up by 5 late within the third quarter when Dean Connors ran 18 yards to get them to the 1-yard line. Weigman scored on the subsequent play to make it 26-14.

Blake Thompson intercepted Ryan Staub on the primary play of the fourth quarter, however the Cougars couldn’t money in on the error after Ethan Sanchez missed a 50-yard subject objective try.

Houston compelled a punt and Weigman made it 33-14 when he scored on a 7-yard run that was arrange by a 54-yard go to Stephon Johnson a play earlier.

Staub obtained his first begin of the season. He served because the backup to Shedeur Sanders the previous two seasons and entered the 12 months because the third-string quarterback behind Kaidon Salter, who began the primary two video games, and heralded freshman Julian Lewis. Staub earned the beginning this week after throwing two landing passes in a 31-7 win over Delaware per week prior.

Staub was 19 of 35 for 204 yards and a landing, however couldn’t get a lot going within the second half as Colorado (1-2, 0-1) managed simply six factors after halftime and he was intercepted twice.

Houston led 13-0 early after scoring on its first three possessions. Colorado lower the result in 13-7 when Simeon Worth capped a 10-play, 93-yard drive with a 38-yard landing run with about 7 1/2 minutes left within the second quarter.

A subject objective by the Cougars made it 16-7 with lower than two minutes remaining within the first half. However the Buffaloes added a landing simply earlier than halftime to get inside 16-14. Staub scrambled 19 yards however fumbled earlier than he crossed the objective line and Zach Atkins jumped on the ball in the long run zone for the rating.

The Takeaway

Colorado: Head coach Deion Sanders should determine if Staub is the reply at quarterback or if he ought to give Lewis or Salter one other shot.

Houston: Weigman has regarded nice in his first three video games for the Cougars after a switch from Texas A&M. He has thrown 4 landing passes with out an interception and added three speeding scores.

Up Subsequent

Colorado: Hosts Wyoming subsequent Saturday.

Houston: The Cougars are off subsequent week earlier than visiting Oregon State on Sept. 26.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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