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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 27, Houston 3
When: 10:15 PM ET, Friday, November 15, 2024
Where: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
Temperature: 58°
Head Official: Mike McCabe
Attendance: 38538

Arizona's Noah Fifita passed for two touchdowns, Tyler Loop kicked a school-record 62-yard field goal and the Wildcats snapped a five-game losing streak with a 27-3 victory over Houston on Friday night in Tucson, Ariz.

Fifita completed 20 of 35 passes for 224 yards for the Wildcats (4-6, 2-5 Big 12), who never trailed and went up 27-3 on Quali Conley's 50-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. Conley had scored on a 13-yard reception earlier in the quarter.

Houston (4-6, 3-4), which entered the game third-to-last nationally in scoring (15.2 points per game), committed three turnovers and turned the ball over on downs four times, including on fourth-and-goal from the 1 in the second quarter and on a fake punt near midfield in the third quarter.

Loop ended the first half with his 62-yard field goal, breaking the Arizona record of 57, held by four players. Loop added a 51-yard field goal in the third quarter.

Conley finished with 107 yards on 11 carries. Tetairoa McMillan caught six passes for 70 yards and a touchdown. Arizona safety Genesis Smith had an interception and a fumble recovery to go with seven tackles, 1.5 for loss.

Houston, which had won three of its previous four games, failed to reach double-digit points for the fourth time this season. The Cougars' final scoring chance was thwarted on a fumble inside the Arizona 10 with 4:27 to go.

Cougars quarterback Zeon Chriss completed 16 of 27 passes for 191 yards with an interception. He also rushed for 55 yards on 18 carries.

The Wildcats struck first on a 33-yard touchdown pass to McMillan midway through the first quarter as Fifita scrambled to his left and heaved a pass to the back of the end zone. Arizona preserved the lead early in the second quarter by breaking up a pass on fourth-and-goal from the 1.

Arizona squandered a chance with about four minutes to go before half when holder Michael Salgado-Medina dropped the snap on a 28-yard field-goal attempt.

Houston's Jack Martin kicked a 49-yard field goal to make it 7-3 with 42 seconds to go before halftime before the Wildcats moved into position for Loop's 62-yarder. He is 5 of 7 this season on field goals of 50-plus yards.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Houston   Arizona
Re'Shaun Sanford II Player Quali Conley
10 Attempts 11
76 Yards 107
7.6 Avg Yards 9.7
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Houston   Arizona
Stephon Johnson Player Tetairoa McMillan
4 Receptions 6
70 Yards 70
17.5 Avg Yards 11.7
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Houston 326 135 191 0 1 1 5.0 0
Arizona 337 113 224 3 2 1 2.0 3