Houston 7 10 3 0 --20
LSU     7 0  0 0 -- 7

 First Quarter
 LSU--Mealey 34 run (Corbello kick), 11:11
 Hou--Regimbald 24 pass from McKinley (Clark kick), 3:18

 Second Quarter
 Hou--FG Clark 22, 6:17
 Hou--Sanford 10 run (Clark kick), 1:10

 Third Quarter
 Hou--FG Clark 29, 6:33

 A--76,671

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                     HOU      LSU
 First downs         20       18
 Rushes-yards        50-172   17-31
 Passing             203      296
 Return yards        72       20
 Comp-Att-Int        19-27-0  24-43-4
 Punts               8-48     7-41
 Fumbles-lost        0-0      1-1
 Penalties-yards     5-40     4-44
 Time of Possession  37:03    22:57

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 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

 RUSHING--Houston, Sanford 27-105, Green 20-64, Hill 1-4,
 McKinley 2-(minus-1).
 LSU, Mealey 5-53, J. Booty 1-2, Davis 5-1, Myers 2-(minus-2),
 Davey 4-(minus-23).

 PASSING--Houston, McKinley 19-27-0-203. 
 LSU, J. Booty 20-34-2-213, Davey 4-9-2-83.

 RECEIVING--Houston, Iglesias 4-55, Sanford 4-28, Green 3-24, 
 Hill 3-17, Regimbald 2-50, Pritchett 2-17, Baldwin 1-12. 
 LSU, Myers 8-114, Reed 5-100,  Robinson 4-24, Davis 2-29, 
 Domingeaux 2-17, Banks 2-15, Mealey 1-(minus-3)