After Auburn punted the ball, Houston drove 70 yards in 14 plays, culminating with a Carlos Lopez 27-yard field goal to make it 10–0 in the beginning of the second quarter.
Auburn’s Mickey Zofko completed a 36-yard halfback option pass to Connie Frederick to make it 16–7 with 3:36 in the half.
An 8- play, 71-yard drive was culminated by a Ted Heiskell touchdown run to make it 22–7 in the third quarter.
With 11:48 remaining in the game, Houston scored again on a 12 yard touchdown run by Strong.
With :35 seconds left, Rusty Clark threw a touchdown pass to Tommy Mozisek to make the final score 36–7.