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10/24/22 - A.J. Haulcy, Jr/2026, Houston + More +

OCT 24 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: A.J. HAULCY, NEW MEXICO, True Freshman, Safety, Missouri City, Texas/Fort Bend Marshall HS,...Recorded 24 tackles and an interception against Fresno State...The 24 tackles are tied for the second-most in a single game in league history and the most by a FBS player since Aug. 30, 2019 (Utah State's David Woodward at Wake Forest)...Became just the 16th FBS player with at least 24 tackles since 2000...Interception came in the third quarter, setting up a Lobos field goal. - Mountain West Football

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SS A.J. Haulcy, Houston
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10/22/22 - Clayton Tune, rSr/2023, Houston + More +

Clayton Tune threw for five touchdowns, with two scores apiece from Nathaniel Dell and Sam Brown, to help Houston beat Navy 38-20 on Saturday. Tune had touchdowns of 6, 11, 3, 7 and 4 yards. He was 21 of 30 for 261 yards. Tune passed for three touchdowns in the first half to build a 21-7 lead - Houston's first halftime lead of the season. Tune connected with Dell twice in the first quarter for a 14-0 lead, and Houston was driving on its third possession before Brandon Campbell fumbled it into the end zone for a Navy touchback.

Brown, a West Virginia transfer, made his first touchdown grab for Houston to make it 31-14. Dell had eight grabs for 93 yards and Brown had 33 yards for Houston (4-3, 2-1 American Athletic Conference). Tai Lavatai was intercepted two times and Daba Fofana rushed for 89 yards and a score for Navy (2-5, 2-3). Daniel Davies had a field-goal attempt blocked with 46 seconds left before halftime and he was wide left early in the third quarter. - Houston/AP College Football

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QB Clayton Tune, Houston
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10/17/22 - Tony Mathis Jr., rSr/2025, Houston + More +

BIG 12 FOOTBALL CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tony Mathis, WVU, RB, So.,...Mathis had 22 carries for a career-high 163 yards and two touchdowns in West Virginia's 43-40 win over No. 23 Baylor. He tallied WVU's most rushing yards in a game since Leddie Brown on Oct. 17, 2020, vs. Kansas (195) and reached 100 yards on the ground for the second time this season. The sophomore scored on a seven-yard run in the first quarter and added a 34-yarder in the fourth quarter for his second multiple-TD performance of the season. Mathis has five rushing scores this season and six in his career. - Big 12 Football

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RB Tony Mathis Jr., Houston
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10/13/22 - Tony Mathis Jr., rSr/2025, Houston + More +

Tony Mathis rushed for a career-high 163 yards and two touchdowns and Casey Legg kicked a 22-yard field goal with 33 seconds left to lift West Virginia to a 43-40 victory over Baylor on Thursday night. Mathis came up big in the absence of West Virginia's leading rusher, CJ Donaldson, who was ruled out of the game after entering the concussion protocol during a loss at Texas on Oct. 1. Mathis scored on a 34-yard run with 7:05 left and set up the winning field goal with a 37-yard run to the Baylor 8. He surpassed his previous best of 118 yards against Kansas last year. West Virginia (3-3, 1-2 Big 12) compiled 217 rushing yards.

Baylor had one last chance starting from its 23-yard line. But backup quarterback Kyron Drones threw two incompletions and was tackled near midfield on a scramble as time ran out. Defending Big 12 champion Baylor (3-3, 2-2) lost its second straight game despite rolling up 590 yards of offense. The Bears lost starting quarterback Blake Shapen in the third quarter when he slid at the end of a scramble and took a helmet-to-helmet hit from West Virginia's Andrew Wilson-Lamp. Wilson-Lamp was flagged for targeting. The call was upheld upon review and Wilson-Lamp was ejected. Shapen left the field, went to a medical tent to be evaluated and did not return. Shapen completed 14 of 22 passes for 326 yards and two touchdowns. Drones replaced Shapen and led Baylor on two touchdown drives. After Qualan Jones scored on a 2-yard run with 13:39 remaining, West Virginia's Dante Stills blocked the extra-point kick, teammate Jacolby Spells picked up the loose ball and ran the length of the field to give the Mountaineers two points. Baylor still led at that point 37-33. - West Virginia/AP College Football

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RB Tony Mathis Jr., Houston
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10/10/22 - Clayton Tune, rSr/2023, Houston + More +

OCT 10 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Clayton Tune, Sr., QB, Houston,...Tune engineered Houston's comeback from a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter to lead the Cougars to a 33-32 win at Memphis. He completed 36 of 57 passes for 366 yards and three fourth-quarter touchdown passes to bring Houston back from a 26-7 deficit. Tune went 15-for-19 for 147 yards and the three TDs in the fourth quarter to help Houston become the first FBS team in 2022 to win after facing a fourth-quarter deficit of at least 19 points. - American Athletic Conference Football

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QB Clayton Tune, Houston
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10/10/22 - Jayce Rogers, rSr/2023, Houston + More +

OCT 10 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jayce Rogers, Sr., DB/KR, Houston,...Rogers made a pivotal special teams play on his first career kickoff return in Houston's 33-32 win at Memphis. After Memphis had taken a 29-13 lead midway through the fourth quarter, Rogers took the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown to bring the Cougars within 10 points as Houston erased a 19-point deficit in the final 12:44. Rogers, who became the 14th player in American Athletic Conference history to register a 100-yard kickoff return, also had five tackles against the Tigers. - American Athletic Conference Football

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CB Jayce Rogers, Houston
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10/10/22 - Jayce Rogers, rSr/2023, Houston + More +

Jayce Rogers returned a kickoff for the first time since he transferred to Houston last year, and he took it all the way. Rogers' 100-yard return came in the fourth quarter of the Cougars' 33-32 win over Memphis and was their 18th kick return for a touchdown since 2008. Rogers ran back kicks for Northwest Mississippi Community College prior to joining the Cougars and had one return for a touchdown. - AP College Football

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CB Jayce Rogers, Houston
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10/08/22 - Clayton Tune, rSr/2023, Houston + More +

Clayton Tune threw a pair of touchdown passes inside the final two minutes as Houston scored 26 fourth-quarter points to stun Memphis 33-32 on Friday night. Tune tossed a 13-yard touchdown pass to KeSean Carter that capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive to pull Houston to 32-26 with 1:17 to play. Houston took possession following the ensuing onside kick. Tune and Carter connected six plays later for the game-winner on a 2-yard touchdown with 18 seconds to play. Houston (3-3, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) has won two straight against Memphis (4-2, 2-1) since ending a five-game losing streak to the Tigers in a 31-13 home win last season.

Tune finished 36-of-57 passing for 366 yards with three touchdowns. Sam Brown had nine receptions for 116 yards and Nathaniel Dell made 10 catches for 81 yards and a score. Carter had four receptions for 36 yards. Memphis looked to be headed toward an easy victory when Seth Henigan threw a lateral to Gabriel Rogers near the sideline. Rogers then avoided three defenders and ran back toward the logo and lofted a pass to Asa Martin in the end zone for a 41-yard touchdown that stretched the Memphis lead to 26-7 with 14:50 remaining. Jayce Rogers returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter for Houston, but Chris Howard made his fourth field goal, a 39-yarder, to push the Tigers' lead to 32-19 with 4:04 to play. Henigan completed 21 of 32 passes for 241 yards for Memphis. - Houston/AP College Football

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QB Clayton Tune, Houston
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09/26/22 - Nathaniel Dell, rJr/2023, Houston + More +

SEPT 26 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Nathaniel Dell, Jr., WR, Houston,...Had seven receptions for 134 yards and a touchdown in a 34-27 win against Rice. - American Athletic Conference football

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WR Nathaniel Dell, Houston
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09/24/22 - Clayton Tune, rSr/2023, Houston + More +

Nelson Ceaser returned a fumble for an 11-yard score with 3:34 left in the fourth quarter and Thabo Mwaniki intercepted a tipped pass on the next possession as Houston beat Rice 34-27 on Saturday to retain the Bayou Bucket for a record seventh consecutive time. Houston pinned Rice at its 6-yard line with 24 seconds left. The Owls made two catches to get to their 40 before clocking it at eight seconds. TJ McMahon launched it, Bradley Rozner came down with the ball in traffic at the Houston 9 and the officials ruled there was one second left.

Rice had no timeouts remaining but Houston took one to set up its defense. McMahon was pressured into a rushed pass and it was batted down in the end zone. Nathaniel Dell sparked the Houston (2-2) offense with seven catches for 134 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown. Clayton Tune was 19-of-26 passing for 249 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Ta'Zhawn Henry added 17 carries for 112 yards and one touchdown. McMahon passed for 334 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Rice (2-2). Rozner had 123 yards receiving and Luke McCaffrey caught seven passes for 121 yards, including a 52-yard TD. - Houston/AP College Football

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QB Clayton Tune, Houston
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09/19/22 - A.J. Haulcy, Jr/2026, Houston + More +

SEPT 19 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: A.J. HAULCY, NEW MEXICO,...True Freshman, Safety, Missouri City, Texas/Fort Bend Marshall HS,...In New Mexico's 27-10 victory over UTEP, recorded two tackles, one interception and a forced fumble...The interception ended a UTEP drive inside Lobo territory, while the forced fumble prevented a Miner touchdown as the loose ball hit the pylon for a New Mexico touchback. - Mountain West Football

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SS A.J. Haulcy, Houston
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09/17/22 - Tony Mathis Jr., rSr/2025, Houston + More +

Tony Mathis rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns, CJ Donaldson ran for 101 yards and three scores, and West Virginia breezed to a 65-7 victory over Towson on Saturday. On a day when West Virginia held a ceremony to honor some of its greatest offensive players, the Mountaineers (1-2) put together their best showing in a year, although it didn't quite make up for opening the season with close losses to No. 23 Pittsburgh and Kansas. West Virginia piled up 624 yards of offense, scored touchdowns on six of its seven first-half possessions and led its Championship Subdivision opponent 45-7 at halftime before pulling back with a short week before its next game.

Johnson, a freshman, had his second 100-yard rushing effort of the season and pushed his TD total to six. He had just nine carries, an average of 11.2-yards per attempt. He also blocked a punt in the opener against Pitt. Mathis exceeded his career total for touchdowns. He had one TD in 23 previous games. West Virginia had 316 rushing yards. Its six rushing touchdowns were the most since it had seven both against Connecticut and Western Michigan in 2007. JT Daniels completed 16 of 24 passes for 174 yards in the first half, including a 2-yard TD pass to Kaden Prather. Daniels was replaced by Garrett Greene, Will Crowder and Nicco Marchiol in the second half. - West Virginia/AP College Football

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RB Tony Mathis Jr., Houston
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09/12/22 - Derek Parish, rSr/2023, Houston + More +

SEPT 12 AMERICAN ATHLETIC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Derek Parish, Sr., DE, Houston,...Parish set a pair of American Athletic Conference records in a 33-30 overtime loss at Texas Tech as he finished with 4.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss among his 11 total tackles. His 4.5 sacks broke the old mark of 4.0, held by East Carolina's Montese Overton (in 2015) and SMU's Justin Lawler (in 2017), while his 6.5 tackles for loss broke the hold record of 6.0, set by Temple's Quincy Roche in 2019. Parish also had a forced fumble against the Red Raiders. - American Athletic Conference Football

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OLB Derek Parish, Houston
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09/12/22 - Donovan Smith, rSr/2025, Houston + More +

SEPT 12 BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Texas Tech's Donovan Smith threw for a career-high 350 yards and combined for three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) in Texas Tech's 33-30 double-overtime thriller over No. 25 Houston, its first win over a ranked opponent since 2019. It was also the Red Raiders' first victory over a ranked non-conference foe since defeating No. 20 Arizona in 1989. Smith found the end zone on a nine-yard rush to give the Red Raiders the game-winning TD. He also set career highs for completions (36) and attempts (58) while rushing for 31 yards on 21 carries, which included a career-long run of 27 yards on Texas Tech's final drive in regulation. That rush helped set up the game-tying field goal from Trey Wolff just before time expired. The victory improved Smith to 3-2 as a starter for a TTU offense that leads the country in passing yards per game (411.5) after two weeks of the season. - Big 12 Football

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QB Donovan Smith, Houston
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09/10/22 - Donovan Smith, rSr/2025, Houston + More +

Donovan Smith ran 9 yards for a touchdown in the second overtime, lifting Texas Tech to a 33-30 victory over No. 25 Houston on Saturday. A back-and-forth finish ended with the Red Raiders (2-0) beating a ranked nonconference opponent in the regular season for the first time since 1989, a span of 14 games. After Houston's Bubba Baxa opened the second OT with a 20-yard field goal, Smith broke into the open field and ran untouched to the end zone, sending Texas Tech students and fans streaming onto the field. Baxa kicked a go-ahead 35-yard field goal with 37 seconds remaining in regulation after Gervarrius Owens returned Smith's second interception to the Texas Tech 21 in the final two minutes. Smith answered by leading the Red Raiders to a tying 47-yarder from Trey Wolff with three seconds to go, keyed by Smith's 27-yard scramble. Wolff replaced Gino Garcia, who missed from 45 earlier in the fourth quarter.

The Cougars (1-1) erased a 17-3 halftime deficit, getting even early in the fourth quarter when Art Green stepped in front of a pass from Smith and returned it 54 yards for a TD. Still, Houston's 12-game regular-season winning streak ended. Houston also trailed by two touchdowns in the second half of another overtime game in last week's opener, rallying from 21-7 down entering the fourth quarter for a 37-35 double-overtime victory over UTSA. Both teams scored touchdowns in the first overtime after backing themselves up. Smith converted on fourth-and-20 with a 21-yard completion to Jerand Bradley. The Red Raiders forced the second OT on Tahj Brooks' 4-yard scoring run. Tune faced second-and-21 to open overtime before a 19-yard completion to Nathaniel Dell. Three plays later, he threw a 15-yard TD pass to Matthew Golden. - Texas Tech/AP College Football

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