Texas Tech student ticket holders left disappointed. Houston student ticket holders left elated. Regardless of what team you were cheering for everyone who watched including the national television audience and the record 32,114 in attendance at Robertson Stadium witnessed a classic battle of two former Southwest Conference rivals that ended with a 29-28 victory for the 17th-ranked Houston Cougars over the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

With a pair of college football’s best offenses, the fans came to see offense. They weren’t disappointed.

After a record-crowd witnessed the Dallas Cowboys losing the first-ever NFL game in the Dallas Cowboys Stadium to the New York Giants a week earlier, the Dallas Cowboy Stadium ticket holders hoped to see a better performance from offense quarterback Tony Romo. Instead, they saw an improved performance, but still one without any consistency as the Cowboys held on to defeat the Carolina Panthers 21-7.

While running back Marion Barber sat out with a bruised thigh, backup running backs Felix Jones and Tashard Choice proved to be more than capable backups amassing 176 yards on the ground. Romo avoided any interceptions like the three a week earlier and finished completing 22 of 33 passes for 255 yards. All of it combined and the Cowboys still struggled to score.