No. 22 Houston routs Southern 77-6 in game played briefly without stadium lights

HOUSTON -- , Conner Weigman threw for 120 yards and three touchdowns before giving way to his backup, and No. 22 Houston routed Southern 77-6 Saturday night in a game played briefly without stadium lights due to a power outage. The teams wrapped up the blowout by agreeing to an 8-minute fourth quarter. The Cougars (2-0) piled up 388 rushing yards from 10 different ballcarriers. Weigman was 9-of-12 passing in 1 1/2 quarters before being relieved by Keisean Henderson , who added two more touchdown passes. “I thought everybody ran hard,” Houston coach Willie Fritz said. “Good job by everybody in the run game. It’s hard to run it when they know you’re going to run it every down.” The teams played the final two minutes of the first half without the stadium lights.