It took everything they had, but the Cougars pulled through with a 38-24 victory over the Florida State University Seminoles at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
In the end, the story of the game was Houston’s defense and how they were able to shut down FSU’s running offense and force big turnovers.
“We held them to 16 total yards rushing in the entire game,” head coach Tom Herman said. “But to be great on third down, you’ve got to be really good on first and second down, and I think the one thing that Coach Orlando and the entire defensive staff do is they’re aggressive on first down and second down.