Conner Weigman's 3 second-half touchdowns rally No. 20 Houston past UCF 27-17

HOUSTON -- — Conner Weigman threw for 239 yards and rushed for three second-half touchdowns, and No. 20 Houston rallied to beat Central Florida 27-17 on Saturday.

Weigman rushed for 50 yards, Re’Shaun Sanford II ran for 62 yards and Patrick Overmyer caught six passes for 76 yards for Houston (4-1, 1-1 Big 12).

Trailing 17-0, Weigman had a 19-yard touchdown run with 3½ minutes left in the third.

On the next UCF drive, Latreveon McCutchin intercepted Keyone Jenkins and returned it 17 yards to the UCF 2. Two plays later, Weigman rushed it in from a yard out to cut the lead to three.

After the Knights went three-and-out, Weigman capped an 11-play, 62-yard drive with a 1-yard score with 10:15 remaining to give the Cougars a 21-17 lead. Jonathan Dimas made two field goals to push the margin to 10.

Jenkins went 23 of 35 for 253 yards and a touchdown. He threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Josh Derry and ran for a 5-yard touchdown with six minutes remaining in the third quarter as the Knights (3-2, 1-1) built a 17-0 lead.

Derry had seven receptions for 101 yards, and Duke Watson had 50 yards rushing for the Knights.

The takeaway

UCF: The Knights dropped to 0-2 on the road this season. … After going up 17-0, the Knights gained only 65 more yards and one first down over their final five drives.

Houston: The Cougars should at least maintain their position in the AP Top 25 poll. … Houston needed to rally after having issues finishing drives early on, getting stopped inside the UCF 10 on three straight drives in the second quarter. The Cougars were stopped at the UCF 3 on consecutive drives before Overmyer fumbled at the UCF 7 and into the end zone, recovered by the Knights.

Up next

UCF: At No. 19 Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Houston: At Kansas State on Saturday.

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