HOUSTON (AP) Clayton Tune passed for 380 yards and four touchdowns, Stacy Sneed rushed for two scores and Houston beat USF 42-27 on Saturday.
Tune went over 10,000 career yards after finding Peyton Sawyer in the corner of the end zone to take a 28-14 lead with 55 seconds left before halftime. Tune's fourth touchdown came on a 28-yard flea-flicker to KeSean Carter early in the fourth quarter.
Tune was 31-of-37 passing for Houston (5-3, 3-1 American Athletic Conference). Nathaniel Dell caught nine passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns, and Carter added 102 yards receiving and one touchdown.
Dell was left wide open for a 52-yard score early in the second quarter.
Brian Battie rushed for 106 yards, on 12 carries, and two touchdowns for USF (1-7, 0-4). Katravis Marsh passed for 275 yards and Xavier Weaver had 84 yards receiving.