No. 22Houston Cougars

6thin Big 12 · 2-0

YES!

Houston Cougars beat the Southern Jaguars

1-2 6 – 77

Ranked #22 · 2-0

Final · Sat, Sep 12

Game Details

TDECU Stadium (Houston) · 28,936 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

No. 22 Houston routs Southern 77-6 in game played briefly without stadium lights

Conner Weigman threw for 120 yards and three touchdowns before giving way to his backup, and No. 22 Houston routed Southern 77-6 Saturday night in a game played briefly without stadium lights due to a power outage.

Recap via ESPN

1:09 Southern Jaguars vs. Houston Cougars: Full Highlights

0:23 Re'Shaun Sanford II finds the end zone for 9-yard TD

0:25 Conner Weigman throws 9-yard TD pass to Patrick Overmyer

0:14 Makhi Hughes scores 1-yard rushing TD

Clips play on ESPN

TDECU Stadium · Houston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
SOU	0	0	6	0	6
HOU	28	21	21	7	77

Win Probability · Houston Cougars

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Game Leaders

Southern Jaguars

Wyatt McCauley · 2/3, 85 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Armariyan Asberry · 3 CAR, 6 YDSRushing Yards
Wydell Clark Jr. · 1 REC, 79 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Cody Morris · 5Tackles

Houston Cougars

Conner Weigman · 9/12, 120 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Zane Smith · 10 CAR, 69 YDSRushing Yards
Koby Young · 3 REC, 54 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Jalen Mayo · 1Sacks
Sione Fotu · 3Tackles

2026 Big 12 Conference Standings

Team
Texas Tech
BYU
Baylor
Utah
Oklahoma State
Arizona
Houston
Cincinnati
Iowa State
UCF
Arizona State
Kansas State
Kansas
West Virginia
Colorado
TCU

Scoring

Q4 5:56

TD Luke Carney 8 Yd Run (Jonathan Dimas Kick)6–77

Q3 4:38

TD Wydell Clark Jr. 79 Yd pass from Wyatt McCauley (Christopher McKenna PAT blocked)6–70

Q3 4:57

TD John Hebert 7 Yd Run (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–70

Q3 9:39

TD DJ Butler 9 Yd Run (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–63

Q3 13:43

TD Keisean Henderson 54 Yd Run (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–56

Q2 1:36

TD John Hebert 20 Yd pass from Keisean Henderson (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–49

Q2 6:10

TD Koby Young 7 Yd pass from Keisean Henderson (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–42

Q2 10:57

TD Koby Young 43 Yd pass from Conner Weigman (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–35

Q1 0:28

TD Amare Thomas 8 Yd pass from Conner Weigman (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–28

Q1 4:11

TD Makhi Hughes 1 Yd Run (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–21

Q1 6:52

TD Re'Shaun Sanford II 9 Yd Run (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–14

Q1 8:59

TD Patrick Overmyer 9 Yd pass from Conner Weigman (Jonathan Dimas Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Southern JaguarsHouston Cougars

Offense

121 Total Yards 591

127 Passing Yards 203

-6 Rushing Yards 388

4 First Downs 34

Efficiency

1-13 3rd Down 8-8

0-1 4th Down 0-0

10/20 Completions 15/19

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 0

6-44 Penalties 5-45

21:42 Possession 38:18

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Wyatt McCauley	2/3	85	28.3	1	0	--
Christian Johnson	5/12	29	2.4	0	0	--
Ashton Strother	3/5	13	2.6	0	1	--
Team	10/20	127	6.4	1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Armariyan Asberry	3	6	2.0	4
Champ Davis	1	4	4.0	4
Trey Holly	3	4	1.3	4
Macario Dade Jr.	1	0	0.0	0
Jason Gabriel	11	-1	-0.1	2
Mike Franklin	1	-1	-1.0	0
Christian Johnson	2	-18	-9.0	0
Team	22	-6	-0.3	4

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wydell Clark Jr.	1	79	79.0	1	79
Daejawn Smith	2	13	6.5	0	7
Floyd Jones	2	12	6.0	0	6
Jason Gabriel	1	10	10.0	0	10
Champ Davis	2	10	5.0	0	5
Macario Dade Jr.	1	2	2.0	0	2
Damien Henderson Jr.	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	10	127	12.7	1	79

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Trey Holly	1	1
Christian Johnson	1	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Cody Morris	5	2	0	0	0
Justin Lawton	5	2	0	0	0
Jeremiah Coleman	4	4	0	1	0
Christopher Hall	4	2	0	0	0
Deril Valdrey	4	0	0	0	0
Kayden Wilson	3	3	0	0	0
Kylon Jones	3	2	0	0	0
Cayden Jones	3	1	0	0	0
Denzel Williams	3	1	0	0	0
Raymond Jackson	3	1	0	0	0
Ty Lee	2	2	0	0	0
Christian Doyle	2	2	0	0	0
Kai Brown	2	2	0	0	0
Tay James	2	2	0	0	0
Herman Brister III	2	1	0	0	0
Jairus Thurman	2	1	0	0	0
Jeffrey Holden	2	1	0	0	0
Tommie Anderson	2	1	0	0	0
Hunter Schnakenberg	2	0	0	0	0
Bryson Jennings	1	1	0	0	0
Ckelby Givens	1	1	1	0	1
Markeis Batiste	1	1	0	0	0
Jayden Rogers	1	1	0	0	0
Connor Perritt	1	1	0	0	0
Jylon Jackson	1	1	0	0	0
Damien Henderson Jr.	1	1	0	0	0
Lance Joseph	1	0	0	0	0
Shawn Garcon	1	0	0	0	0
Donald Johnson Jr.	0	0	0	1	0
Team	64	37	1	2	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Macario Dade Jr.	2	27	13.5	15
Damien Henderson Jr.	1	12	12.0	12
Team	3	39	13.0	15

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Christopher McKenna	0/0	0.0	0	0/1	0
Team	0/0	0.0	0	0/1	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Trey Johnson	4	120	30.0	43
Nathan Zimmer	2	70	35.0	35
Team	6	190	31.7	43

Houston Cougars ▾

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Conner Weigman	9/12	120	10.0	3	50.5
Keisean Henderson	6/7	83	11.9	2	28.2
Team	15/19	203	10.7	5	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Zane Smith	10	69	6.9	0	28
John Hebert	5	65	13.0	1	23
DJ Butler	6	55	9.2	1	15
Keisean Henderson	1	54	54.0	1	54
Makhi Hughes	8	44	5.5	1	11
Nehemiah Warmate	5	41	8.2	0	22
Re'Shaun Sanford II	4	27	6.8	1	18
Luke Carney	4	23	5.8	1	8
Conner Weigman	1	6	6.0	0	6
Braeden Robinson	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	45	388	8.6	6	54

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Koby Young	3	54	18.0	2	43
Trent Walker	2	35	17.5	0	23
Amare Thomas	3	29	9.7	1	11
Re'Shaun Sanford II	1	27	27.0	0	27
John Hebert	1	20	20.0	1	20
Patrick Overmyer	2	16	8.0	1	9
Jaquise Martin	1	11	11.0	0	11
Luke McGary	1	10	10.0	0	10
DJ Butler	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	15	203	13.5	5	43

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Team	2	0
Sione Fotu	0	1
DK Mays	0	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jalen Mayo	3	3	1	1	1	0
Kentrell Webb	3	3	0	0	0	0
Christian Brathwaite	3	3	0	1	0	0
Sione Fotu	3	2	0	0	0	0
Ashton Porter	3	2	0	0.5	0	0
Brandon Mack II	3	1	0	2	0	0
De'Marion Thomas	3	1	0	0	0	0
Travis Buhake	3	1	0	0	0	0
Ejiro Egodogbare	2	2	0	2	0	0
Paris Melvin Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
Carmycah Glass	2	1	0	0	0	0
DK Mays	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan Allen	1	1	0	0	0	0
Will James	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyson Turner	1	1	0	0	0	0
Darius Washington	1	1	0	0	0	0
Richmond Ugochukwu	1	1	0	0	0	0
Khalil Laufau	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Chance Bryant	1	0	0	0	1	1
Javion White	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team	39	27	1	7	4	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jordan Allen	1	5	0
Team	1	5	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaquise Martin	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team	1	8	8.0	8	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jonathan Dimas	0/0	0.0	0	11/11	11
Team	0/0	0.0	0	11/11	11

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