It was looking like the Red Raider offensive line was going to have a long day keeping Ed Oliver and the Cougar defensive line at bay. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 21-14 in favor of the Houston and the Texas Tech offense had more holding penalties than they had touchdowns. Paul Stawarz had two of those holding penalties, Travis Bruffy had one, and Donta Thompson had the other. At one point Bruffy and Stawarz had holding penalties on back to back plays.