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Central Florida 17, Houston 12
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[October 03, 2014]
Central Florida 17, Houston 12:
Justin Holman threw a pair of touchdowns and the Knights forced a fumble
with 24 seconds left to hold off the Cougars in the American Athletic
Conference opener for both teams.
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 Houston quarterback Greg Ward had the ball knocked out of his
hands as he dove toward the pylon and it rolled out of the end zone
for a touchback as Central Florida (2-2, 1-0 AAC) won its fifth
straight conference opener. Holman completed 6-of-18 passes for 101
yards while Breshad Perriman and Jackie Williams each scored a
touchdown for the Knights.
Kyle Bullard booted four field goals for Houston (2-3, 0-1). Ward
came off the bench to go 10-of-17 for 116 yards after replacing John
O’Korn, who went 12-of-26 with a pair of interceptions for the
Cougars.
Efrem Oliphant’s fumble recovery helped set up the first of
Bullard’s two field goals in the opening half to give Houston a 3-0
lead. Clayton Geathers’ interception at the Houston 25 led to
Holman’s 6-yard slant to Williams for a score 5:33 into the second
quarter and the Knights held a 7-6 edge at halftime.
Perriman slipped away from a defender for 52-yard scoring strike
early in the third and Brandon Alexander's interception on the next
series set up Shawn Moffitt’s 42-yard field goal. Bullard made field
goals from 51 and 49 yards in the fourth and Cougars drove 61 yards
on the final drive before the fumble.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Central Florida WR J.J. Worton became the 10th player
in school history to go over 2,000 receiving yards (2,005) after
grabbing one pass for nine yards. … O’Korn became the 11th Houston
quarterback to record 4,000 yards passing and has 4,061 overall
while Cougars’ WR Demarcus Ayers caught seven passes for 90 yards. …
Houston has forced at least one turnover in 28 consecutive games,
the second longest streak behind Louisiana-Monroe (30).
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