HOUSTON, TX (AP) - Houston used a 42 point second half explosion en route to a 52-24 beating of Louisiana Lafayette on Saturday night.

Quarterback Kevin Kolb accounted for 325 yards passing and 4 touchdowns through the air as Houston (6-0) amassed another 400+ yards of total offense.

The game was deadlocked heading into the fourth quarter until a Rocky Schwartz forced fumble on UL-Lafayette quaterback Jerry Babb gave the Cougars field position inside of the Ragin' Cajuans' 20 yard line. There, Kolb found Heisman front runner Vincent Marshall for a 19-yard touchdown catch.

Marshall finished the game with 8 receptions for 182 yards and 3 touchdowns receiving. He also had 98 yards on punt returns and another score.

Defensively, Wade Koehl, Schwartz, Brendan Pahulu, and Kenneth Fontenette all had 8 tackles with Pahulu doing the most damage, tying a school record set earlier this year by Koehl with 5 sacks.

NCAA
TOP TEN
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1 1 Texas (35) 6-0 1499
2 2 USC (24) 5-0 1343
3 4 Penn State (1) 6-0 1248
4 5 West Virginia (1) 5-0 1166
5 7 Tennessee 6-0 1158
6 6 Florida State 5-0 1139
7 8 Notre Dame 5-1 978
8 3 Oklahoma 5-1 978
9 10 Ohio State 4-2 865
10 11 Louisvillie 4-1 845

NCAA
HEISMAN
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1. VINCENT MARSHALL - HOUSTON, WR
Stats: 1368 All-purpose yards, 18 total touchdowns

2. Kenneth Darby - Alabama, HB
Stats: 147 car, 994 yds, 12 TD, 10 rec, 265 yds, 5 TD

3. Blake Mitchell - South Carolina, QB
Stats: 151-227, 2,716 yds, 17 car, 25 total TD

4. Colt McCoy - Texas, QB
Stats: 118-196. 1,496 yds, 20 TD, 35 car, 63 yds

5. Thomas Brown - Georgia, HB
Stats: 130 car, 861 yds, 10 TD, 15 rec, 309 yds, 2 TD

C-USA
SCORES
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UL-Lafayette 24, HOUSTON 52
Southern Miss 36, Tusla 17
UCF 17, Marshall 30
Memphis 14, UAB 31
Virginia 45, ECU 7
SMU 23, UTEP 0
Rice 48, Tulane 42 OT

NCAA
- V. Marshall/B. Pahulu