HOUSTON at USF
Saturday, Oct. 28 • 3:45 p.m. • ESPNU
TDECU Stadium (40,000/Synthetic Turf)
Houston, Texas
Television
ESPNU
Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia
Radio
KPRC-AM 950 (Houston)
WWBA-AM 820 (USF)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the fifth meeting between Houston and USF … The series is tied at 2-2 … The Cougars have taken both previous American Athletic Conference meetings with a 35-23 victory in Houston in 2013 and a 27-3 decision in Tampa in 2014 … USF took the first two meetings, which were played in 2001 and 2002.
HOUSTON
4-3, 2-2 American
Head Coach
Major Applewhite (Texas ’02)
4-4, first full season
Notes
Houston looks to snap a two-game slide after the Cougars fell 42-38 to No. 25 Memphis last Thursday … The Cougars had won 17 of their last 18 games at TDECU Stadium … QB Kyle Postma has started the last four games after QB Kyle Allen was the starter in the first three … Postma has thrown for 1,120 yards and five touchdowns with six interceptions this season, while Allen has thrown for 751 yards with four TDs … RB Duke Catalon has a team-high 496 rushing yards with seven touchdowns … WR Steven Dunbar leads the team with 48 receptions for 514 yards, while WR Linell Bonner has 45 catches for 463 yards and a team-high three touchdowns … All-America DT Ed Oliver has 42 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles … LB D’Juan Hines is third in The American with an average of 9.4 tackles per game.
17/14 USF
7-0, 3-0 American
Head Coach
Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas ’82)
7-0, first season at USF
59-37, eighth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
USF takes a 12-game winning streak — the nation’s longest active streak — into Saturday’s game after the Bulls were 34-28 winners against Tulane last Saturday … The win gave head coach Charlie Strong a combined 19-1 record as an American Athletic Conference coach … USF has scored at least 30 points in 24 consecutive games, breaking the modern NCAA streak of 23 games, set by Oregon between 2011 and 2012 … USF leads the nation with 16 defensive interceptions this season, three more than any other team … QB Quinton Flowers has thrown for 1,245 yards and 12 touchdowns with three interceptions and has rushed for 613 yards and seven TDs … RB Darius Tice has a team-high 634 rushing yards with nine TDs … S Devin Abraham leads The American with four interceptions.