It was a story the Houston Cougars experienced not only once, but twice heading into Friday night. After a late touchdown strike seemed to restore momentum to the Cougars season, Houston stood three minutes from recording back-to-back wins and jumping to 1-0 in AAC play. But just like in the first two weeks against UTSA and Texas Tech, the Cougars witnessed a lead with under 60 seconds to go dwindle away.
On a do-or-die 4th and goal in the final minute, Tulane ran a fake rollout shovel pass to Tyrick James to force Houston to into its third overtime battle in five games.