louisiana tech generated 444 yards on offense on 98 plays. lennon creer and ray holley combined for 47 carries, 161 yards, and three touchdowns on the ground, as louisiana tech ran 66 rushing plays in the game which is tied for the 2nd-most carries by a bulldog team in the history of the program. quinton patton caught five passes for 82 yards and one touchdown for the evening and was later named to the fred biletnikoff award watch list after the game as a result of his play through the first three games of the 2011 college football season. the crowd of 24,628 at joe aillet stadium for the louisiana tech vs. houston marked the sixth-largest crowd for a louisiana tech football game at joe aillet stadium.