Linebacker, Houston, 2011–⁠14

Derrick Mathews

Number
No. 49
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Houston, TX
Born
Sep 25, 1992, in Houston, Texas

Derrick Mathews played linebacker at Houston (2011–⁠14).

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2011Houston3
2013Houston1
Career4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
20111455511061013322
20121246801261760529
2013N137442116127142–
On file17517334839144126–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Houston49LB
2012Houston49LB
2013Houston49LB
2014Houston49LB6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2013 Houston 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 19vs.BYUL 46–⁠471
2011 Houston 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 8vs.East CarolinaW 56–⁠31
Oct 22vs.MarshallW 63–⁠281
Nov 25atTulsaW 48–⁠161

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

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