both teams traded punts to open the third quarter. with 6:47 left in the third quarter, louisiana tech qb nick isham completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to quinton patton to increase tech's lead to 27–7. after quinn giles intercepted a pass by case keenum, ray holley scored his second rushing touchdown in the game on a 7-yard td run to bring the louisiana tech lead to 34–7 with 5:11 left in the third quarter. houston began their comeback when keenum completed a 50-yard touchdown pass with 4:27 left in the third quarter to make the score louisiana tech 34, houston 14. bryce beall ran for a 2-yard touchdown to cut the tech lead to 34–21 with 12:53 left in the fourth quarter. after houston recovered a fumble by tech's ray holley, houston completed an 80-yard drive down the field with a 4-yard touchdown run by beall to make the score 34–28 louisiana tech with 7:25 remaining in the game. houston took its first lead of the night after keenum threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to make the score houston 35–34 with 1:36 remaining in the game. houston went on to win the game after tech turned the ball over on downs in the last minute of the game.