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Week 1: Houston 28 at Oklahoma 38
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Houston ThunderBears Houston ThunderBears 01414028
Oklahoma Wranglers Oklahoma Wranglers 90151438
Date: Saturday April 14, 2001, Game Time: 12:00 am ET
Arena: Cox Convention Center
Attendance: 6,713
MVP: Lamart Cooper (OKC), Kusanti Abdul-Salaam (OKC)
Ironman of the Game: Bobby McGowens (OKC)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
09:18Oklahoma WranglersFGSailer 20 yd field goalOklahoma Wranglers 3-0
03:46Oklahoma WranglersTDGoolsby 4 yd run (Sailer kick failed)Oklahoma Wranglers 9-0
2nd Quarter
14:20Houston ThunderBearsTDBronson 1 yd run (Szeredy kick)Oklahoma Wranglers 9-7
09:27Houston ThunderBearsTDHammel 2 yd run (Szeredy kick)Houston ThunderBears 14-9
3rd Quarter
13:33Houston ThunderBearsTDBronson 45 yd pass from Hammel (Szeredy kick)Houston ThunderBears 21-9
08:56Oklahoma WranglersTDMcDonald 4 yd run (Sailer kick)Houston ThunderBears 21-16
04:04Oklahoma WranglersTDForeman 12 yd pass from Lopez (Foreman run)Oklahoma Wranglers 24-21
01:57Houston ThunderBearsTDDavis 25 yd pass from Hammel (Szeredy kick)Houston ThunderBears 28-24
4th Quarter
11:59Oklahoma WranglersTDMcGowens 46 yd interception return (Sailer kick)Oklahoma Wranglers 31-28
01:32Oklahoma WranglersTDChandler 10 yd pass from Lopez (Sailer kick)Oklahoma Wranglers 38-28
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  HoustonOklahoma
First Downs1218
Rushing Yards426
Passing Yards251235
Fumbles/Lost1/12/2
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards11/585/33
Time of Possession31:0428:56
3rd Down Conv.1/53/8
4th Down Conv.1/20/1
Individual Statistics
Houston Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Todd Hammel163425122
Oklahoma Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Ron Lopez213823520
Houston Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Anthony Fogle5940
Terence Davis4521
Ben Bronson3821
Damon Bowers2130
Gerald Dockery2100
Oklahoma Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Lamart Cooper101350
Bobby McGowens4360
Shawn Foreman3431
Antonio Chandler1101
Kusanti Abdul-Salaam160
Ty Peace150
Houston Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Todd Hammel121
Ben Bronson111
Damon Bowers110
Matt Kinsinger110
Rick Boyer1-10
Oklahoma Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Travis McDonald6161
Brian Goolsby4101
Ron Lopez200
Houston Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Scott Szeredy4/40/20/00/0
Oklahoma Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Chris Sailer3/41/20/00/0
Houston Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Damon Bowers2/29/00/0/0
Ben Bronson1/21/01/23/0
Oklahoma Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Lamart Cooper5/65/01/18/0
Houston Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Tabari Wallace7/230.0/00/0
Rick Boyer6/200.0/00/0
Anthony Fogle4/210.0/00/0
Carl Greenwood3/120.0/00/0
Terence Davis2/110.0/00/0
Ramon E Okoli2/000.0/00/0
Damon Bowers1/200.0/01/1
Gerald Dockery1/100.0/00/0
Mathias Vavao1/000.0/00/0
Verone McKinley1/000.0/00/0
Murray Garrett0/100.0/00/0
John Fitzgerald0/000.0/00/1
Oklahoma Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Kusanti Abdul-Salaam6/020.0/00/0
Shawn Parnell5/110.0/01/0
Barry Dillard2/100.0/00/0
Travis McDonald1/100.0/00/0
Chuck Reed1/100.0/00/0
Mike Mari1/001.0/50/1
Tom Briggs1/000.0/00/0
Antonio Chandler1/000.0/00/0
Ty Peace1/000.0/00/0
Josh Heskew1/000.0/00/0
Brian Goolsby0/010.0/00/0
Bobby McGowens0/010.0/00/0
Lindsay Hassell0/010.0/00/0
Houston Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Oklahoma Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Bobby McGowens1461
Shawn Parnell100