HOUSTON (Interstat) — The Houston Cougars rallied from a three-touchdown deficit to beat the LSU Tigers 38-28 on Saturday at NRG Stadium. LSU’s Barion Brown opened the game with a 99-yard kickoff return touchdown, and the Tigers led 28-7 in the first quarter. Houston quarterback Conner Weigman then guided the comeback, completing 21 of 29 passes for 172 yards and four touchdowns. His scoring throws went to Amare Thomas (two), Tanner Koziol and Traville Frederick Jr. LSU quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr. threw two touchdown passes to Trey’Dez Green. The Cougars outscored the Tigers 31-7 after the first quarter to improve to 10-3. LSU fell to 7-6.