| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| Houston Touchdown - 22-yard pass from Crawford Jones to Ronnie Williams. (Matt Hogan kick). 14:09 Remaining. |
| Houston Touchdown - 9-yard pass from Crawford Jones to Ronnie Williams. (Matt Hogan kick). 9:24 Remaining. |
| Houston Field Goal - 32-yarder by Matt Hogan. 3:39 Remaining. |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Tulane Touchdown - 10-yard pass from Ryan Griffin to Xavier Rush. (Cairo Santos kick). 11:06 Remaining. |
| Houston Field Goal - 25-yarder by Matt Hogan. 0:32 Remaining. |
| 3rd Quarter |
| Tulane Field Goal - 32-yarder by Cairo Santos. 5:17 Remaining. |
| Houston Touchdown - 72-yard run by Ryan Jackson. (Matt Hogan kick). 4:32 Remaining. |
| Tulane Touchdown - Wilson Van Hooser recovered fumble in endzone. (Cairo Santos kick). 1:39 Remaining. |
| 4th Quarter |
| Houston Field Goal - 34-yarder by Matt Hogan. 14:24 Remaining. |
| Houston Field Goal - 23-yarder by Matt Hogan. 7:04 Remaining. |
| Houston Touchdown - 9-yard run by Ryan Jackson. (Matt Hogan kick). 6:11 Remaining. |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | Tulane | Houston |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 22 |
| By Rushing | 5 | 8 |
| By Passing | 13 | 13 |
| By Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 9-20-45.0 | 7-18-39.0 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 1-1-100 | 0-0-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 389 | 591 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 87 | 86 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 4.5 | 6.9 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 43 | 221 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 21 | 39 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 346 | 370 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 3-22 | 2-16 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 66-36-4 | 47-26-3 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 5.2 | 7.9 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 8-42.4 | 5-44.4 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | -5 | 74 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 1-0 | 5-22 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 6-129 | 3-61 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 3--5 | 4-52 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 6-47 | 8-75 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 2 | 4 |
| Rushing | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | 2 | 2 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 2-2 | 4-4 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 1-1 | 4-4 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 17 | 40 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 29:47 | 30:13 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| Tulane | Houston |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| R.Griffin | 66 | 36 | 346 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 66 | 36 | 346 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| C.Jones | 46 | 25 | 368 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 3 | | D.Piland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Total | 47 | 26 | 370 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 3 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| P.Picerelli | 8 | 339 | 42.4 | 3 | 52 | | Total | 8 | 339 | 42.4 | 3 | 52 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| R.Leone | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 1 | 62 | | Total | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 1 | 62 |
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| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Payne | 5 | 22 | 11 | 0 | | Total | 5 | 22 | 11 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| C.Santos | 1/1 | 100.0 | 32 | 2/2 | 5 | | Total | 1/1 | 100.0 | 32 | 2/2 | 5 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| M.Hogan | 4/4 | 100.0 | 34 | 4/4 | 16 | | Total | 4/4 | 100.0 | 34 | 4/4 | 16 |
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