By: Washington State Athletic Communications
PULLMAN, Wash. - No. 20 Washington State came from behind for a 31-24 victory over Houston at the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff played at NRG Stadium last Friday.
GAME NOTES
• WSU won the toss and elected to receive
• was the team captain for the 3 straight game
• Attendance: 40,523
TEAM NOTES
• WSU improves to 3-0 for the 3 straight season
• WSU recorded 2 takeaways (2 FUM), improves to 26-5 over the last 4+ seasons when forcing multiple turnovers
PLAYER NOTES
• Freshman made his collegiate debut, appearing on kickoff return, finished with 3 tackles, 1 fumble recovery
• threw 3 TD passes, upping his season total to 12, recorded his 3 straight 400-yard game
• scored his 4 rushing TD of the season, 12 of his career
• Borghi caught 6 passes to up his career receptions to 64, tied for 8-most by a running back in WSU history
• caught his 4 TD pass of the season, 12 of his career
• caught his 2 TD pass of the season, 7 of his career
• set a career high with 9 catches and recorded his 2 straight 100-yard game (115)
• caught his 3 TD pass of the season
• recorded his 1 career tackle-for-loss, finished with 4 tackles
• recovered his 1 career fumble as a Coug and 2 of his career
• recorded his 2 sack of the season, finished with 3 tackles
• made a team-high 10 tackles and forced a fumble
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