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SPORTS
This week in Conference USA
Memphis (2-8, 1-5) at No. 22 Houston (8-2, 4-2)
Robertson Stadium (32,000)
Houston, Texas
1 p.m., Saturday
Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast telecast. ... Memphis comes off a loss to UAB, 31-21. ... RB Curtis Steele ran for two scores and 107 yards. ... Senior WR Duke Calhoun, Memphis' all-time leader in receptions and reception yardage, had four catches for 78 yards. ... QB Will Hudgens passed for 333 yards. ... Houston fell at UCF, 37-32. ... QB Case Keenum topped the 300-yard passing mark for the 22nd time in his last 24 games, completing 33-of-56 passes for 377 yards and three touchdowns. ... WR Tyron Carrier had his fourth 100-yard game of the season. ... CB Devin Mays gave UH its third kickoff return for a TD this season with a 100-yard return in the second quarter.
UAB (5-5, 4-2) at East Carolina (6-4, 5-1)
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (43,000)
Greenville, N.C.
3:30 p.m., Saturday
UAB improved to 4-2 in C-USA with a 31-21 win at Memphis. ... QB Joe Webb has accounted for 845 yards and 10 touchdowns rushing and passing in the past two games. ... WR Frantrell Forrest caught two touchdown passes for the second straight week. ... East Carolina won at Tulsa on Sunday, 44-17. ... The Pirates scored three defensive touchdowns. ... CB Emanuel Davis and DB Levin Neal both returned interceptions for scores and DT Jay Ross added a 49-yard fumble return for a touchdown. ... RB Dominique Lindsay ran for 172 yards.
Tulane (3-7, 1-5) at UCF (6-4, 4-2)
Bright House Networks Stadium (45,000)
Orlando, Fla.
3 p.m., Saturday
Tulane fell last week at Rice, 28-20. ... WR Jeremy Williams caught a pair of first quarter touchdowns and finished with 10 receptions for 139 yards. ... RB Andre Anderson carried 26 times for 135 yards, his fourth 100-yard game of the season. ... UCF forced three turnovers in a 37-32 win over Houston. ... UCF held the ball for 39:30 as the team had just four incompletions and 152 rushing yards. ... QB Brett Hodges completed 12 straight passes at one point, finishing 21-of-25 for 241 yards and a touchdown. ... RB Brynn Harvey carried 35 times for 139 yards and three touchdowns.
UTEP (3-7, 2-4) at RIce (1-9, 1-5)
Rice Stadium (47,000)
Houston, Texas
3:30 p.m., Saturday
The UTEP Miners lost at SMU last week, 35-31. ... RB Donald Buckram ran for more than 200 yards for the second straight week and third time this season, carrying 33 times for 241 yards and adding five receptions for 66 yards. He also scored a pair of touchdowns and has rushed for 13 of UTEP's 22 rushing scores this season. ... QB Trevor Vittatoe was 24-of-40 for a season-high 396 yards and two touchdowns. ... Rice posted a 28-20 victory over Tulane. ... WR Toren Dixon set career highs with his 158 yards receiving and three touchdown receptions.
SMU (6-4, 5-1) at Marshall (5-5, 3-3)
Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,019)
Huntington
4:30 p.m., Saturday
SMU sophomore QB Kyle Padron threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to senior WR Emmanuel Sanders with 4:34 remaining to give the Mustangs a 35-31 win over UTEP. ... SMU leads the West Division with a 5-1 league mark. ... Padron finished the game 17-of-24 for 244 yards with two touchdowns passing and two TDs rushing. ... WR Emmanuel Sanders caught seven passes for 134 yards and two scores. He now has 14 career 100-yard games. ... Junior RB Shawnbrey McNeal had 18 carries for a career-high 169 yards and a touchdown. ... LB Chase Kennemer recorded his seventh double-figure tackle game of the season. ... Marshall lost at home to Southern Miss, 27-20. ... QB Brian Anderson completed 29-of-52 passes for 337 yards and a touchdown. ... Redshirt freshman WR Antavious Wilson was on the receiving end of 13 Anderson passes totaling 153 yards. ... TE Lee Smith caught six balls for 77 yards.
Tulsa (4-6, 2-4) at Southern Miss (6-4, 4-2)
M.M. Roberts Stadium (36,000)
Hattiesburg, Miss.
7:30 p.m., Saturday
CBS College Sports Network telecast. ... Tulsa lost Sunday night to East Carolina, 44-17. ... Damaris Johnson, the nation's leader in all-purpose yardage, rolled up 321 all-purpose yards. He had 14 receptions for 135 yards and a touchdown, added five kickoff returns for 177 yards and a punt return for nine yards. ... Southern Miss became bowl-eligible for the 16th consecutive season with a 27-20 win at Marshall. ... QB Martevious Young threw a pair of second half touchdowns, including the game-winner to sophomore WR DeAndre Brown with six minutes remaining. ... Freshman RB Tracy Lampley established a school record for kickoff return yards in a game with 211, including his first career kickoff return for a touchdown of 93 yards.