Charles Sims is back for the Houston Cougars.
For at least one week, so is the defense.
Sims rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns, and the Cougars held the explosive Rice offense in check in a 35-14 victory Saturday afternoon at Reliant Stadium.
The Cougars kept the Bayou Bucket trophy for the second year in a row and third time in the last four in the annual meeting between the cross-town rivals.
Houston (1-3, 1-0 Conference USA) built a 28-0 lead before the Owls added two late touchdown catches by Sam McGuffie.
Sims, who missed the Sept. 15 UCLA game with a hip injury, had touchdown runs of 3, 47 and 16 yards. He also had 47 receiving yards to finish with 205 all-purpose yards.
With two of the worst defenses in the nation on display, the Bayou Bucket seemed destined for a shootout, right?
A week after producing 51 points and nearly 650 yards total offense, the Owls (1-4, 0-2 C-USA) struggled to get into a rhythm without starting quarterback Taylor McHargue. McHargue injured his left (non-throwing) shoulder in last week's double-overtime loss to Marshall.
Redshirt freshman Driphus Jackson never had time to get comfortable in his first career start, as the Cougars regularly busted through the line untouched. UH had five sacks, including two by linebacker Phillip Steward, and countless more hurries.
At one point in the second half, television cameras showed a frustrated Jackson yelling at coaches on the Rice sideline.
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