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  11/27/21 - Clayton TunerSr/2023, Houston, 6-3, 220 (DS#12 QB) + More +

  Clayton Tune threw for 301 yards and four touchdowns Saturday as No. 19 Houston tuned up for next week's American Athletic Conference championship game with a 45-17 win over UConn. Nathaniel Dell caught two touchdowns and Jake Herslow and Jeremy Singleton each topped 100 receiving yards to go with a TD apiece for Houston (11-1, 8-0 American), which plays at No. 4 Cincinnati for the AAC title next Saturday. Freshman Alton McCaskill had a 31-yard touchdown run, his 16th of the year for the Cougars, but left the game in the second quarter holding his right shoulder. He finished with 54 yards on the ground.

The Cougars led 21-10 at halftime and scored on their first four possessions of the second half to put the game away. Tune completed 20 of his 31 passes in three quarters of work. UConn's Steven Krajewski had a 34-yard touchdown pass to Kevens Clercius before leaving the game in the second quarter with an injury. He was replaced by Micah Leon, who completed 10 of 13 passes for 62 yards for the Huskies (1-11). Leon left with a leg injury with 2 minutes left and was replaced by Jacob Drenn, a freshman walk-on and the fifth UConn quarterback to see action this season UConn has lost 14 consecutive games against FBS opponents. - Houston/AP College Football


(DS#12 QB) rSr/2023 QB Clayton TuneHouston
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  11/19/21 - Clayton TunerSr/2023, Houston, 6-3, 220 (DS#12 QB) + More +

  Clayton Tune threw for 264 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score as No. 17 Houston extended its winning streak to 10 games with a 31-13 victory over Memphis on Friday night. Tune tossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to Nathaniel Dell in the second quarter but was picked off twice, the first snapping a streak of 192 attempts without an interception. The QB also rushed for 59 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown as the Cougars (10-1, 8-0 American Athletic Conference) built a 21-3 lead at halftime. "We just hammer through whatever adversity we are faced with," Tune said. "Whatever challenges it is for that week, we keep hammering and playing. Don't let outside noise and distractions get in the way of what we are trying to do. It just speaks to the character of this team and what we know we can do." Ta'Zhawn Henry rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown and Alton McCaskill rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown.

Dell caught seven passes for 100 yards and Jeremy Singleton finished with five catches for 80 yards. Houston gained 461 yards and was 8 of 15 on third downs. Houston went undefeated in conference play for the second time in school history, matching the 2011 team. "We are a good team," Houston coach Dana Holgorsen said. "We finished the American 8-0. We've won 10 in a row. It's hard to win in college football. It's hard to win every week...I'm very proud of this football team." - Houston/AP College Football


(DS#12 QB) rSr/2023 QB Clayton TuneHouston
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  11/15/21 - Donovan SmithrSr/2025, Houston, 6-4, 219 (DS#25 QB) + More +

  NOV 15 BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: Donovan Smith, TTU, QB, Fr.,...In his first career start, Smith completed 25-of-32 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns in Tech's win over ISU. He became just the seventh freshman in the Big 12 era to start at quarterback for the Red Raiders. Of those seven freshmen, Smith was the fifth to make his first career start against a Big 12 foe as the Red Raiders are now 4-1 in those games. His performance marked the second-most passing yards by a Red Raider freshman making his starting debut during the Big 12 era as he trailed only Davis Webb's 415 yards and three touchdowns from the 2013 victory over Iowa State. In addition to his success in the passing game, Smith rushed for 50 yards to give him 372 yards of total offense on the day. - Big 12 Football

(DS#25 QB) rSr/2025 QB Donovan SmithHouston
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  11/08/21 - Clayton TunerSr/2023, Houston, 6-3, 220 (DS#12 QB) + More +

  NOV 8 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Clayton Tune, Jr., QB, Houston,...Tune completed 21 of 26 passes (80.7%) for 385 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 19 Houston in a 54-42 win at South Florida, keeping the Cougars atop the American Athletic Conference standings with two league games remaining. Tune connected on 16 of his last 17 passes, engineering an offense that finished with a season-high 646 yards without any turnovers. Tune, who registered his second consecutive game with 300 passing yards, has thrown 133 consecutive passes without an interception. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#12 QB) rSr/2023 QB Clayton TuneHouston
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  11/07/21 - Clayton TunerSr/2023, Houston, 6-3, 220 (DS#12 QB) + More +

  Clayton Tune was 21 of 26 for 385 yards and three touchdowns, Ta'Zhawn Henry had a 97-yard TD run and No. 20 Houston held off an upset bid by South Florida in a 54-42 victory Saturday night. Henry had 130 yards on 10 carries, and Alton McCaskill picked up 125 yards on 22 attempts. Nathaniel Dell made eight catches for 164 yards and a score. "I feel like everyone has raised their level," Tune said. "We're starting to click. It's been fun." McCaskill got his third rushing TD from 8 yards out to make it 54-42 with 2:27 to play. The Cougars (8-1, 6-0 American Athletic Conference) have won eight in a row for the first time since 2016.

Houston star defensive back and kick returner Marcus Jones was shaken up midway through the third but returned later in the quarter. He wasn't on the field for part of the fourth period. There was no update postgame on Jones' injury. Brian Battie had two 100-yard kickoff returns for touchdowns and a 29-yard TD run to help South Florida (2-7, 1-4) take a 28-26 halftime lead. Battie, who has three 100-yard kickoff returns this year, brought back the opening kick for a score and went the distance again with 2:16 left in the second quarter. "It's one of the best feelings ever," Battie said of his score 13 seconds into the game. Houston coach Dana Holgorsen called the game "nuts, on all accounts." "I don't want to sit here and act like I'm mad because we just won our eighth game in a row and won a conference game on the road," Holgorsen said. "There's a lot of things that we're going to have to clean up. At the end of the day, the difference was Clayton Tune." - Houston/AP College Football


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  11/02/21 - Marcus JonesrSr/2022, Houston, 5-08, 177 (DS#9 CB) + More +

  NOV 1 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Marcus Jones, Sr., CB, Houston,...Jones picked up his fourth special teams touchdown of the season, and the ninth of his career, in Houston's 44-37 win against No. 19/16 SMU. Jones delivered the win with a 100-yard kickoff return with 17 seconds leftin regulation moments after SMU had hit the tying field goal. He finished the game with 145 yards on three kickoff returns and 32 yards on a pair of punt returns and had six tackles, a tackle for loss and an interception on defense. Jones is tied for the national lead in both kickoff return touchdowns (two) and punt return touchdowns (two) in 2021. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#9 CB) rSr/2022 CB Marcus JonesHouston
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  11/02/21 - Malik FlemingrSr/2024, Houston, 5-07, 186 (DS#999 FS) + More +

  NOV 1 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Malik Fleming, So., CB, East Carolina,...Fleming had the pivotal defensive play in East Carolina's 29-14 win against South Florida Thursday with a 31-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter. That play came with the Pirates trailing 14-13 and gave East Carolina a lead it would not relinquish. Fleming, who finished with three tackles and a pass breakup against the Bulls, ranks sixth in The American with 1.13 passes defended per game. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#999 FS) rSr/2024 FS Malik FlemingHouston
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  11/02/21 - Nathaniel DellrJr/2023, Houston, 5-08, 165 (DS#16 WR) + More +

  NOV 1 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nathaniel Dell, So., WR, Houston,...Dell led Houston to a 44-37 win against previously unbeaten SMU, which was ranked No. 19 and No. 16 in last week's national polls. Dell had nine receptions for 165 yards and three touchdowns (7, 48, 17), becoming the first Cougar player with three touchdown catches since the 2018 season. Two of Dell's three touchdown catches gave Houston a lead, while he also had a key 52-yard reception to set up a Cougar field goal. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#16 WR) rJr/2023 WR Nathaniel DellHouston
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  11/02/21 - Bryan MasseyrSr/2025, Houston, 5-10, 190 (DS#999 FS) + More +

  NOV 1 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Bryan Massey, So., S, SMU,...Had five tackles, a pass breakup and a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in a 44-37 loss at Houston. - American Athletic Conference Football

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  10/31/21 - Marcus JonesrSr/2022, Houston, 5-08, 177 (DS#9 CB) + More +

  Marcus Jones returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown with 17 seconds remaining to give Houston a 44-37 victory over No. 19 SMU on Saturday night, extending the Cougars' winning streak to seven games. After the Mustangs (7-1, 3-1 American Athletic) tied it at 37 on Blake Mazza's 45-yard field goal with 30 seconds left, Jones took the kickoff at the goal line and broke several tackles before breaking loose for the Cougars (7-1, 5-0). "I didn't think he was going to kick it to me at first," Jones said. "Whenever I saw him kick it, I was going to return it...I saw the seam and I was like, ‘I got to hit it.'" Jones, who also had an interception, has four special teams' touchdowns this season, which leads the nation. "I keep saying he's the best returner in the country, which he is," Houston coach Dana Holgorsen said. "I think he's getting to the point where I might say he's the best returner ever. … The things he does are unbelievable, and for him to do it in both punt and kick, it's unbelievable." SMU coach Sonny Dykes said the Mustangs' uncertainty on the preceding fourth-and-2 play from the Houston 28 before deciding to kick the field goal played a large role in the kickoff return because they called timeout earlier then they would have wanted. "Had I known we were going to kick the field goal, for sure, I would have let it run down, and we would have just squibbed it," Dykes said. - Houston/AP College Football

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  10/26/21 - Marcus JonesrSr/2022, Houston, 5-08, 177 (DS#9 CB) + More +

  OCT 25 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Marcus Jones, Sr., CB, Houston,...Jones had 132 all-purpose yards as he finished with 121 yards on kickoff returns and 11 on punt returns in Houston's 31-24 overtime win against East Carolina. Jones scored his third special teams touchdown of the season on a 98-yard kickoff return in the first quarter that erased the Pirates' only lead of the game. Jones also finished with a career-high eight tackles as part of a Houston defense that forced three turnovers. - American Athletic Conference Football

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  10/26/21 - Donavan MutinrSr/2023, Houston, 6-0, 227 (DS#33 ILB) + More +

  OCT 25 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Donavan Mutin, Jr., LB, Houston,...Mutin had a game-high nine tackles, including a tackle for loss and two forced fumbles to lead Houston to a 31-24 overtime win against East Carolina. Mutin's second forced fumble came on the second play of East Carolina's overtime possession, allowing the Cougars to recover the ball and end the game. He led a Cougar defense that limited the Pirates to 1-for-12 efficiency on third down, while he had a hand in two of Houston's three takeaways. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#33 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB Donavan MutinHouston
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  10/12/21 - Bryan MasseyrSr/2025, Houston, 5-10, 190 (DS#999 FS) + More +

  OCT 11 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bryan Massey, So., S, SMU,...Massey had a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to help SMU to a 31-24 win against Navy, keeping the Mustangs unbeaten in 2021. Massey's return came with SMU trailing 21-7 and sparked a comeback that saw the Mustangs outscore the Midshipmen 24-3 to close the game. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown by an SMU player since CJ Sanders' 100-yard return against Navy Nov. 23, 2019. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#999 FS) rSr/2025 FS Bryan MasseyHouston
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  10/12/21 - Logan HallrJr/2022, Houston, 6-6, 285 (DS#5 DT) + More +

  OCT 11 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Logan Hall, Jr., DT, Houston,...Had five tackles, 2.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss in a 40-22 win at Tulane, leading a Cougar defense that registered eight sacks on the day. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#5 DT) rJr/2022 DT Logan HallHouston
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  10/07/21 - Clayton TunerSr/2023, Houston, 6-3, 220 (DS#12 QB) + More +

  Clayton Tune passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, including a go-ahead score late in the third quarter to Jeremy Singleton as Houston rallied past Tulane 40-22 on Thursday night. Tune threw a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes of 11 yards to Christian Trahan and 17 to Singleton to spot the Cougars (5-1, 3-0 American Athletic Conference) to a 14-0 lead. Tulane (1-5, 0-2) scrapped back with Tyjae Spears weaving 39 yards for a touchdown late in the first half, pulling the Green Wave within 17-15. Just after halftime, Michael Pratt hooked up with Will Wallace on a 29-yard scoring pass as Tulane grabbed a 22-17 lead.

The lead lasted just about seven minutes before Tune led a pair of Houston drives that ended in a Da Williams field goal and his second TD pass to Singleton as the Cougars reasserted themselves, 26-22. Houston added two more scoring drives in the fourth quarter, including an eight-yard touchdown run by Ta'Zhawn Henry to make it 33-22 and ice the game. Eight receivers made 23 catches for 288 yards with Kesean Carter gaining 69 and Singleton 62. Pratt was 20 of 30 passing for Tulane for 214 yards and a pair of touchdowns but was sacked eight times for a loss of 48 yards. - Houston/AP College Football


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