A second half collapse plagued UH football in its 2021 season opener against Texas Tech, as the Red Raiders scored 31 unanswered points to hand the Cougars a 38-21 loss at NRG Stadium on Saturday night in the Texas Kickoff.
Coming off a 2020 season in which the UH offense scored only 30 total first-quarter points, junior quarterback Clayton Tune emphasized earlier in the week that starting fast was a major point of emphasis for the Cougars offense coming into Saturday night’s showdown — and the Cougars could not have scripted a better start.
UH opened up the game with a 16-play, 75-yard drive, including two fourth-down conversions, that took 8:23 off the clock and was capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by Tune.