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RICE OWLS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GAME 14 • VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE • AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL • MEMPHIS, TENN. LIBERTY BOWL MEMORIAL STADIUM • DEC. 31, 2013 • 3 P.M. • ESPN
Series with Mississippi State
Owls Memphis Bound to Face MSU Bulldogs
This is the second meeting betwee Rice and Mississippi State. The schools met on October 11, 1975 at Rice Stadium with the Bulldogs taking a 28-14 decision. It will be the Owls second appearance in a bowl with a team from Mississippi. They dropped a 14-6 decision to Ole Miss in the 1961 Sugar Bowl.
Thanks to a dominating performance in the C-USA Championship game, the Rice Owls have earned a berth in the 55th AutoZone Liberty Bowl to face the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Rice (10-3/7-1) is repeating in bowl action for the first time since 1960-61.
On the Tube
Rice in a Bowl
The 55th Liberty Bowl will be broadcast by ESPN. Bob Wischusen will call the action and be joined in the booth by Rod Gilmore. Quint Kessenich will report from the sidelines.
Radio
In addition to returning the bulk of the 2012 roster and all of the coaching staff, the Owls radio broadcast crew also returns intact for 2013. JP Heath begins his second season of calling play-by-play, while Nate Griffin (analyst) and Jorge Vargas (sideline) are the returning members of the broadcast crew. The broadcasts are engineered by Frankie Hicks.
Rice Media Relations
Football Contact l Chuck Pool Office Number l 713.348.5775 Cell Number l 832.244.6476 Email Address l
[email protected] SID Fax Number l 713.348.6019 Rice Press Box l 713.348.5638 Rice Web Site l www.RiceOwls.com Rice Twitter l @riceowlsdotcom / @RiceFootball1 Rice FootballFacebook l facebook.com/riceowlsfootball
This is Rice’s 11th appearance in a bowl game, a history that began when the Owls face Colorado in the second annual Cotton Bowl on January 1, 1938. Jess Neely led the Owls to six bowls during his career, begining with the 1947 Orange Bowl and concluding with the 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl. Rice ended a drought of 45 years without a bowl when they earned a berth in the 2006 New Orleans Bowl, the first of four appearnaces since Rice joined Conference USA. This is the Owls’ third bowl appearance under David Bailiff.
Last Action
Rice started fast and never gave Marshall a chance to rebound, scoring on its first two possession on the way to a 41-24 win in the Conference USA Championship Game at Rice Stadium. Sophomore running back Luke Turner earned MVP honors thanks to a pair of touchdown passes while junior WR Jordan Taylor and senior RB Charles Ross each topped 100 yards to key the victory. Taylor set a championship game record with his 75-yard TD reception on the Owls’ second possession. On defense, the Owls held down a Thundering Herd attack that had averaged over 50 points in the final five games of the regular season to just 24.
Closing with a Rush
Rice is 25-9 in games played in November or later since 2006. The Owls were 4-1 in 2006, 2-2 in 2007, 5-0 in 2008, 2-2 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, 4-0 in 2012 and 4-0 this year. Rice has a 13-game home winning streak in November. The Owls’ last home loss in the month came on Nov. 24, 2007, 48-43, to Tulsa. – Continued on Page 4 –
2013 Rice Schedule/Results Date Opponent Aug. 31 at No. 7 Texas A&M ESPN Sept. 14 Kansas CBSSN Sept. 21 vs. Houston & FSN Sept. 28 Florida Atlantic * FCS Oct. 5 at Tulsa * CBSSN Oct. 12 at UTSA * TW Oct. 19 at New Mexico State Oct. 26 UTEP * CSS Oct. 31 at North Texas * FS1 Nov. 16 Louisiana Tech *# CBSSN Nov. 21 at UAB * FS1 Nov. 30 Tulane * FCS Dec. 7 Marshall ^ ESPN2 Dec. 31 vs. Mississippi State ESPN
Time/Result L, 52-31 W, 23-14 L, 31-26 W, 18-14 W OT, 30-27 W, 27-21 W, 45-19 W, 45-7 L, 28-16 W, 52-14 W OT, 37-34 W, 17-13 W, 41-24 3 p.m. CT
Series Record/Notes Rice tallied 306 rushing yards, averaging 6.0 yards per attempt. Charles Ross rolled up a career-high 157 yards on the ground in the home opener. Rice rallied from 18 down in the fourth quarter, but UH retained the Bayou Bucket. The Owls scored 12-straight points in the fourth quarter to pull out the win. Rice snapped a six-game skid against the division rival with an overtime victory. Rice jumped out to a 27-7 lead and did not commit a turnover in the road win. Rice piled up 409 rushing yards and 509 yards of total offense in the rout. The Owls racked up 45 points for a second-straight week and became bowl eligible. Despite outgaining NT by 102 yards, Rice dropped its first C-USA game of 2013. Charles Ross had a career game with 215 yards and five touchdowns in the rout. The Owls won a second overtime game behind 328 rushing yards. Rice’s defense held Tulane to six first downs and 123 yards to clinch the division. Rice claimed its first C-USA title and Luke Turner was named Most Valuable Player. 0-1 / The Owls make their first-ever appearance in the Autozone Liberty Bowl.
* Conference USA game | & Reliant Stadium | #Homecoming | ^ Conference USA Championship
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RICE DEPTH CHART OFFENSE TE LT or LG C RG RT QB RB or or WR WR WR
87 30 79 72 78 60 52 53 52 76 72 74 73 16 5 12 35 32 3 4 83 81 1 15 84
Connor Cella Jeremy Eddington Jon Hodde Ian Gray Brandon Dawkins Nico Carlson Spencer Stanley Nate Richards Spencer Stanley Drew Carroll Ian Gray Caleb Williams John Poehlmann Taylor McHargue Driphus Jackson Charles Ross Luke Turner Darik Dillard Jowan Davis Dennis Parks Andre Gautreaux Donte Moore Mario Hull Jordan Taylor Klein Kubiak
6-3 6-2 6-7 6-8 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-8 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-10 5-7 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-1
240 250 310 345 305 285 275 300 275 280 345 280 290 215 205 235 230 195 195 195 200 175 210 210 190
Fr.-RS Sr.-3L Sr.-2L Jr.-2L Fr.-RS Jr.-2L Fr.-RS Sr.-1L Fr.-RS Jr.-2L Jr.-2L So.-1L So.-SQ Sr.-3L So.-1L Sr.-3L So. 1L Fr.-RS Fr.-HS So.-1L Sr.-2L Sr.-3L Jr.-1L Jr.-2L Sr.-3L
SPECIAL TEAMS PK P DS H PR KOR
9 27 27 39 17 48 84 83 29 84 2 38
Chris Boswell James Farrimond James Farrimond Cameron Decell Trevor Gillette Tanyan Farley Klein Kubiak Andre Gautreaux Bryce Callahan Klein Kubiak Malcolm Hill Darion Pollard
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6-2 200 6-0 210 6-0 210 6-4 205 6-3 240 6-2 240 6-1 200 6-0 190 5-10 180 6-1 200 5-11 185 5-8 180
Sr.-3L So.-RS So.-RS Fr.-RS Sr.-3L Jr.-1L Sr.-3L Sr.-1L Jr.-2L Sr.-3L Jr.-2L Fr.-RS
DEFENSE LE NT DT RE SLB WLB or SS or or FS KAT LCB RCB DIME
90 18 99 58 56 96 13 91 42 41 10 46 43 2 40 6 31 7 11 24 25 29 23 15 22 19 22
Cody Bauer Zach Patt Ross Winship Cody Henessee Christian Covington Dylan Klare Tanner Leland Josh Skinner Michael Kutzler Alex Lyons James Radcliffe Nick Elder Tabari McGaskey Malcolm Hill Gabe Baker Zach Espinosa Broderick Jackson Julius White Garrett Fuhrman Paul Porras Jaylon Finner Bryce Callahan Anthony Canady Phillip Gaines Ryan Pollard Alex Francis Ryan Pollard
6-4 255 6-2 240 6-4 290 6-2 265 6-3 295 6-2 275 6-2 250 6-2 240 6-0 205 6-0 220 6-2 220 6-0 220 6-0 220 5-11 185 6-1 210 6-2 210 5-10 210 5-10 195 5-8 180 6-1 205 5-10 190 5-10 180 5-9 170 6-1 185 5-8 170 5-9 185 5-8 170
Sr.-3L Jr.-2L So.-1L Fr.-RS So.-1L Jr.-2L Sr.-3L Sr.-2L Sr.-2L Fr.-RS Jr.-2L So.-1L Fr.-RS Jr.-2L Jr.-2L So.-1L Sr.-1L Jr.-2L So.-1L Sr.-3L Jr.-2L Jr.-2L Fr.-HS Sr.-3L So.-SQ Sr.-2L So.-SQ
Statistical Comparison
Category Rushing Offense Passing Offense Total Offense Scoring Offense Rushing Defense Pass Efficiency Defense Total Defense Scoring Defense Net Punting Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Turnover Margin Pass Defense Passing Efficiency Sacks Tackles For Loss Sacks Allowed Fumbles Recovered Fumbles Lost Passes Intercepted Interceptions Thrown Turnovers Gained Turnovers Lost Fewest Penalties pg Fewest Yards Penalized pg Punt Return Yardage Defense Kickoff Return Yardage Defense 3rd Down Conversions 4th Down Conversions 3rd Down Conv. Defense 4th Down Conv. Defense Red Zone Offense Red Zone Defense First Downs Time of Possession
Rice
Mississippi State
Actual FBS C-USA Actual FBS SEC 240.2 16 1 185.8 45 10 185.5 101 10 240.3 57 7 425.6 49 3 426.2 48 9 31.4 51 4 26.3 81 10 155.4 54 4 151.1 46 7 126.7 71 4 126.0 77 11 351.1 24 2 366.3 34 6 22.9 33 4 24.3 42 8 36.0 86 7 36.9 62 10 6.3 88 9 2.7 123 14 20.6 77 10 21.5 59 7 0.5 27 4 0.6 22 3 195.7 13 2 215.3 35 7 126.7 71 4 126.0 77 11 1.5 102 9 1.3 105 14 5.1 102 10 5.8 67 7 36.0 86 7 36.9 62 10 11 21 5 10 36 5 9 62 6 5 12 1 14 38 8 14 38 5 9 29 1 12 64 10 0.5 27 4 0.6 22 3 18 43 2 17 32 5 5.5 61 8 5.2 48.0 6 47.4 70 10 40.4 28.0 5 9.4 81 9 6.0 37.0 5 21.0 58 5 21.5 67.0 7 .401 61 6 .372 89 11 .571 34 3 .464 73 12 .330 16 1 .358 31 4 .448 40 3 .500 54 5 .900 14 2 .787 89 11 .892 109 10 .842 70 9 295 23 3 278 38 7 33:24 7 1 33:06 11 2
The Owls’ Record in 2013 When... Overall 10-3 Leading After 1st Quarter 9-2 Conference USA 7-1 Trailing After 1st Quarter 1-1 Non-Conference 3-2 Leading At Halftime 9-0 Home 6-0 Trailing At Halftime 1-3 Away 4-2 Tied At Halftime 0-0 Neutral 0-1 Leading After 3rd Quarter 8-0 Current Streak 4 Wins Trailing After 3rd Quarter 2-3 Current Home Streak 9 Wins Overtime 2-0 Current Road Streak 1 Win Scoring less than 20 points 2-1 Day Games 5-2 Scoring 20-29 points 2-1 Night Games 5-1 Scoring 30+ points 6-1 On Television 9-3 Allowing less than 20 points 6-0 Comcast / Charter Southeast 1-0 Allowing 20-29 points 3-1 CBS Sports Network 3-0 Allowing 30+ points 1-2 ESPN 1-1 With 100-yard rusher 6-2 Fox Sports 3-2 Allowing a 100-yard rusher 4-0 August 0-1 With 300-yard passer 0-0 September 2-1 Allowing a 300-yard passer 0-0 October 4-1 Outgain opponent 7-2 November 3-0 Opponent outgains 3-1 December 1-0 300+ Yards Total Offense 9-3 vs. Top 25 Teams (AP) 0-1 Allow 300+ Yards Total Offense 7-2 vs. Unranked Opponents 10-2 No turnovers 3-0 Natural Grass 1-1 Less than three turnovers 7-2 Field Turf 9-2 Three or more turnovers 0-1 Scoring first 9-3 No takeways 1-0 Opponent scores first 1-0 Less than three takeaways 4-3 Scored on opening drive 5-2 Three or more takeaways 5-0 Opponent scored on opening drive 0-1 Fewer turnovers 7-0 Control time of possession 7-3 Equal turnovers 1-0 Opponent controls time of possession 3-0 More turnovers 2-3
CONFERENCE USA 2013 C-USA Standings East Division
C-USA W L Pct Marshall 7 1 .875 East Carolina 6 2 .750 Middle Tennessee 6 2 .750 Florida Atlantic 4 4 .500 UAB 1 7 .125 Southern Miss 1 7 .125 FIU 1 7 .125
West Division Rice UTSA North Texas Tulane Louisiana Tech Tulsa UTEP
C-USA W L Pct 7 1 .875 6 2 .750 6 2 .750 5 3 .625 3 5 .375 2 6 .250 1 7 .125
Overall W L Pct 9 4 .692 9 3 .750 8 4 .667 6 6 .500 2 10 .167 1 11 .083 1 11 .083
Overall W L Pct 10 3 .769 7 5 .583 8 4 .667 7 5 .583 4 8 .333 3 9 .250 2 10 .167
C-USA Upcoming Games SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21
Tulane vs. Louisiana Lafayette R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (ESPN) New Orleans, La. • Mercedes-Benz Superdome
8 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23
East Carolina vs. Ohio Beef O’Brady’s Bowl (ESPN) St. Petersburg, Fla. • Tropicana Field
2 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
Marshall vs. Maryland Military Bowl (ESPN) 1:30 p.m. Annapolis, Md. • Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30
Middle Tennessee vs. Navy Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (ESPN) 10:45 a.m. Memphis, Tenn. • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31
Rice vs. Mississippi State AutoZone Liberty Bowl (ESPN) 3 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. • Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1
North Texas vs. UNLV Heart of Dallas Bowl (ESPNU) Dallas, Texas • Cotton Bowl Stadium
11 a.m.
2013 C-USA Weekly Honors Sept. 16 Oct. 21 Nov. 18
Chris Boswell (Special Teams) Chris Boswell (Special Teams) Charles Ross (Offense) Chris Boswell (Special Teams)
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RICE QUICK FACTS
Location l Houston, Texas 77251 Founded l 1891 Enrollment l 6,082 Nickname l Owls Mascot l Sammy the Owl Colors l Blue (pms 281c) and Gray (pms 424c) Conference l Conference USA Stadium l Rice Stadium (47,000) Playing Surface l FieldTurf Duraspine President l David W. Leebron (Harvard, ‘76) Athletics Director l Joe Karlgaard (Stanford, ‘96) Rice Athletics Phone Number l 713.348.6920 Rice Football Phone Number l 713.348.6900 Ticket Office Number l 713.522.OWLS
Rice 2012 Team Information
2012 Record l 7-6 C-USA Record/Finish l 4-4 (T-3rd West) Starters Returning/Lost l 18/4 Offense l 9/2 Defense l 9/2 Specialists l 1/1 Lettermen Returning/Lost l 52/11 Offense l 25/5 Defense l 26/6 Special Teams l 1/0
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Record l 8-4 Conference Record/Place l 3-5 / T-5th West Streak | W2 • The game will be MSU’s 17th bowl appearance and fourth-straight. The Bulldogs are 9-7 in previous bowl games and have won five of their last six postseason showdowns. • As for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, it’s MSU fourth berth. Fifty years ago in 1963, the Bulldogs beat North Carolina State 16-12 when the game was still being contested in Philadelphia, Pa. • In the two other Liberty Bowl games, MSU lost to Air Force 38-15 in 1991 and upended Central Florida 10-3 in 2007, when Bulldog fans helped set an AutoZone Liberty Bowl record crowd of 63,816. Mississippi State has a large alumni base in the Memphis area.
Starting with the Coin Toss
The Honors Season
David Bailiff was named C-USA’s Coach of the Year, while a record 10 Owls were named to either the All Conference USA first or second team in voting by league coaches. This is the second time Bailiff has been honored by his peers, having won the award in 2008. Christian Covington, Phillip Gaines, Trevor Gillette, Nate Richard, Charles Ross were all named to the All C-USA first team, while Chris Boswell, Bryce Callahan, Michael Kutzler, Turner Petersen and Jordan Taylor were named to the second team. This is the most all-conference selections for Rice in nine seasons of play in C-USA, as well as in the Owls’ nine seasons in the WAC. The Southwest Conference did not name its own team, but honored those players who were consensus picks by the various media outlets. Rice shows a total of 12 players who received recognition from at least one publication in 1993.
In C-USA
Rice is 37-36 (.507) in Conference USA since entering the league in 2005. The Owls were 1-7 in their initial season in C-USA and have posted a 36-29 record over the past eight seasons (30-27 under David Bailiff). Rice has an overall mark of 24-12 in Conference USA at Rice Stadium and 0-1 at Reliant Stadium, 13-23 on the road.
On a Roll
The Owls have won 15 of their last 18 games dating back to 44-17 win over Southern Miss at Rice Stadium on October 27. It is the best stretch since the Owls won 15 of 17 from November 8, 1952 to October 2, 1954. Rice’s three losses this season have come to bowl teams (Texas A&M, Houston, North Texas).
Back to Back
The Owls have won 17 games the last two years (16-9), matching the best two-year span in school history. Jimmy Kitts was 17-4-1 in his first two years as the head coach of the Owls in 1934-35 (9-1/8-3).
Vs. the SEC
Rice has an overall record of 23-45-5in games against teams from the Southestern Conference (games vs. Arkansas and Texas A&M are not included in this total, nor are four games vs. LSU played before the founding of the conference in 1932). Rice has had its most success against Alabama, with the Owls 3-0 all-time mark being the most wins without a loss vs. the Crimson Tide. Rice also has winning marks against Florida (4-3-1) and Georgia (1-0). Rice has twice played SEC schools in bowl games. They blanked Tennessee 8-0 in the 1947 Orange Bowl, but lost to Ole Miss 14-6 in the 1961 Sugar Bowl.
Here and There
Rice was a perfect 6-0 at home this season, its first perfect home campaign since the 2008 squad was 6-0. Rice finished 4-2 on road this season to post its first winning season on the road since they were 4-3 outside of Houston in 2006. Rice has also won five of its last six C-USA road contests.
Brains and Brawn-I
Rice, Tulane, Stanford and Georgia have been named the winners of the 2013 AFCA Academic Achievement Award, which is presented by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. This is the second time in the last four years that Rice has shared this award (2010 with Northwestern). Each of the four schools honored this year are bowl eligible this year.
Coin Kick/ First Offensive First Defensive Opponent Captain Captain Captain Captain Toss Recieve Possession Possession Jersey Pants Outcome at Texas A&M Bauer Frazier Kubiak McHargue Loss Kick Touchdown Punt White White L 52-31 Kansas Hodde Moore Porras Taylor Won Receive Punt INT Blue White W 23-14 vs. Houston Francis Leland Richards Ross Won Receive Touchdown Touchdown Blue White L 31-26 Florida Atlantic Eddington B Jackson Kutzler Petersen Lost Receive Punt Punt Blue Blue W 18-14 at Tulsa Bauer Eddington Petersen Skinner Lost Receive Touchdown Field Goal White Blue Wot 30-27 at UTSA Baker Gaines McHargue Ross Won Receive Missed FG Punt White Blue W 27-21 at New Mexico St. Gaines McHargue Porras Ross Lost Receive Touchdown Punt White Blue W 45-19 UTEP Gaines Gautreaux McHargue Travis Lost Receive Punt Punt Blue Blue W 45-7 at North Texas Boswell Eddington Kutzler Richards Won Kick Punt Punt White Blue L 28-16 Louisiana Tech Fletcher Gaines Gillette McHargue Won Receive Touchdown Fumble Blue Blue W 52-14 at UAB Gaines Kiesewetter McHargue Ross Won Receive Field Goal Punt White Blue Wot 37-34 Tulane Bauer Gaines McHargue Moore/Ross Lost Receive Blocked FG Punt Blue Blue W, 17-13 Marshall Bauer Frazier Moore Petersen Won Receive Touchdown Punt Blue Blue W, 41-24
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Brains and Brawn-II
Rice is one of three of the top five FBS programs in the NCAA’s most recent graduation success rankings to earn bowl berths this season. Northwestern (4-8) led the study with a 97 percent graduation rate for its football student athlete. Rice (9-3) was second with a 96 pct. mark, followed by Boston College (7-5) 94 pct.; Notre Dame (8-4) 94 pct.; and Air Force (2-10) 93 pct.
Brains and Brawn-III
Stanford and Duke were featured in preseason media touting the schools success on the field and in the classroom. Those two schools will join Rice in playing on their respective conference championship games on Saturday. Rice, Duke and Stanford have combined for a combined 29-7 record this year.
Brains and Brawn-IV
With the completion of their last finals prior to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 11 active Owls will play their final games with degrees in hand: Cody Bauer, Chris Boswell, Alex Francis, Andre Gautreaux, Jon Hodde, Klein Kubiak, Michael Kutzler, Tanner Leland, Taylor McHargue and Nate Richards. Two other players (Corey Frazier and Turner Petersen) have also received their degrees, but were unable to complete the season due to injuries sustained this year.
Ross Looks for Milestones
Charles Ross’ monster night vs. Louisiana Tech vaulted him into the upper half of both the Rice single-season and career rushing charts as well as the school scoring lists. Ross now has 1,252 yards this season, which ranks fourth in school history and he is 137 yards from moving into second. Trevor Cobb set the school mark with 1,692 while winning the Doak Walker Award in 1991. Ross’ 2,661 career yards are already second, trailing just Cobb’s 4,984. Ross’ eight scores on the ground in the last four weeks give him 33 career rushing touchdowns and 35 total scores. His 35 total touchdowns are tied for third with Robbie Beck (2000-03). Ross has also rushed for 2,052 yards in the last two seasons, the best two-year total since Cobb compiled 3,078 from 1991-92.
Ground Owl
Rice leads C-USA and ranks 16th nationally with an average of 240.2 yards per game on the ground. The Owls’ 3,122 yards rushing this year are the most in a season since 2004 when they ran for 3,372 yards in 11 games and ranks sixth in school history. Rice has five current backs who have topped 100 yards rushing at least once in their career.
100-Yard Rushing Games Charles Ross Jowan Davis Taylor Mchargue Turner Petersen Luke Turner
12 1 1 1 1
Leading the Way
Charles Ross leads C-USA with an average of 113.8 yards per game, but in five of the 11 games he has played in, he saw limited action. He missed the second half vs. Houston with an injury that caused him to miss the FAU and Tulsa games. He started but saw only limited action vs. UTSA and missed the most of the second half vs. UNT and UAB. While the formula to determine his average per game is 11, in reality, he’s played the equivalent of 9.5 games.
Moving to the Top
With one game remaining, Rice’s offense has already entered the top ranks of seasons in school history. The 2013 Owls rank third in school history with 5,533 total yards; 998 plays, 408 points and 295 first downs.
Keeping Them Close
Despite facing two of the top 10 scoring offenses in the country, Rice has allowed 94 fewer points through 13 games than they did in 2012. Rice has given up 298 points (22.9 per game). Last year, the Owls had allowed 390 points in 13 games. In six home games this year, Rice allowed an average of 14 points per game (84 total).
Season Rankings
POINTS 1 537 2 414 3 408
2008 2012 2013
TOTAL OFFENSE Plays 1 1026 2 998
2012 2013
Yards 1 6,122 2 5,556 3 5,533
2008 2012 2013
FIRST DOWNS 1 337 2 306 3 295
2008 2012 2013
TEAM JOYCE
The Owls are wearing a special pink ribbon decal on their helmets this year to show their suppor for longtime football secretary Joyce Rannals, who is battling cancer. Rannals has worked inthe Rice Football office since 2000 and prior to that, she worked at the Unviersity of Houston for coach Jack Pardee. Members of the team are also wearing and distributing pink “Team Joyce” wristbands. Rice safeties Malcolm Hill and Broderick Jackson, as part of a class project, have created an online donation campaign (http://www.gofundme.com/teamjoyce )to help “Miss Joyce” with medical expenses. Fans are encouraged to donate either a specifric amount or amounts per specific statistics during the month of October.
COVERING THE OWLS
Members of the media should contact Chuck Pool, Rice University’s Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information, to arrange player/coaches interviews as well as provide advance notice of intentions to cover practices. Each Monday, Rice University head coach David Bailiff along with selected players will meet with the media during a weekly media luncheon and press conference in the R Room located above the south end zone of Rice Stadium. A light lunch is served beginning at 11:30 a.m. Coach Bailiff will address the media beginning at 12:15 and will be followed by selected players. The weekly event will also include an opportunity for one-on-one interviews. Members of the media may access game notes and additional information by visiting the football page by visiting Rice’s athletics web site, RiceOwls.com.
collegepressbox.com
The official media web site for C-USA football, collegepressbox.com, provides access and download capabilities for league members’ weekly game notes, statistics, media guides and more throughout the season. Login information is available from the conference office. Accredited media can also apply for a password by sending an email to
[email protected].
Radio Coverage
This is the third year of a four-year contract between Rice IMG Sports Marketing, the multimedia rights partner for Rice Athletics and an IMG College property, and GOW Communications which made Yahoo Sports Radio1560 (KGOW) in Houston the home for Rice Owls’ football and men’s basketball radio broadcasts . In addition to being the home of live Rice broadcasts, Yahoo Sports Radio 1560 also hosts David Bailiff’s one-hour show on Mondays from 7-8 p.m. The show will be broadcast each week live from Baker Street Pub (5100 Morningside ) in Rice Village.
Social Media
Information about Rice athletics can also be found at Social Networking sites Facebook and Twitter. Media can bookmark the Owls on Facebook at: facebook.com/RiceAthletics facebook.com/riceowlsfootball Rice is on Twitter at: @riceowlsdotcom and @ricefootball1
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Trending Down
CHARTING CHRIS BOSWELL
In the last two years under Broyles Award nominee Chris Thurmond, Rice’s defense has seen a dramatic drop in points allowed. In the previous seven seasons, the Owls had allowed an average of 37.7 points per game. The 2012 Owls cut that margin by holding the opposition to an average of 30 per game, and through 13 games this season that mark has fallen to 22.9. Rice ranks 33rd in scoring defense this season after ranking 99th just two seasons ago.
Field Goals Attempted CAREER 1 Chris Boswell (2010- ) 2 Mark Williams (1970-72) 3 Clark Fangmeier (2006-09) 4 James Hamrick (1983-85) 5 Brennan Landry (2002-05)
88 57 48 47 40
Field Goals Made CAREER 1 Chris Boswell (2010- ) 2 James Hamrick (1983-85) 3 Mark Williams (1970-72) 4 Clark Fangmeier (2006-09) 5 Derek Crabtree (1998-2001)
65 33 30 29 27
SEASON 1 Chris Boswell (2012) 2 James Hamrick (1985) Chris Boswell (2011) 4 Mark Williams (1972) 5 Chris Boswell (2013) 6 Mark Williams (1971) Clint Parsons (1990 8 Alan Pringle (1973) Matt Huelsman (1994) 10 James Hamrick (1984) Chris Boswell (2010)
23 17 17 15 14 13 13 12 12 11 11
GAME 1 Chris Boswell vs. SMU (Nov. 17, 2011) 2 Joel Baxter vs.TCU (O 10, 1981) Matt Huelsman at TCU (O 29, 1994) Chris Boswell at North Texas (S 11, 2010) Chris Boswell at Kansas (S 8, 2012) 6 James Hamrick at Texas (O 5, 1985) James Hamrick at Texas Tech (O 19, 1985) James Hamrick vs. Arkansas (N 2, 1985) Clint Parsons at Notre Dame (N 5, 1988) Sammy Hartman vs. TCU (O 14, 1989) Johnny Bagwell vs. Houston (N 26, 1993) Derek Crabtree at Air Force (N 21, 1998) Luke Juist at Tulsa (O 30, 2004) Chris Boswell vs. Kansas (S 14, 2013)
5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Chris Boswell was not selected as one of 20 C-USA Career Field Goals Groza Award semifinalists, but he remains 70 Stephen Gostkowski, Memphis, 2002-05 66 Seth Marler, Tulane, 1999-02 the nation’s premier long distance kicker. 65 Nick Browne, TCU, 2001-03 Boswell has 8 more field goals from 50 or 65 Chris Boswell, Rice 2010beyond than any active kicker. His closest pursuer from that distance are 2012 Groza winner Cairo Santos of Tulane, Ty Long of C-USA Career Kick Scoring UAB and Zach Hocker of Arkansas, each with 405 Matt Hogan, Houston, 2009-12 five. Boswell has kicked at least one field goal (59 FG, 228 PAT) 369 Stephen Gostkowski, Memphis, 2002-05 from 50 yards in each of his four seasons (70 FG, 159 PAT) at Rice and he has hit 13 of 21 in his career. 358 Chris Boswell, Rice, 2010-12 The 56-yarder vs. Kansas was his third from (65 FG, 163 PAT) more than 55 yards, with a pair from 56 in addition to his 57-yarder at Louisiana Tech in 2012 which tied the school record. Boswell is tied for third all-time in C-USA history with 65 field goals and is within striking distance of the record of 70 by Stephen Gostkowski of Memphis from 50+ Field Goals 2002-05. In 2012, he set school season records for field (2013 active career leaders) goals (23) and kick scoring (114) in addition to career NAME SCHOOL NO records for field goals (51) and field goal attempts (67) 1 Chris Boswell Rice 13 and kick scoring (270). He tied the NCAA record vs. 2 Cairo Santos Tulane 5 SMU becoming the sixth kicker in history to hit three Ty Long UAB 5 field goals of 50 yards or longer in a game and set a Zach Hocker Arkansas 5 school record by kicking a total of five that day. He also 5 Cade Foster Alabama 4 converted from 57 (vs. Louisiana Tech to tie the school Aaron Jones Baylor 4 record) and 56 (vs. SMU) last year, making him the first Ross Martin Duke 4 Carey Spear Vanderbilt 4 kicker in conference history to have two kicks from 55 yards or better in a season (UTEP’s Jose Martinez had a 54 yarder in 2008 and a 57 yarder in 2007).
Pin Them Deep
In addition to his record-setting efforts on place kicks, Chris Boswell also excelled on kickoffs this season. He is second with 54 touchbacks, but his 77 percent rate for touchbacks lead the nation. Facing a UTEP kick return unit that came into the game ranked second in the conference and sixth in the nation, Boswell held the Miners to an average starting field position of its own 20 on eight Interceptions per Game kickoffs. (2013 Active career leaders)
Field Goal Percentage CAREER (Minimum 20 Att.) 1 Derek Crabtree (1998-2001) 2 Chris Boswell (2010- ) 3 Alan Pringle (1973-74) 4 James Hamrick (1983-86) 5 Clint Parsons (1987-90)
81.8 (27-33) 73.9 (65-88) 70.4 (19-27) 70.2 (33-47) 66.7 (24-36)
SEASON (Minimum 10 Att.) 1 Derek Crabtree (1999) 2 Clint Parsons (1990) 3 Chris Boswell (2011) 4 Alan Pringle (1973) Alvaro Arenas (1975) 6 Chris Boswell (2012) 7 James Hamrick (1985) 8 Joel Baxter (1981) 10 Sammy Hartman (1989) Darrell Richardson (1992) Clark Fangmeier (2006) Chris Boswell (2013)
88.9 (8-9) 86.7 (13-15) 81.0 (17-21) 80.0 (12-15) 80.0 (8-10) 79.3 (23-29) 77.3 (17-22) 75.0 (9-12) 72.7 (8-11) 72.7 (8-11) 72.7 (8-11) 66.7 (14-21)
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Boz Leads the Pack
Pick Off Artists
Rice’s starting defensive backfield has a total of 29 interceptions in their careers. Junior Bryce Callahan is sixth among active FBS players, averaging 0.34 interceptions per game (11 in 31 career games). He is the Owls active career leader and is tied for fourth on the Owls career list with his 11 career thefts. Paul Porras and junior Malcolm Hill who have five, fellow corner Phillip Gaines his has four (all this season to lead the team) as does junior safety Julius White has four.
Bailiff One of 20 on Bryant Watch List
1 2 4 5 6
Lorenzo Doss, Tulane Jonathan Dowling, WKU Kevin Byard, MT Robert Nelson, Ariz. St. Donte Deayon, Boise St. Bryce Callahan, Rice
0.50 0.38 0.38 0.36 0.35 0.34
Rice Career Interceptions
1 2 4
Bruce Henley (1972-73) 15 Hugh Keeney (1945-48) 13 Dan Dawson (1998-2001) 13 Nathan Bennett (1990-93) 11 LaDouphyous McCalla (1994-98) 11 Bryce Callahan (2011- ) 11
Head coach David Bailiff is one of 20 coaches who were named to the 2013 Paul Bear Bryant Award watch list. Sponsored by the Marathon Oil Corporation and benefiting the American Heart Association, the 28th annual Bryant Award will be presented on Jan. 15, 2014 in Houston. Bailiff is the only C-USA coach among the 20 contenders for the honor
Houston’s Best Sports Role Model
Head coach David Bailiff was selected by the Houston Press as Houston’s Best Sports Role Model as part of the publication’s annual “Best of Houston” edition. In recognizing Bailiff, the article stated “There are plenty of college football coaches who talk about molding their student-athletes into great men but few who put into practice an example to strive for quite like Rice head football coach David Bailiff.”
Leland and Porras Academic All District VII
Two starters on the Owls’ defense, Tanner Leland and Paul Porras, have been named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District team for Region 7 in voting by college sports information directors. Leland has compiled a 3.58 GPA as a Mathematical Economic Analysis major. Porras carries a 3.39 GPA while majoring in Sport Management and Religious Studies. Both players will be placed on the final ballot to determine the 2013 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America team which will be announced later in November.
Ground Owl
The Owls’ 415 yards on the ground vs. La Tech was their second game over 400 yards this year and the most in a game since Ken Haftfield’s option attack rolled up 495 yards vs. SMU in 2004. The Owls are ranked 15th nationally, averaging 242 yards per game on the ground, their highest total since they averaged 306 per game on the ground in 2004.
Rally Owls
Four of the Owls 10 wins this year came after the Owls have trailed late in the game. They were down 14-13 entering the fourth quarter vs. Kansas before winning 23-14 and 7-6 to FAU before emerging with an 18-14 decision. They trailed 27-24 in overtime at Tulsa before Darik Dillard’s game winning touchdown and trailed 34-31 at UAB before Luke Turner won it with one-yard run.
Walk Off Wins
Luke Turner’s winning score at UAB marked the fifth time in David Bailiff’s tenure that the Owls have won on the game’s last play, and the second time this season. They have won three times on field goals and twice on touchdowns. Darik Dillard’s caught a 25-yard pass from Taylor McHargue in overtime at Tulsa earlier this year. Clark Fangmeier’s 31-yard field goal gave the Owls a 43-42 win over SMU in 2007. In 2011, Justin Allen’s block of a Purdue field goal attempt as the clock expired preserved a 24-22 win over Purdue and Chris Boswell’s 45-yard field goal at Kansas in 2012 gave Rice its first-ever win over a Big XII school as time ran out.
Double Centuries
Charles Ross and Jordan Taylor have each topped 100 yards in the same game twice this year. Ross ran for 152 yards vs. UTEP while Taylor set a career-high with 185 yards receiving to give Rice its first combination of 100 yard rusher and receiver this year. Theywere the first pair since the Marshall game in 2012 when Sam McGuffie finished with 102 while Taylor McHargue ran for 153. Ross now has 12 career 100 yard rushing games, Taylor four games with at least 100 yards receiving to lead the active roster. McHargue, Turner Petersen and Luke Turner all have rushed for over 100 yards in a game in their career, while Taylor is the only Owl to have a 100-yard receiving day.
Bonus Ball
Rice is 6-4 all-time in overtime games, including a 3-3 mark on the road and a 3-1 mark at home. The Owls have won their last three road overtime games, including a pair this year. Luke Turner scored from 1-yard out to defeat UAB while Darik Dillard snared a 25-yard TD pass from Taylor McHargue at Tulsa. Darik Dillard’s older brother Jarett caught a 25-yarder at Tulsa in 2006 to start the streak of road overtime wins. Rice’s first OT game came in 1998 when they beat SMU 23-17.
Fast Starts
Rice has scored first in 12 of 13 games this year, including touchdowns on five opening possessions (Texas A&M, Houston, Tulsa, New Mexico State, Louisiana Tech). The Owls scored a defensive touchdown on Kansas’ first possession (and second series of the game), while they took 3-0 leads on Chris Boswell field goals vs. FAU, UTSA, UTEP and UAB and took a 2-0 lead over UNT on a safety when a Mean Green punt was snapped out of the end zone.
CHARTING CHRIS BOSWELL
Longest Field Goals (50 Yards or More) 1 James Hamrick at Texas Tech (O 19, 1985) 57 Chris Boswell at Louisiana Tech (S 15, 2012) 57 3 Chris Boswell vs. SMU (N 17, 2012) 56 Chris Boswell vs. Kansas (S 14, 2013) 56 4 James Hamrick at SMU (N 5, 1983) 55 5 James Hamrick at Air Force (S 21, 1985) 54 Chris Boswell vs. Tulane (N 19, 2011) 54 7 Joel Baxter vs. Baylor (N 13, 1982) 53 James Hamrick at Texas (O 5, 1985) 53 Luke Juist vs. Navy (O 22, 2005) 53 Chris Boswell vs. UCLA (A30, 2012) 53 Chris Boswell vs. SMU (N 17, 2012) 53 10 Robert Hubble vs. LSU (S 27, 1980) 52 Mike Ruff at Texas Tech (O 21, 1995) 52 Scott Grimes at Houston (S 4, 1999) 52 Derek Crabtree at SMU (N 24, 2001) 52 14 James Hamrick at Houston (D 1, 1984) 51 Glen Ray Hines at Indiana (S 12, 1987) 51 Chris Boswell at Houston (O 27, 2011) 51 Chris Boswell vs.Tulane (N 19, 2011) 51 Chris Boswell vs.SMU (N 17, 2012) 51 Chris Boswell at UTEP (N 24, 2012) 51 20 Max Webb vs. TCU (N 19, 1960) 50 Chris Boswell at North Texas (S 11, 2010) 50 Chris Boswell at North Texas (S 11, 2010) 50 Chris Boswell at New Mexico St. (O 19, 2013) 50 PATs Attempted CAREER 1 Clark Fangmeier (2006-09) 181 2 Chris Boswell (2010- ) 171 3 Brennan Landry (2002-05) 124 (*) - PAT attempts unavailable. Only PATs Made included. SEASON 1 Clark Fangmeier (2008) 2 Chris Boswell (2013) 3 Clark Fangmeier (2007) Chris Boswell (2012) 5 Chris Boswell (2010) PATs Made CAREER 1 Clark Fangmeier (2006-09) 2 Chris Boswell (2010- ) SEASON 1 Clark Fangmeier (2008) 2 Clark Fangmeier (2007) Chris Boswell (2013) 4 Chris Boswell (2012) 5 Chris Boswell (2010)
73 48 47 47 44
179 163 73 46 46 45 41
Total Points CAREER 1 Jarett Dillard (2005-08) 2 Chris Boswell (2010- ) 3 Clark Fangmeier (2006-2009)
360 358 266
SEASON 1 Jarett Dillard (2006) 2 Jarett Dillard (2008) 3 James Casey (2008) 4 Chris Boswell (2012) 5 Benji Wood (1997) 6 Clark Fangmeier (2008) 7 Chris Boswell (2013)
126 120 116 114 96 91 88
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Nothing Early
CHARTING CHARLES ROSS Rushing Yards
Career (minimum 1,500 yards) 1 Trevor Cobb (1989-92) 2 Charles Ross (2009- ) 3 Quinton Smith (2003-06) 4 Michael Perry (1995-96)
4,948 2,661 2,505 2,496
Season 1 Trevor Cobb (1991) 2 Trevor Cobb (1992) 3 Trevor Cobb (1990) 4 Charles Ross (2013) 5 Quinton Smith (2006)
1,692 1,386 1,325 1,252 1,096
Rushing Attempts
Career 1 Trevor Cobb (1989-92) 2 Chad Richardson (1996-99) 3 Chad Nelson (1994-97) 4 Charles Ross (2009-13)
1,091 493 486 477
Rushing Touchdowns Season 1 Benjie Wood (1997) 2 Trevor Cobb (1991) Charles Ross (2013) 4 Ed Bailey (2004) Chase Clement (2008)
16 14 14 12 12
Total Touchdowns
Career 1 Jarett Dillard (2005-08) 2 Trevor Cobb (1989-92) 3 Robbie Beck (2000-03) Charles Ross (2009- )
60 43 35 35
Points Scored
Career 1 Jarett Dillard (2005-08) 2 Chris Boswell (2010- ) 3 Trevor Cobb (1989-92) 4 Clark Fangmeier (2006-2009) 5 Robbie Beck (2000-03) Charles Ross (2009- )
360 358 260 254 210 210
100-yard Games
Season 1 Trevor Cobb (1991) 2 Trevor Cobb (1992) 3 Charles Ross (2013) 4 Trevor Cobb (1990)
8 | 2013 Rice Football
Rice had held 21 of the last 22 opponents scoreless on their opening possessions. Houston broke the 12-game streak of holding opponents scoreless on their opening possession. Rice opened the year by forcing Texas A&M to punt on its opening possession and followed that by driving 96-yards on its first possession to snap a 17-game streak by Texas A&M in which it had scored first. In their last 15 games, the Owls’ defense has forced nine punts, created five turnovers (three fumbles, two interceptions) and had one missed field goal on the opening possession.
Scooping Up Some Scores
After a drought of 35 games, Rice’s defense has scored 11 touchdowns over the last three years (37 games) including scores in three of the first five games this year. They have scored six times on fumble recoveries, three times on interceptions, once on a blocked punt and once on a blocked field goal. Michael Kutzler, Phillip Gaines and Cameron Nwosu each have a pair of defensive scores in their careers, while Paul Porras, Gabe Baker, Alex Lyons and Cody Bauer each reached the end zone once in their careers.
Scoring Assists
Christian Covington literally had a hand in the Owls’ first two defensive touchdowns this season. He partially deflected a Jake Heaps pass vs. Kansas that allowed Michael Kutzler to intercept and return for a 52-yard touchdown and the following week, he blocked Richie Leone’s field goal attempt which Alex Lyons picked up and returned 62 yards for a score.
Move the Chains
Rice finished with 35 first downs vs. Louisiana Tech, matching the second-best effort in school history. The Owls also had 35 first downs vs. La Tech in 2003 and vs. Marshall last season. They picked up 25 of their first downs on the ground, to set a Conference USA record. The previous best had been 23 by Southern Miss vs. Alcorn State on September 5, 1999.
Octoberfest
Rice finished a hectic October with a 4-1 record, the Owls best mark in the month since they were also 4-1 in 1999. Rice has had a five-game October schedule 28 previous seasons and had a winning record nine times. The 1960 Owls finished their October schedule a perfect 5-0, while the 1932, 1949 and 1999 teams were 4-1. Seven times in since 1966, the Owls were winless in five-game October slates. The Owls lost 17 straight games in the month from 1981-85.
Best Conference Streak
Rice’s 45-7 win over UTEP extended their C-USA winning streak to a school-record eight games. Rice had previously won seven straight C-USA games between 2006-07 and seven in a row in the SWC from 1957-58. The Owls were unbeaten in 10 consecutive SWC games from 1948-49, posting a 9-0-1 mark over that stretch. They won three straight at the end of 1948 before tying the traditional finale with Baylor, 7-7. They were a perfect 6-0 in 1949 before dropping the conference opener in 1950.
Best Conference Starts
The Owls started 4-0 in C-USA for the first time in school history. The last time they opened a conference season 4-0 was in 1999, again in the WAC. That year the Owls lost their final three conference games to finish the season 4-3. Rice’s 6-2 start is its best since the 2001 team opened the year 6-2 before dropping two of its last four to finish 8-4 and be denied a bowl berth because the WAC had only two bowl tie-ins.
Debuts 9 8 7 6
Connor Patterson and John Poehlmann became the 18th and 19th Owls to make their debuts this year when they took the field vs. Louisiana Tech. Jayson Carter and Reid Mitchell made their debuts with their first career action vs. UTEP. Cody Henessee, Austin Laudenslager, Bobby Kieswetter, Brandon Dawkins and Spencer Stanley raised the total number of collegiate debuts to 15 when they appeared at New Mexico State and both Henessee (assist) and Laudenslager (INT) picked up stats on their first plays. Zach Wright made his debut when he played on special teams vs. UTSA. Jowan Davis became the 10th Owl and fourth true freshman to make his collegiate debut this season when he carried the ball nine times for 39 yards vs. FAU. Nine Owls made their collegiate debuts in the opener at College Station (Anthony Canady, Connor Cella, Darik Dillard, Alex Lyons, Tabari McGaskey, Graysen Schantz, Justin Warren, Chandler Watkins and Robby Wells). Canady, Schantz and Wells are true freshmen, Cella, Dillard, Lyons, McGaskey and Watkins are redshirt freshmen and Warren is a junior who returned to school this year after missing last year due to illness in his family. In addition to this eight, redshirt sophomore defensive
back Ryan Pollard made his Rice debut. Pollard played in four games for Air Force in 2011 and then transferred to Rice.
First Starts
Sophomore Nick Elder became the eighth first-time starter for the Owls this year when he opened at linebacker at UAB. Ross Winship took over for Stuart Mouchantaf vs. UNT. Senior Josh Skinner made his first career start at New Mexico State. Redshirt freshman Alex Lyons started at linebacker at UTSA and Jowan Davis was part of a two-back set to open the Tulsa game. Michael Kutzler and redshirt freshmen Connor Cella and Darrion Pollard made their first career starts vs. A&M. Kutzler was credited with a career-high 11 tackles, including one of the Owls’ two sacks of Johnny Manziel. Cella opened the Owls first drive with his first catch (26 yards) and finished with four catches for 52 yards. Pollard, who was granted a medical redshirt after being injured in the 2012 season opener vs. UCLA, also made his debut as a kick returner, returning three for 52 yards. In addition to the two position starters, sophomore walk-on James Farrimond made his debut as the Owls’ punter.
Back to Bob
Luke Turner was named “Bob” in 2012 by the seniors, who decided that the team already had a Luke (Willson) and another running back named Turner (Petersen) and no freshman deserved to be nicknamed “L.T.” Even with Willson’s move the NFL, Turner’s nickname has stuck. So to be clear, if you hear a reference to “Bob”, it’s No. 35 in the program.
Signal Corps
Luke Turner, who threw his second career touchdown pass in as many attempts when he hit Turner Petersen for 57 yards vs. Houston, is one of eight former HS quarterbacks on the Owls’ current roster who are not listed at that position: WR Derek Brown, TE Jeremy Eddington, RB Turner Petersen, WR Jordan Taylor, TE Robby Wells, SAF Julius White and WR Zack Wright are the others.
Senior Bowl is Watching
Senior cornerback Phillip Gaines and senior kicker Chris Boswell were named to the Watch List for the 2014 Reese’s Senior Bowl, which will be held in Mobile, Alabama on January 25, 2014. This is the second consecutive year that Owls have had a player named to the watch list. Vance McDonald was named to the list in 2012, was selected to play in the game and went on to be selected in the second round of the NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
Kutzler Nominated for Wuerffel Trophy & Tabbed Most Improved in Texas
Owls senior linebacker Michael Kutzler, who has led the team in tackles after stepping in for two-year starter Cameron Nwosu, has been nominated for the 2013 Wuerffel Trophy. The honor is presented each year by the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach, Florida to the college football player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement. Kutzler was also recognized this week by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, who named him the “Most Improved Defensive Player in Texas College Football” in their midseason award.
Preseason Honors
Senior cornerback Phillip Gaines was selected by C-USA Coaches as the preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Gaines was joined as preseason All C-USA picks by sophomore defensive tackle Christian Covington and senior center Nate Richards. Gaines and Chris Boswell were both named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s preseason All Texas College first team, while wide receiver Jordan Taylor, defensive end Cody Bauer and linebacker Cameron Nwosu were named to the season team. Phil Steele tabbed Gaines and Nwosu on his first team defense, while he placed six on his second team (Bauer, Bryce Callahan and Paul Porras on defense; Richards and Caleb Williams on offense as well as Boswell), three on his third team (Covington on defense, Taylor and Drew Carroll on offense) and quarter Taylor McHargue on the fourth team. Athlon named Bauer and Gaines to its first team, while Richards, Nwosu and Boswell earned second team nods.
Watchmen
Nate Richards, Phillip Gaines and Chris Boswell have been tabbed by national awards to be included on their preseason Watch Lists. Richards is on both the Rimington and Rotary Lombardi Award lists, Gaines was named to the preseason lists for the Jim Thorpe Award and by the Walter Camp Foundation. Boswell was named to his third consecutive Groza Award watch list.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Games Games Player.................................Pos. Played Started Phillip Gaines...........................CB 51 39 Charles Ross.............................RB 51 26 Chris Boswell............................PK 50 Paul Porras................................DB 50 38 Klein Kubiak..............................WR 48 3 Cody Bauer...............................DL 47 24 Donte Moore............................WR 47 33 Turner Petersen.......................RB 46 10 Gabe Baker................................SAF 42 6 Jeremy Eddington..................TE 42 4 Alex Francis...............................CB 41 Michael Kutzler........................LB 41 13 Tanner Leland..........................DE 40 12 Corey Frazier.............................SAF 39 25 Taylor McHargue.....................QB 39 35 Trevor Gillette..........................DE 38 Malcolm Hill..............................SAF 38 25 Dylan Klare................................DE 37 Andre Gautreaux....................WR 35 6 Julius White..............................SAF 35 23 James Radcliffe........................LB 34 18 Bryce Callahan.........................CB 33 29 Cameron Nwosu.....................LB 33 25 Zach Patt....................................DE 33 Nico Carlson.............................OL 32 24 Drew Carroll..............................OL 32 24 Jordan Taylor............................WR 31 22 Jaylon Finner............................DB 30 Jon Hodde.................................OL 30 30 Ian Gray......................................OL 27 3 Zach Espinosa..........................SAF 26 Nate Richards...........................OL 26 26 Broderick Jackson...................RB 25 Derek Brown.............................WR 25 Christian Covington...............DT 25 24 Luke Turner...............................RB 25 Caleb Williams.........................OL 25 25 Dennis Parks.............................WR 25 6 Mario Hull..................................WR 24 3 Christian Fletcher...................WR 24 Andrew Reue...........................OL 23 13 Nick Elder..................................LB 22 1 Stuart Moutanchaf.................DT 21 9 Josh Skinner.............................DE 21 6 Driphus Jackson......................QB 20 1 Garrett Fuhrman.....................CB 20 Ross Winship............................DT 20 5 Tanyan Farley...........................DS 18 James Farrimond....................P/K 15 Brian Nordstrom.....................DE 15 Brandon Hamilton..................RB 14 Darrion Pollard........................WR 14 1 Matt Simonette.......................OL 13 Connor Cella.............................TE 13 7 Darik Dillard..............................RB 13 Alex Lyons.................................LB 13 1 Ryan Pollard..............................CB 13 J.T. Blasingame........................CB 12 Robby Wells..............................TE 12 Justin Warren...........................DL 10 Michael Warren.......................CB 9 Jowan Davis..............................RB 9 1 Chandler Watkins...................LB 9 Anthony Canady.....................CB 8 Tabari McGaskey.....................LB 7 Drew Travis................................CB 7 Cody Henessee........................DT 6 Grant Peterson.........................WR 6 Spencer Stanley......................OT 6 Brandon Dawkins...................OL 5 Guy Billups................................QB 4 Austin Laudenslager.............SAF 4 Matt Wofford............................OL 4 Zach Wright..............................WR 4 Bobby Kiesewetter.................DL 3 Fred Jackson.............................SAF 2 Reid Mitchell............................TE 2 Connor Patterson...................OL 2 Jayson Carter............................RB 1 John Poehlmann.....................OL 1 Graysen Schantz.....................DE 1
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OWLS IN THE NCAA RECORD BOOK MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES, SAME PASSER & RECEIVER Career 51—Chase Clement to Jarrett Dillard, Rice, 2005-08 MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES RUSHING FOR 100 AND PASSING FOR 300 YARDS 2—Chase Clement, Rice vs. UTEP, 11-3-2007 ...................103/395 vs. SMU, 11-10-2007..................124/364 MOST PASSES CAUGHT BY A TIGHT END Season 111—James Casey, Rice, 2008 (1,329 yards) Season Per Game 8.5—James Casey, Rice, 2008 (111 in 13) MOST YARDS GAINED BY A TIGHT END Season 1,329—James Casey, Rice, 2008 (caught 111) Season Per Game 102.2—James Casey, Rice, 2008 (1,329 in 13) MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES CAUGHT Career 60—Jarett Dillard, Rice, 2005-08 (292 receptions) MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES CATCHING A TOUCHDOWN PASS Season 13—Jarett Dillard, Rice, 2006 MOST FIELD GOALS MADE, 50 YARDS OR MORE Game 3—six times, Most recent: Chris Boswell, Rice vs. SMU, Nov. 17, 2012 (56, 53, 51 yards) MOST GAMES CATCHING A TOUCHDOWN PASS Season 13—Jarett Dillard, Rice, 2006 Career 38—Jarett Dillard, Rice, 2005-08 (caught a total of 60 in 49 games) PASSING FOR A TOUCHDOWN AND SCORING TOUCHDOWNS BY RUSHING AND RECEIVING Game By many players. Most recent: Chase Clement, Rice vs. Western Mich., Dec. 30, 2008; James Casey, Rice vs. Houston, Nov. 29, 2008; James Casey, Rice vs. Tulsa, Oct. 4, 2008 Note: James Casey of Rice in 2008 is the only player to pass for a TD and score a rushing and receiving TD in a game twice in one season, and Rice in 2008 is the only team to have a player do so in three games in one season. MOST PASSES INTERCEPTED BY A LINEBACKER Game 3—(nine times, including Dan Dawson, Rice vs. Hawaii, Oct. 21, 2000) MOST EXTRA-POINT KICKS BLOCKED Game 3—Cameron Nwosu (LB), Rice vs. UCLA, August 30, 2012
10 | 2013 Rice Football
No Blankings
Rice has not been shut out in a game since a 37-0 loss at TCU in 2000, a span of 158 games. Rice hasn’t shut out an opponent since blanking UNLV 38-0 to open the 1995 season (220 games).
:00 On the Clock
Chris Boswell’s 23-yard field goal as time expired to send the Marshall game into overtime was his second three-pointer in 2012 as time expired. He also nailed a 45-yard field goal to beat Kansas as the clock struck zero. His game-winner marked the third time in David Bailiff’s tenure that the Owls have won on the final play of the game, with all three involving field goals. Clark Fangmeier’s 31-yard field goal gave the Owls a 43-42 win over SMU in 2007. In 2011, Justin Allen’s block of a Purdue field goal attempt at the clock ran preserved a 24-22 win over Purdue.
5K+1K
Taylor McHargue and Chase Clement are the only players in school history to have thrown for 5,000 yards and rushed for at least 1,000. Clement holds the school career total offense mark, throwing for 9,785 and rushing for 1,741 in his career. McHargue stands at 6,038 yards passing and 1,413 rushing.
Walking On
Former walk-ons Michael Kutzler (LB) and Tanner Leland (DE) have been in the starting lineup all year and are two of 10 walk-ons to see action this season, joining defensive tackle Bobby Kiesewetter, safety Austin Laudenslager, defensive end Brian Nordstrom, guard Matt Simonette, punter James Farrimond, linebacker Chandler Watkins, wide receiver Zach Wright and running back Jayson Carter are the others.
Back on the Field
Members of the Rice football team were on the field at Rice Stadium the day after the loss to Houston in the Bayou Bucket, hosting members of the Challenger Football League for their annual game. Over 20 players participated, including quarterback Taylor McHargue, linebacker Michael Kutzler, guard Andrew Reue, running back Darik Dillard and DT Stuart Mouchantaf.
Returning Heisman Winners
For the third time in their history, the Owls faced a reigning Heisman Trophy winner when they lost to Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M, 52-31. Rice is 1-2 all-time in similar situations, defeating Doak Walker and SMU in 41-27 in 1949 and losing to Billy Sims and Oklahoma 63-12 in 1979. Heading into 2013, Texas has won the most games vs. Heisman winners, three in five meetings. Florida State (1-3), Iowa (0-3-1) Michigan (2-2), Notre Dame (2-2) and UCLA (2-2) are next with four each followed by Alabama (2-1), LSU (2-2), Ole Miss (1-2) and Arkansas (0-5).
Home Sweet Home
The Owls completed their 64th year of play at Rice Stadium and have an overall record of 167-180-7 in their home stadium. The largest on-campus venue in the Southwest Conference when it opened in 1950, Rice Stadium dwarfed its closest rivals at Texas (60,136) and Texas A&M (42,000) during its inaugural season and remained the largest on-campus facility in the league until Texas expanded to 77,809 in 1971. The entire construction project began with ground-breaking in February of 1950 after a public campaign to upgrade facilities for the Owls, who were coming off a 10-1 season and a No. 5 ranking in the national polls. Rice began playing college football at West End Park near downtown Houston in 1912 and later moved to a location on the corner of University and Main which became known as Rice Field. That location remains the home of the Owls’ track and soccer programs.
Casey Featured
Former Owl James Casey was featured in a segment on ESPN Monday Night Football’s pre-game show on September 9 prior to his debut with the Eagles that night. The segment focused on Casey’s remarkable career path, from the loss of his mother while in high school, his career in minor league baseball, then earning a scholarship to play for Rice after retiring from baseball.
NFL Eyes Owls
After having only four players drafted in the previous 20 years, Rice has seen six taken in the last five NFL Drafts, highlighted by a pair of tight ends selected in the first five rounds of the 2013 Draft. Vance McDonald was taken by the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers’ with the 55th overall pick in the second round, the highest selection for an Owl since Bert Emanuel was taken by Atlanta with the 45th selection in 1994. Luke Willson was taken by Seattle in the fifth round, making Rice and Stanford the only schools to have a pair of tight ends to be drafted in
WHAT’S YOUR COLLEGE?
SCHOLAR-ATHLETES Institutional Excellence
Rice University has received the Conference USA Institutional Excellence Award in seven of the eight years it has been a member of the conference. The Institutional Excellence Award is given to the C-USA institution with the highest grade point average during the current academic year for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored sports.
Classroom Champions
Rice has been honored twice in the last four years by the American Football Coaches Association for its graduation success. The Owls shared the AFCA Academic Achievement Award, (presented by the Touchdown Club of Memphis) in 2010 with Northwestern and in 2013 with Georgia, Stanford and Tulane. The Owls have been recognized for their graduation progress in 24 of the last 25 years, earning 22 Honorable Mention honors in addition to winning the top honor twice. In addition, Rice was again honored by the NCAA with a Public Recognition Award for posting a graduation rate that ranked in the top 10 percent among all football programs based on their APR tracking system. Only four schools competing in the NCAA’s Bowl Subdivision had a higher percentage of their programs honored by the NCAA. The Owls finished 18th among all schools who field at least one team at the NCAA Division I level, and their total of seven honored teams led all Division I programs in Texas as well as Conference USA. The football team provided 39 of 214 Rice student-athletes who earned a spot on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
SAAC Champions
Rice University’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) was recognized in 2012 by National SAAC with the organization’s Award of Excellence. The honor, which is now given annually, recognizes a campus SAAC which has organized special and unique community. Among the activities that the Rice SAAC was cited for in the award were organizing “Owls on Stage,” the first ever talent show for Rice student-athletes., coordinating an annual food drive prior to the holidays, reaching out and giving back to the community with appearances and involvement at area schools.
Answering the question, “What’s your college?” starts as soon as a new Rice student walks through the sally port of iconic Lovett Hall the first night of O-Week (new student orientation). One of the unique aspects of Rice is the residential college system. Students often cite the college system as one of the best, most rewarding things about Rice. All students are randomly assigned to one of 11 self-governing residential colleges. More than just a residence hall, Rice’s colleges are students’ primary place for dining, studying and socializing. The Owls’ football team has representation in all 11 colleges, including the school’s two newest colleges which opened in time for the 2009-10 academic year –Duncan College and McMurtry College.
Rice = Happy Students The nation’s happiest students with the best quality of life are at Rice University, according to the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review’s “The Best 376 Colleges.” And that’s according to the students. For the third year in a row, students surveyed for the annual college guide ranked Rice No. 1 for best quality of life. The new edition also ranks Rice No. 1 for happiest students. The rankings are based on a survey of 122,000 students at 376 schools during 2010-11 and the previous two school years. An average of 325 students at each school participated in the survey. Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges, plus three colleges outside the U.S., are profiled in the book. Rice’s top spot on the “Best Quality of Life” list is based on responses from students to questions about food, dorm comfort, campus beauty, ease of getting around campus, location, campus safety, interaction among different types of students on campus, satisfaction with the school administration, and friendliness and happiness of the students.
RICE STARTERS Offense
GAME A 31 at Texas A&M S 14 Kansas S 21 Houston S28 Florida Atlantic O 5 at Tulsa O 12 at UTSA O 19 at New Mexico St. O 26 UTEP O 31 at North Texas N 16 Louisiana Tech N 21 at UAB N 30 Tulane D 7 Marshall
Defense
GAME A 31 at Texas A&M S 14 Kansas S 21 Houston S28 Florida Atlantic O 5 at Tulsa O 12 at UTSA O 19 at New Mexico St. O 26 UTEP O 31 at North Texas N 16 Louisiana Tech N 21 at UAB N 30 Tulane D 7 Marshall
LT LG C Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carroll Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards Hodde Carlson Richards
RG Reue Reue Reue Reue Reue Reue Reue Reue Reue Carroll Reue Carroll Carroll
DE DT DT DE Bauer Covington Mouchantaf Leland Bauer Covington Mouchantaf Leland Bauer Covington Mouchantaf Leland Bauer Covington Mouchantaf Leland Bauer Covington Mouchantaf Leland Bauer Covington Mouchantaf Leland Skinner Covington Mouchantaf Leland Skinner Covington Mouchantaf Leland Skinner Covington Winship Leland Bauer Covington Winship Skinner Bauer Covington Winship Skinner Bauer Covington Winship Skinner Bauer Covington Winship Leland
RT TE WR WR WR QB RB Williams Cella Moore Eddington (TE) Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Cella Moore Parks Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Cella Moore Eddington (TE) Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Cella Moore Hull Taylor McHargue Petersen Williams Davis (RB) Moore Parks Taylor McHargue Petersen Williams Petersen (RB) Moore Parks Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Petersen (RB) Moore Parks Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Cella Gautreaux Parks Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Petersen (RB) Moore Parks Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Cella Moore Petersen (RB) Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Cella Moore Parks Taylor McHargue Ross Williams Petersen (RB) Moore Gautreaux Kubiak McHargue Ross Williams Kubiak (WR) Moore Parks Taylor McHargue Ross
LB LB LCB Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Lyons Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Elder Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan Kutzler Radcliffe Callahan
FS Frazier Frazier White White White White White White White White White White White
KAT SS RCB Porras Hill D. Pollard Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Baker Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines Porras Hill Gaines
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CHARTING TAYLOR McHARGUE Attempts
Career 1 Chase Clement (2005-08) 2 Randy Hertel (1977-80) 3 Tommy Kramer (1973-76) 4 Taylor McHargue (2009- ) 5 Mark Comalander (1984-87) 6 Nick Fanuzzi (2009-11 ) 7 Quentis Roper (1985-88) 8 Donald Hollas (1987-90) 9 Bruce Gadd (1970-72)
1,387 1,121 1,036 866 753 704 643 606 580
the first five rounds of the 2013 draft. This marked the second time in the last five years that a pair of Owls was drafted in the same year (Jarett Dillard and James Casey, 2008). Prior to 2013, it had been 21 years between two drafts that saw multiple Rice selections. Frank Wilson, Darryl Grant and Calvin France were taken in 1981 and Ryan Pontbriand and Brandon Green were both selected in 2003. In addition to the six drafted players, Andrew Sendejo who was signed as a free agent, is entering his third season with the Vikings, while Sam McGuffie was signed by Oakland this spring. Dillard entered training camp with Arizona. Ozougwu and Solomon both changed their commitments to Rice late in the 2007 recruiting process after David Bailiff took over as Rice head coach in late January of that year. The following year, Bailiff signed future draft picks McDonald and Willson. Five members of the Owls’ 2008 Texas Bowl champions have now appeared on NFL rosters (Jarett Dillard, Casey, Sendejo, Ozougwu and Solomon).
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Completions
Career 1 Chase Clement (2005-08) 2 Randy Hertel (1977-80) 3 Tommy Kramer (1973-76) 4 Taylor McHargue (2009- ) 5 Nick Fanuzzi (2009- 11) 6 Mark Comalander (1984-87)
832 561 507 488 425 391
Season 1 Chase Clement (2008) 2 Chase Clement (2007) 3 Tommy Kramer (1976) 4 Taylor McHargue (2012)
326 300 269 194
Passing Yards
9,785 6,197 6,161 6,033 4,810 4,402 4,039
Season 1 Chase Clement (2008) 2 Chase Clement (2007) 3 Tommy Kramer (1976) 4 Taylor McHargue (2013) 5 Taylor McHargue (2012) 6 Bruce Gadd (1972)
4,119 3,377 3,317 2,261 2,209 2,064
Passing Touchdowns
Season 1 Chase Clement (2008) 2 Chase Clement (2007) 3 Tommy Kramer (1976) Michael Calhoun (1981) Chase Clement (2006) 6 Taylor McHargue (2013)
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Career (Minimum 2,000 Yards) 1 Chase Clement (2005-08) 2 Tommy Kramer (1973-76) 3 Randy Hertel (1977-80) 4 Taylor McHargue (2009- ) 5 Mark Comalander (1984-87) 6 Nick Fanuzzi (2009-11) 7 Donald Hollas (1987-90)
Career 1 Chase Clement (2005-08) 2 Taylor McHargue (2009- ) 3 Randy Hertel (1977-80) 4 Tommy Kramer (1973-76) 5 Mark Comalander (1984-87)
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99 43 38 37 27 44 29 21 17
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James Casey is in his first year with the Eagles after four years in Houston. After battling a groin injury for most of the early going, has two catches for 21 yards this season. He completed his fourth season with the Texas in2012, his second as the starting role at fullback and then signed as a free agent in the off-season with Philadelphia He finished 2013 with 34 catches for 330 yards and three touchdowns. He added four catches for 49 yards in the playoffs. Casey had 66 career receptions for 752 yards in his four seasons with the Texans. In 2011, Casey became the first Owl to score an NFL touchdown since Patrick Dendy returned an interception 30 yards for a score for Green Bay at Chicago (Dec. 31, 2006). He became the first Owl to catch a touchdown pass since Bert Emanuel caught a 52-yard scoring strike from Jay Fiedler of the Dolphins almost 11 years to the day (Sept. 24, 2000). Vance McDonald has eight for 119 yards in his first season with San Francisco. Cheta Ozougwu was activated by the Chicago Bears from their practice squad on November 17 and made an immediate impact, picking up a sack and forced fumble of Joe Flacco. Andrew Sendejo made his first career start for the Vikings when they faced the Steelers in London and was credited with four tackles. He has started the last five games has been credited with 44 tackles in the last five games, including 16 vs. Washington. He picked off his first career pass vs. Baltimore. He was signed to a two-year contract extension by Minnesota prior to Week Three. Luke Willson, found the end zone for the first time in his career with a 39-yard TD from Russell Wilson at San Francisco. He has 16 catches for 242 yards for Seattle, including a career-best three for 75 yards vs. Jacksonville. In addition to the five players currently in the NFL, offensive lineman Scott Mitchell is in his third season with the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL.
The CFL Connection
Rice assistant head coach Darrell Patterson, who coaches linebackers and coordinates special teams, played eight seasons in the Canadian Football League and has spearheaded the Owls’ recruiting efforts in Canada. Those CFL connections have aided in the recruitment of the players in general, but particularly of starters Paul Porras and Christian Covington. Patterson, who played linebacker, was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during the 1988 season, where he became teammates with the fathers of both Porras and Covington. Tom Porras was a quarterback, while Covington was a standout defensive end who went on to set the CFL career sack record and was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
2013 HONOR JERSEYS
This season, four Owls will honor Rice’s first three African-American football recruits, in addition to the player who was their recruiting host, by wearing their numbers. The Honor Jersey program began in 2012 when Cameron Nwosu and Turner Petersen changed their numbers to honor O.J. Brigance and the late King Hill.
Bucky A L L S H O U S E Gabe Baker
40
An All-SWC selection as a defensive back, Allshouse served as the recruiting host for Barins, Tyler and VIncent when they visited the Rice campus in 1968. He went on to win the George Martin award as the Owls’ MVP in 1970 before going into a career in law and serving on the Rice Board of Trustees.
Rodrigo B A R NE S Cody Bauer
90
Began his career wearing No. 82 but wore No. 90 during his stellar senior year as a defensive end in 1971. earned All-SWC and All-America honors as a defensive end and linebacker at Rice. Barnes went on to play four seasons in the NFL, including a Super Bowl championship with Oakland in 1976.
Mike T YL ER Paul Porras
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The first of the three honorees to sign with Rice, Tyler and Barnes were high school rivals growing up in Waco, but joined forces with on the Owls defense. He went on to earn All SWC honors and was drafted by the Detroit Lions after three standout seasons.
CHARTING TAYLOR McHARGUE Total Offense
Career Yards (Rush-Pass) 1 Chase Clement (2005-08) 11,526 (1,741-9,785) 2 Taylor McHargue (2009- ) 7,441 (1,408-6,033) 3 Tommy Kramer (1973-76) 6,336 (139-6,197) 4 Randy Hertel (1977-80) 5,751 (-410-6,161) 5 Trevor Cobb (1989-92) 4,948 (4,948-0) 5 Quentis Roper (1985-88) 4,924 (1,029-3,895) 6 Donald Hollas (1987-90) 4,832 (793-4,039
Total Touchdowns
Career (Rush-Pass) 1 Chase Clement (2005-08) 124 (25-99) 2 Taylor McHargue (2009- ) 60 (17-43) 3 Tommy Kramer (1973-76) 48 (11-37) 4 Randy Hertel (1977-80) 42 (5-37) 5 Trevor Cobb (1989-92) 38 (38-0)
CHARTING JORDAN TAYLOR Receptions
CAREER (100 or More Receptions) 1 Jarett Dillard (2005-08) 2 Eric Henley (1988-91) 3 Toren Dixon (2006-09) 4 James Casey (2007-08) 5 David Houser (1974, 1976-78) 6 Jordan Taylor (2011- ) 7 Vance McDonald (2009-12) 8 Doug Cunningham (1975-78) 9 Ed Lofton (1973-75) 10 Larry Davis (1967-69) 11 Sam McGuffie (2910-12 12 Earl Cooper (1976-79
292 186 161 157 152 120 119 117 112 103 102 101
Receiving Yards
Stahle V I NC E N T Charles Ross
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The first African-American quarterback to play in the Southwest Conference, Vincent completed 51 percent of his passes and threw for 556 yards while breaking the SWC color barrier at quarterback in 1969. He moved to running back in 1970 and ranks 14th on the Rice career chart with 1,675 yards while earning All SWC honors and being named Rice’s MVP in 1971. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
CAREER 1 Jarett Dillard (2005-08) 2 David Houser (1974, 1976-78) 3 Eric Henley (1988-91) 4 James Casey (2007-08) 5 Toren Dixon (2006-09) 6 Jordan Taylor (2011- ) 7 Doug Cunningham (1975-78) 8 Vance McDonald (2009-12) 9 Melvin Robinson (1981-84) 10 Ed Howard (1991-94)
4,138 2,358 2,199 1,914 1,746 1,741 1,522 1,513 1,409 1,344
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DAVID BAILIFF
RICE COACHING STAFF Head Coach l David Bailiff Alma Mater l Texas State, ‘81 Record at Rice l 40-47 (.460) l 7th Season Career Record l 61-62 (.496) l 10th Season Assistant HC/LBs/ST l Darrell Patterson Alma Mater l TCU, ‘84 Defensive Coordinator/CBs l Chris Thurmond Alma Mater l Tulsa, ‘75 Offensive Coordinator/QBs l Larry Edmondson Alma Mater l Texas A&M, ‘83 ^Safeties l Larry Hoefer Alma Mater l McMurry, ‘72 Wide Receivers l Billy Lynch Alma Mater l Ball State, ‘02 ^Defensive Linemen l Michael Slater Alma Mater l Texas State, ‘93 Tight Ends l David Sloan Alma Mater l New Mexico, ‘95 Offensive Linemen l Ronnie Vinklarek Alma Mater l Southwest Texas, ‘81 Offensive Graduate Assistant l Ryan Cantrell Alma Mater l Kansas, ‘08 Offensive Graduate Assistant l Anthony Steward Alma Mater l Kansas, ‘12 Defensive Graduate Assistant l Adrian Mayes Alma Mater l Kansas, ‘09 ^Defensive Graduate Assistant l Sean Edmondson Alma Mater l Texas State, ‘12 ^Quality Control l Joe Johnson Alma Mater l North Texas, ‘11 Interim rength & Conditioning l Tip Graham Alma Mater l Central Oklahoma, ‘08 Assistant AD/Football Operations l Jerry Pickle Alma Mater l Delta State, ‘76 ^Denotes coaches in the press box.
BAILIFF AT RICE
2007 (3-9, 3-5 C-USA) - T-3RD WEST DIVISION S1 S8 S15 S22 O3 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17 N24
Nicholls State at Baylor Texas Tech at Texas at Southern Miss (C-USA) at Houston (C-USA) Memphis (C-USA) at Marshall (C-USA) UTEP (C-USA) at SMU (C-USA) Tulane (C-USA) Tulsa (C-USA)
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16-14 42-17 59-24 58-14 31-29 56-48 38-35 34-21 56-48 43-42 45-31 48-43
Head Coach Seventh Season
In leading Rice to its first Conference USA title as well as a second consecutive bowl game, David Bailiff continues to deliver on his pledge to build a program at Rice that makes its mark on the field, in the classroom and in the community. Bailiff has led the Owls to 10 wins for the second time in his career, matching Jess Neely’s 1949 squad for the most in school history and their victory over Marshall gave Rice its first outright conference championship since 1957. He has twice led the Owls to bowl wins (2008 Texas Bowl; 2012 Armed Forces Bowl) and needs one more win to match Neely for the most in school history. At the same time, his squad was honored by the American Football Coaches Association as one of four schools to share their Academic Achievement Award, having posted a 100% graduation rate. The Owls were also honored by the AFCA in 2010 Rice has led Conference USA football teams in GPA in each of his seven seasons as head coach. He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees and has served as a member of the USA Today Coaches’ Poll for the past four seasons. He was honored with the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association’s John Kelley Distinguished Service Award and by the Conference USA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Coaches Choice Award winner for 2011-12. He was also cited by the Houston Press as “Houston’s Best Sports Role Model” in its 2013 Best of Houston edition. In 2011 Bryce Callahan became the third Owl under Bailiff to earn multiple Freshman All-America honors and Bailiff has also produced a pair of All Americans (Jarett Dillard and Kyle Martens) and has seen six players off his squads drafted by the NFL in the last five years while two others have signed as free agents. Bailiff’s staff has made the state of Texas a priority in recruiting, solidifying relationships with high school coaches throughout the state that has also seen the Owls increase their walk-on program. Most recently, the walk-on program has produced 2013 starters Tanner Leland and Michael Kutzler as well as starting punter James Farrimond. He has also made good on his promise to keep the Owls active in community work, as the Owls have been tireless in their efforts with local schools as well as reaching out to Rice’s diverse student population through an annual International Students’ Clinic each August. In July of 2009, Bailiff accepted an invitation to join with four other college football coaches on a goodwill tour to visit military personnel stationed in Afghanistan and again honored our troops in 2011 by participating as a driver in the “Crossing of America” tour. The Owls also are regular participants in efforts to send care packages to members of the armed forced deployed overseas. The Rice football team was honored by the Texas Association of Partners in Education with their TAPE’s Crystal Award for the program the Owls conducted in 2007 with the students at Arizona Fleming Elementary School in Houston. His players support of Big Brothers helped Rice Athletics be honored in 2012 as one of the Houston chapter’s Community Partners of the Year. In 2008, the Owls endured a series of challenges as well as the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and produced the first 10-win season for Rice since 1949 and the Owls’ first victory in a bowl game since their memorable win over Alabama in the 1954 Cotton Bowl. For his efforts, Bailiff was honored by his conference peers as the 2008 Conference USA Coach of the Year. Opening with a 56-point outburst against SMU on national TV in late August, Chase Clement and his band of receivers piled up points at a record pace. Clement and Jarett Dillard went on to become the most productive passing duo in NCAA history, while Dillard broke the NCAA career mark for touchdown receptions. Clement shattered the conference career marks for touchdown passes and total touchdowns, while James Casey, the multi-talented former pro baseball player, broke the C-USA record with 111 catches. Bailiff came to Rice after three seasons as the head coach at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX where he posted a 21-15 record while leading the Bobcats to their first Southland Conference championship and the semifinals of the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs in 2005. In his last two seasons at Texas State, Bailiff produced standouts both on the field and in the classroom. He produced both the Southland Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year in 2005 (Barrick Nealy and Fred Evans) and the league’s Student Athlete of the Year for football in 2006 (Walter Musgrove). Overall, he produced a total of 14 All Southland Conference first team selections, and 13 players who were named to the academic all conference squad in his last two years. The 2005 season was truly a magical one. The Bobcats went 9-2 during the regular season and earned the school’s first berth in the Division I-AA playoffs.
In their first game, the Bobcats stormed back from a 35-16 deficit against Division I-AA national power Georgia Southern to score 34 unanswered points and beat the Eagles 50-35. The ‘Cats then defeated Cal Poly 14-7 to move on to the national semifinals. Only a 40-37 overtime loss to Northern Iowa stood between Texas State and an appearance in the Division I-AA National Championship Game. Bailiff was named the American Football Coaches Association’s Region 5 Coach of the Year and finished third in the voting for the Eddie Robinson Award presented annually to the top coach in Division I-AA. Prior to being named Texas State head coach, Bailiff spent three seasons on the staff at TCU. He served as the Horned Frogs’ defensive coordinator in both 2002 and 2003 while working with the team’s defensive lineman. The 2003 Horned Frogs posted an 11-2 record and were ranked 25th in the final Associated Press writers poll and 24th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Bailiff was part of a staff which built quite a tradition on defense at TCU. During his three seasons in Fort Worth, the Horned Frogs were ranked 24th, 1st and 38th in the country in total defense and 10th, first and ninth against the run. In 2002, TCU allowed just 240.2 yards of total offense per game which led the country. The Horned Frogs surrendered an average 64.8 yards on the ground. During the year, the Frogs held Tulane to a school-record -53 yards rushing. TCU also ranked second in the country in pass efficiency defense, allowing opponents to complete less than 39 percent of their passes. Six TCU defensive players earned all-conference accolades in 2002 including Conference USA Defensive Player of the year and Second-Team All-American LaMarcus MacDonald. While at TCU, the Horned Frogs played in a bowl game every season - the galleryfurniture.com Bowl (2001), AXA Liberty Bowl (2002) and the Plains Capital Fort Worth Bowl (2003). He began his coaching career as the defensive line coach at New Braunfels High School (1982-84). He went into private business from 1984-88 before returning to the coaching ranks as a defensive graduate assistant coach at Texas State in 1988 . He was elevated to the Bobcats’ defensive line coach in 1989. Bailiff left Texas State in 1992 for an assistant coaching position at New Mexico. He returned to Texas State in 1997 as defensive coordinator and added assistant head coach responsibilities to his role in 1999. It was in 1999 that Bailiff was selected the NCAA Division I-AA Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association. While at TCU Bailiff was also honored as the Top Assistant Football Coach by the All-American Football Foundation following the Horned Frogs’ 2002 season. As a player, Bailiff was named All-Lone Star Conference as well as All-America honorable mention while playing at Texas State from 1977-80. He served as a team captain in 1980 and was named honorable mention to the Lone Star Team of the Decade. Bailiff is married to the former Angie Daniels of Versailles, Mo. He has a daughter, Brooke and the couple has twin 16-year-old sons, Grayson and Gregory.
Year 2004 2005 2006
Rice
Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Overall
Southland Conference
W L Pct. W L Pct. 5 6 .455 3 2 .600 11 3 .786 5 1 .833 5 6 .455 3 3 .500
Overall
Conference USA
W L Pct. W L Pct. 3 9 .250 3 5 .375 10 3 .769 7 1 .875 2 10 .167 2 6 .250 4 8 .333 3 5 .285 4 8 .333 3 5 .285 7 6 .538 4 4 .400 10 3 .769 7 1 .875
Head Coaching Record
Overall
School Years W L Pct. Texas State 3 21 15 .583 Rice 7th 40 47 .460 Overall 10th 61 62 .496
2008 (10-3, 7-1 C-USA) - T-1ST WEST DIVISION A29 SMU (C-USA) S6 at Memphis (C-USA) S13 at Vanderbilt S20 at Texas S27 North Texas O4 at Tulsa (C-USA) O18 Southern Miss (C-USA) O25 at Tulane (C-USA) N1 at UTEP (C-USA) N8 Army N22 Marshall (C-USA) N29 Houston (C-USA) D30 vs. Western Michigan (Texas Bowl)
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2009 (2-10, 2-6 C-USA) - 5TH WEST DIVISION S5 at UAB (C-USA) S12 at Texas Tech S19 at Oklahoma State S26 Vanderbilt O3 Tulsa (C-USA O8 Navy O17 at East Carolina (C-USA) O24 UCF (C-USA) N7 at SMU (C-USA) N14 Tulane (C-USA) N21 UTEP (C-USA) N28 at Houston (C-USA)
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2010 (4-8, 3-5 C-USA) - T-4TH WEST DIVISION S4 Texas (Reliant Stadium) S11 at North Texas S18 Northwestern S25 Baylor O2 SMU(C-USA) O9 at UTEP (C-USA) O16 Houston (C-USA O23 at UCF (C-USA) N 6 at Tulsa (C-USA) N13 at Tulane (C-USA) N21 ECU (C-USA) N28 UAB (C-USA)
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2011 (4-8, 3-5 C-USA) - T-4TH WEST DIVISION
David Bailiff’s Head Coaching Record Texas State
BAILIFF AT RICE
Postseason Semifinalist, NCAA FCS Playoffs
Postseason Texas Bowl Champion
Armed Forces Bowl Champion
Conference
W L Pct. 11 6 .647 29 27 .518 40 33 .548
S3 at Texas S10 Purdue S24 at Baylor O1 at Southern Miss O8 Memphis O15 at Marshall O22 Tulsa O27 at Houston N5 UTEP N12 at Northwestern N19 Tulane N26 at SMU
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2012 (7-6, 4-4 C-USA) - T-3RD WEST DIVISION A30 UCLA S8 at Kansas S15 at Louisiana Tech S22 Marshall (C-USA) S29 Houston (C-USA) O6 at Memphis (C-USA) O13 UTSA O20 at Tulsa (C-USA) O27 Southern Miss (C-USA) N3 at Tulane (C-USA) N17 SMU (C-USA) N24 at UTEP (C-USA) D29 Air Force (Armed Forces Bowl)
L W L LOT L L W L W W W W W
56-27 42-35 38-21 52-20 77-20 63-28 45-40 42-17 49-44 38-31 35-10 56-42 38-21
44-24 55-10 41-24 36-17 27-10 63-14 49-13 49-7 31-28 28-20 30-29 73-14
34-17 33-32 30-13 30-13 42-31 44-24 34-31 41-14 64-27 54-49 62-38 28-23
34-9 24-22 56-31 48-24 28-6 24-20 38-20 73-34 41-37 28-6 19-7 27-24
49-24 25-24 56-37 54-51 35-14 14-10 34-14 28-24 44-17 49-47 36-14 33-24 33-14
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PRONUNCIATIONS No Name 23 Anthony Canady 60 Nico Carlson 87 Connor Cella 3 Jowan Davis 39 Cameron Decell 46 Nick Elder 32 James Farrimond 25 Jaylon Finner 83 Andre Gautreaux 79 Jon Hodde 5 Driphus Jackson 96 Dylan Klare 84 Klein Kubiak 42 Michael Kutzler 33 Austin Laudenschlager 19 Connor Leisz 13 Tanner Leland 16 Taylor McHargue 92 Stuart Mouchantaf 57 Cameron Nwosu 73 John Poehlmann 24 Paul Porras 77 Andrew Reue 10 Tyler Stehling 21 Nick Uretsky 65 Matt Wofford
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Pronunciation Can-ih-dee Knee-co Sell-uh Joh-wahn Deh-SELL El-der Fair-ih-mond JAY-lon Fin-er Go-tro Hoe-dee Dry-fuss Claire Koo-be-ak Cutz-ler Law-den-shlager Lease Lee-land Mick-Harg Moo-shaw-tof Na-woe-soo Pell-man Poor-us Roy-ah Stell-ing You-rett-ski Woff-ord
2013 RICE FOOTBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No 85 40 34 90 14 14 9 8 29 23 60 76 23 5 64 87 56 3 78 39 32 30 46 6 48 27 25 89 19 11 15 83 13 17 51 72 49 18 58 2 79 1 82 31 5 36 97 98 48 59 96 7 84 42 33 19 13 41 54 39 43 16 86 81 92 47 57 4
Name Alaka,Temi Baker, Gabe Ballard, Joe Bauer, Cody Billups, Guy Blasingame, J.T. Boswell, Chris Brown, Derek Callahan, Bryce Canady, Anthony Carlson, Nico Carroll, Drew Carter, Jayson Carter, Justin Carter, Ty Cella, Connor Covington, Christian Davis, Jowan Dawkins, Brandon Decell, Cameron Dillard, Darik Eddington, Jeremy Elder, Nick Espinosa, Zach Farley, Tanyan Farrimond, James Finner, Jaylon Fletcher, Christian Francis, Alex Fuhrman, Garrett Gaines, Phillip Gautreaux, Andre German, Nate Gillette, Trevor Godber, Peter Gray, Ian Green, D.J. Hamilton, Brandon Henessee, Cody Hill, Malcolm Hodde, Jon Hull, Mario Hunt, Cole Jackson, Broderick Jackson, Driphus Jackson, Fred Johnson, Collin Johnson, Connor Jones, Adrian Kiesewetter, Bobby Klare, Dylan Knopf, Taylor Kubiak, Klein Kutzler, Michael Laudenslager, Austin Leisz, Connor Leland, Tanner Lyons, Alex Martin, Trey Matiscik, Paine McGaskey, Tabari McHargue, Taylor Mitchell, Reid Moore, Donte Mouchantaf, Stuart Nordstrom, Brian Nwosu, Cameron Parks, Dennis
Pos 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-0 5-8 6-2 6-3 5-10 5-9 6-3 6-4 4-9 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-7 6-4 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-9 5-8 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-11 6-7 6-1 6-6 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-3 5-9 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-8 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-3 5-10 6-2
Ht 200 210 205 255 185 170 200 225 180 170 285 280 135 200 275 240 295 195 305 205 195 250 220 215 245 215 190 210 185 180 185 200 210 240 290 345 220 220 265 190 310 210 240 210 205 195 220 215 200 260 270 170 200 205 195 180 250 220 260 215 220 215 240 170 290 230 240 190
Wt WR SAF LB DE QB CB K WR CB CB OL OL RB SAF DS TE DT RB OL K/P RB TE LB SAF DS K/P SAF WR CB SAF CB WR QB DE OL OL LB RB DT SAF OL WR TE SAF QB DB DE DE SAF DL DL K WR LB SAF WR DE LB DL LB LB QB TE WR DL DE LB WR
Cl-Exp Hometown/Last School FR-HS Houston/Cy Falls RS JR-2L San Antonio/MacArthur FR-HS Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan RS SR-3L Pottsboro/Pottsboro RS SO-1L Oxford, Miss./Oxford SO-1L Atlanta, Ga./Mays RS SR-3L Keller/Fossil Ridge SO-1L Bay City/Bay City RS JR-2L Cypress/Cy Woods FR-HS Mesquite/Mesquite RS JR-2L Katy/Taylor RS JR-2L Abilene/Abilene SO-SQ Houston/KIPP Houston FR-RS Hoover, Ala./Spain Park FR-HS Houston/Mayde Creek FR-RS Katy/Taylor RS SO-1L Surrey, B.C./Vancouver College Prep FR-HS Sealy/Sealy FR-RS Dallas/Prestonwood Christian FR-RS McKinney/Boyd FR-RS San Antonio/McArthur SR-3L Paris/Chisum RS SO-1L San Antonio/Central Catholic SO-1L Cedar Park/Cedar Park RS JR-1L Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley RS SO-SQ San Antonio/Churchill JR-2L Missouri City/Elkins RS JR-2L Fort Worth/Trinity Valley RS SR-2L Missouri City/Hightower SO-1L Lansing, Mich./Eastern RS SR-3L Converse/Judson RS SR-2L Friendswood/Friendswood FR-HS Cypress/Cy Woods SR-3L Austin/Lake Travis FR-HS Toronto, Ontario/St Andrews RS JR-2L Pearland/Pearland FR-HS Mesquite/Horn SO-1L Copperas Cove/Copperas Cove FR-RS Denton/Guyer JR-2L Plano/Frisco Liberty RS SR-2L Burton/Burton RS JR-1L Altair/Rice Consolidated FR-HS El Campo/El Campo RS SR-1L Kirbyville/Tyler JC RS SO-1L Cedar Hill/Cedar Hill RS SO-SQ Houston/Eisenhower FR-HS Henderson, Nev./Coronado FR-HS Henderson, Nev./Coronado FR-RS Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield RS SR-SQ Katy/Cinco Ranch JR-2L Refugio/Refugio FR-HS Boerne/Boerne SR-3L Houston/Strake Jesuit RS SR-2L Ft. Worth/Trinity Valley RS SO-SQ McKinney/North FR-RS Houston/Episcopal RS SR-2L Katy/Cinco Ranch FR-RS DeSoto/DeSoto FR-HS El Campo/El Campo FR-HS McKinney/Boyd FR-RS Dallas/Lincoln RS SR-3L Cedar Park/Vista Ridge FR-RS Pflugerville/Hendrickson RS-SR-3L Manor/Manor JR-1L Katy/Blinn JC RS SO-SQ The Woodlands/The Woodlands SR-3L Houston/Klein Forest SO-1L Converse/Judson
2013 RICE FOOTBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No 18 71 26 80 73 38 22 24 95 10 30 77 53 12 94 91 52 10 15 28 70 6 2 37 35 21 75 12 50 88 7 74 99 44 9
Name Patt, Zach Patterson, Connor Petersen, Turner Peterson, Grant Poehlmann, John Pollard, Darrion Pollard, Ryan Porras, Paul Price, Anthony Radcliffe, James Rahman, Josh Reue, Andrew Richards, Nate Ross, Charles Schantz, Graysen Skinner, Josh Stanley, Spencer Stehling, Tyler Taylor, Jordan Thomas, Cole Thompson, Kenneth Tomsu, Carter Traufller, Ryan Travis, Drew Turner, Luke Uretsky, Nick Warren, Justin Warren, Michael Watkins, Chandler Wells, Robby White, Julius Williams, Caleb Winship, Ross Womac, Brian Wright, Zach
Pos 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-6 6-5 5-8 5-8 6-1 5-7 6-1 6-0 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-6 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-1 5-9 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-9 6-0 6-6 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-1
Ht 240 295 230 250 290 180 170 205 170 220 210 295 300 235 235 250 275 220 210 195 285 200 180 170 230 210 300 180 215 235 195 285 285 225 200
Wt DE OL RB DE OL WR WR SAF K LB LB OL C RB DE DE OL QB WR SAF OL QB RB CB RB LB DL CB LB TE SAF OL DL DE WR
Cl-Exp Hometown/Last School RS JR-2L Honey Grove/Honey Grove FR-RS Tomball/Tomball RS SR-3L Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall RS SO-SQ Austin/Westwood RS SO-SQ Brenham/Brenham FR-MRS Gilmer/Gilmer SO-SQ Arlington/Air Force RS SR-3L Scottsdale, Ariz./Saguaro FR-HS Marietta, Ga./Walton RS JR-2L Katy/Cinco Ranch FR-HS Missouri City/Ft. Bend Austin RS SO-1L Austin/St. Michaels Academy RS SR-1L Keller/Trinity Valley CC RS SR-3L Schertz/Samuel Clemens FR-HS Hickory Creek/Lake Dallas RS SR-1L Silsbee/Silsbee FR-RS Ft. Worth/Trinity Valley FR-RS Spring/Klein RS JR-2L Denison/Denison FR-HS Katy/Cinco Ranch FR-HS Houston/Langham Creek FR-HS Austin/St. Andrews FR-HS The Woodlands/The Woodlands SR-SQ Pflugerville/Pflugerville SO-1L Gilmer/Gilmer FR-HS San Antonio/Alamo Heights JR-SQ San Antonio/Roosevelt SO-1L Frankston/Frankston FR-RS Southlake/Keller FR-HS Katy/Taylor JR-2L Sugar Land/Kempner RS SO-1L Thompsons/Terry RS SO-1L The Woodlands/Klein FR-HS Houston/Memorial FR-RS The Woodlands/College Park
SQUAD BREAKDOWN BY CLASSIFICATION Class No. True Freshmen 24 Redshirt Freshman 17 Total Freshman 41 Sophomores 24 Juniors 18 Seniors 23
SQUAD BREAKDOWN BY STATES/PROVINCES State Represented No. Texas 91 Houston Region 25 Alabama 1 Arizona 1 Colorado 1 Connectciut 1 Georgia 2 Kansas 1 Michigan 1 Minnesota 1 Mississippi 1 Nevada 2 Oklahoma 1 Canada 2 British Columbia 1 Ontario 1
2013 RICE FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16
Mario Hull Malcolm Hill Ryan Trauffler Jowan Davis Dennis Parks Justin Carter Driphus Jackson Zach Espinosa Carter Tomsu Taylor Knopf Julius White Derek Brown Chris Boswell Zach Wright James Radcliffe Tyler Stehling Garrett Fuhrman Charles Ross Michael Warren Tanner Leland Nate German Guy Billups J.T. Blasingame Phillip Gaines Jordan Taylor Taylor McHargue
WR SAF RB RB WR SAF QB SAF QB K SAF WR K WR LB QB SAF RB CB DE QB QB CB CB WR QB
17 18 18 19 19 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
Trevor Gillette Brandon Hamilton Zach Patt Connor Leisz Alex Francis Nick Uretsky Ryan Pollard Anthony Canady Jayson Carter Paul Porras Jaylon Finner Turner Petersen James Farrimond Cole Thomas Bryce Callahan Jeremy Eddington Josh Rahman Broderick Jackson Darik Dillard Austin Laudenslager Joe Ballard Luke Turner Fred Jackson Drew Travis Darrion Pollard Cameron Decell
DE RB DE WR CB LB CB CB RB SAF SAF RB K/P SAF CB TE LB SAF RB SAF LB RB DB CB WR K/P
39 40 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 56 57 58 59 60 60 64 70 71 72
Paine Matiscik Gabe Baker Alex Lyons Michael Kutzler Tabari McGaskey Brian Womac Nick Elder Brian Nordstrom Tanyan Farley Adrian Jones D.J. Green Chandler Watkins Peter Godber Spencer Stanley Nate Richards Trey Martin Christian Covington Cameron Nwosu Cody Henessee Bobby Kiesewetter Nico Carlson Matt Simonette Ty Carter Kenneth Thompson Connor Patterson Ian Gray
LB SAF LB LB LB DE LB DE DS SAF LB LB OL OL OL DL DT LB DT DL OL OL DS OL OL OL
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 95 96 97 98 99
John Poehlmann Caleb Williams Justin Warren Drew Carroll Andrew Reue Brandon Dawkins Jon Hodde Grant Peterson Donte Moore Cole Hunt Andre Gautreaux Klein Kubiak Temi Alaka Reid Mitchell Connor Cella Robby Wells Christian Fletcher Cody Bauer Josh Skinner Stuart Mouchantaf Graysen Schantz Anthony Price Dylan Klare Collin Johnson Connor Johnson Ross Winship
OL OL DL OL OL OL OL DE WR TE WR WR WR TE TE TE WR DE DE DL DE K DE DE DE DL
2013 Conference USA Champion | 17
2013 PLAYER NOTES Chris Boswell
9
Derek Brown
K • Sr. 6-2/200 Keller, Texas • • • • • • • • • •
KICKING 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
Career 5 vs. SMU (N 17, 2012) 8 vs. ECU (N 20, 2010) 57 at Louisiana Tech (S 15, 2012) 18 vs. SMU (N 17, 2012) 53 vs. Houston (S 29, 2012)
Season 3 (Kansas) 6 (twice) 56 (Kansas) 11 (Kansas) none
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Reserve receiver who also chips in as a rush end on throwing downs. Showcased versatility at New Mexico State, returning a short kickoff for 11 yards and pressuring QB off the edge in passing situations. Recorded his first career catch at Texas A&M, good for five yards. Partially blocked a Kansas punt to set up Chris Boswell’s go-ahead field goal in the 4th quarter.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 2 vs. Houston (S 29, 2012) Solo tackles - 1, Five times Tackles for Loss - 1 vs. Southern Miss (O 27, 2012) YEAR 2012 2013 TOTAL
KICKOFFS KO YARDS AVG. TB 2009 0 0 - 0 2010 6 324 54.0 1 2011 59 3721 63.1 14 2012 80 5102 63.8 49 2013 77 4941 64.2 56 TOTAL 222 14,088 63.4 120
KO Returns NO YDS TD LG 1 1
11 0 11 11 0 11
SACK FF FR PBU - - - - - - - - - - - -
Connor Cella
INT BLK - - 1 - 1
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TE • Fr. 6-3/240 Katy, Texas • • • •
Found the end zone for the first time in his career in the C-USA Championship game, catching an 8-yard jump pass from Luke Turner. Grabbed a pair of passes at UAB, the second coming on 1st down in overtime. Caught four passes for 52 yards in his first collegiate action at Texas A&M. Started the game and caught a 26-yarder from Taylor McHargue on the Owls’ first play of the year.
Single Game/Career Highs Receptions - 4 at Texas A&M (A 31, 2013) Receiving Yards- 52 at Texas A&M (A 31, 2013) YEAR 2013
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Receiving NO YDS TD LG - - - 1 5 0 5 1 5 0 5
YEAR UT AT TOT TFL 2012 4 3 7 1/9 2013 5 1 6 - TOTAL 9 4 13 1/9
FG FGA FG% LG PATs PTS 11 17 64.7% 50 41 - 44 (93.2%) 74 17 21 81.0% 54 31 - 32 (96.9%) 82 23 29 73.1% 54 45 - 47 (95.7%) 114 14 21 66.7% 56 46 - 48 (95.8%) 89 65 88 73.9% 57 163 - 171 (95.3%) 359
FG by DISTANCE 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ 2010 4-5 1-2 4-7 2-3 2011 3-3 6-7 5-6 3-5 2012 8-8 4-5 5-8 6-9 2013 4-4 2-2 5-8 2-6 TOTAL 19-20 13-16 20-30 13-22
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WR • So. 6-3/225 Bay City, Texas
Will participate in the 2014 Senior Bowl. Three-time C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week this year. Second player in Rice history to top 300 career points... Just two points shy of the Rice career scoring record....Jarett Dillard holds record with 360. Drilled a 50-yd FG at NMSU, his 13th career kick of better than 50 yards vs. Kansas... No other active kicker has more than five from that range. Has kicked at least 11 field goals each season. 56-yarder to retake the lead vs. Kansas was his third from 55 yards or longer. Has at least one FG from 50 yards or more in each season. Tied for third on the C-USA career FG chart with 65. Holding opponents to starting at their 24 after his kickoffs, thanks to 54 touchbacks on 70 kickoffs... Held UTEP to a starting average of the 20. Preseason All-America pick by CBSSports.com and Groza Award Watch List for a third consecutive year.
Single Game Highs Field Goals PATs Longest Field Goal Points Longest Punt
OFFENSE
Receiving NO YDS TD LG 12 111 1 26
OFFENSE
Jowan Davis
2013 PLAYER NOTES
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Jeremy Eddington
RB • Fr. 5-7/195 Sealy, Texas • • • • • • •
TE • Sr. 6-2/250 Paris, Texas
Second on the team with 455 yards rushing, despite not joining the rotation until the fourth game of the season. Has rushed for 263 yards in his last three games, did not see action in the C-USA Championship game. Stepped in when Charles Ross was injured at UAB and rushed for 130 yards on 19 carries... Final carry was a 17-yard blast to take the ball to the one and set up Luke Turner’s game-winner. Ran for 76 yards on 15 carries vs. La Tech, part of a 415 yard night for the Owls. Scored his first career TD on a 10-yd run vs. UTEP. Led the Owls with 58 yards on 10 carries Rushed for 39 yards in his first collegiate action vs. FAU.
Single Game/Career Highs Rushing Attempts - 19 at UAB (N, 21,2013) Rushing Yards -130 at UAB (N, 21,2013) RUSHING ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2013 88 455 5.2 22 3
Darik Dillard
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RB • RS Fr. 5-10/195 San Antonio, Texas • • • • • • •
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Fourth on team with 396 yards on the ground. and tied for third with three rushing touchdowns. Ran for 52 yards and a score in the C-USA title game. San Antonio native scored Rice’s first touchdown in that city in Rice’s 27-21 win. Delivered his second-straight winning touchdown with a 25-yard TD reception in overtime at Tulsa (first career catch). Scored his first career touchdown to win the game vs. FAU. Ran for 41 yards on nine carries in his college debut at Texas A&M. Brother of former Owls All-America WR Jarett Dillard, who holds the NCAA career record with 60 touchdown receptions... pair now have 63 total touchdowns.
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Caught his first career touchdown pass as part of a 2-catch effort at UAB. Scored the Owls’ first touchdown vs. Tulsa on his first carry of the season. Moves to a hybrid tight end assignment after three seasons as a running back. Will also continue to return kickoffs. Likely the only listed tight end to do so. Shocked UTEP with a 97-yard kickoff return up the sideline with six minutes left in the game after the Miners had cut the Rice lead to two, ending a streak of 319 games without a kickoff return that stretched back to 1984.
Single Game Highs Pass Completions - 1 at Tulane (N 13, 2010), 1 vs. ECU (N 20, 2010) Pass Attempts - 2 vs. ECU (N 20, 2010) Passing Yards - 9 vs. ECU (N 20, 2010) Rushing Attempts - 16 vs. ECU (N 20, 2010) Rushing Yards - 143 vs. ECU (N 20, 2010) Rushing Touchdowns - 4 vs. ECU (N 20, 2010) Kickoff Returns - 5 at Southern Miss (O 1, 2011) Kickoff Return Yards - 210 at UTEP (N 24, 2012) RUSHING ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2010 59 365 6.2 88 10 2011 25 62 2.5 20 2 2012 45 201 4.5 36 1 2013 2 -1 -0.5 4 1 TOTAL 131 627 4.9 88 14 RECEIVING REC YARDS YDS/REC LONG TD 2010 0 0 - 0 0 2011 5 34 6.8 14 0 2012 3 12 4.0 10 0 2013 2 35 17.5 18 1 TOTAL 10 81 8.1 18 1 KICK RETURN NO YDS Y/RET 2010 0 0 - 2011 21 435 2.7 2012 9 306 34.0 2013 3 36 12.0 TOTAL 33 777 23.5
LG TD 0 0 41 0 97 1 15 0 97 1
Andre Gautreaux
83
RB • Sr. 6-0/200 Friendswood, Texas
Single Game/Career Highs Rushing Attempts - 11 Twice Rushing Yards - 62 vs. FAU (S 28, 2013) Receptions - 1 (three times) Receiving Yards - 25 at Tulsa (O 5, 2013) RUSHING ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2013 82 396 4.8 20 3
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RECEIVING REC YARDS YDS/REC LONG TD 2013 3 38 12.7 25 1
Single Game Highs Pass Receptions - 4 vs. Tulsa (O 22, 2011) Passing Yards - 52 at Northwestern (N 12, 2011) Rushing Attempts - 1, Twice: at Houston (O 27, 2011), at SMU (N 26, 2011) Rushing Yards - 47 at Houston (O 27, 2011)
Celebrated start on Senior Day and picked up his first catch of the year, good for 14 yards.
Receiving Rushing YEAR NO YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG 2011 14 177 1 43 2 39 0 47 2012 3 27 0 12 - - - 2013 1 14 0 14 - - - TOTAL 18 218 1 43 2 39 0 47
2013 Conference USA Champion | 19
2013 PLAYER NOTES Mario Hull
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Klein Kubiak
WR • Jr. 6-1/210 Altair, Texas • • •
Career 6 at Southern Miss (O 1, 2011) 51 at Southern Miss (O 1, 2011) 8 vs. Memphis (O 8, 2011) 121 vs. Memphis (O 8, 2011) 3 at Houston (O 27, 2011) 74 at Houston (O 27, 2011)
Season 3 (twice) 27 (UTSA) 1 (UTSA) 6 (UTSA) 2 (Houston) 45 (UTEP)
Receiving Rushing YEAR NO YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG 2011 17 181 0 27 1 -11 0 2012 (injured) 2013 12 99 0 23 1 -1 0 TOTALS 29 280 0 27 2 -12 0 Punt Returns Kickoff Returns YEAR NO YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG 2011 16 163 0 28 3 74 0 39 2012 (injured) 2013 - - - - 7 164 0 45 TOTAL 16 163 0 28 10 238 0 39
Driphus Jackson
5
QB • So. 6-0/205 Cedar Hill, Texas • • •
Scored his first rushing TD of season and first since Marshall in 2012 with 4-yard run at New Mexico State. Came on in relief of Taylor McHargue and led Owls to 10 points in the fourth quarter to beat Kansas 23-14... gained 19 yards rushing and completed one pass for 10 yards. Ran for 55 and threw for 23 yards in action vs. Texas A&M.
Single Game Highs Pass Completions Pass Attempts Passing Yards Passing Touchdowns Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Rushing Touchdowns
Career 17 vs. Houston (S 29, 2012) 35 vs. Houston (S 29, 2012) 272 vs. Houston (S 29, 2012) 2, Three times 12 vs. Houston (S 29, 2012) 37 vs. Marshall (S 22, 2012) 1, Twice
Season 3 (Texas A&M) 7 (Texas A&M) 23 (Texas A&M) None 10 (Texas A&M) 55 (Texas A&M) 1 (NMSU)
PASSING ATT CP PCT YDS LONG TD INT 2012 69 39 .565 672 88 6 0 2013 15 5 .333 50 17 0 1 TOTAL 84 44 .524 722 88 6 1 RUSHING ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2012 47 86 1.8 24 1 2013 24 160 6.7 27 1 TOTAL 71 246 3.5 24 2
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WR • Sr. 6-1/195 Houston, Texas
Broke off a career-long 45 yard KO return in his only opportunity vs. UTEP to set up Rice’s answer to Miners’ score with a TD drive. Fourth on the team with 12 catches, including a pair of three-catch games. Had a season-high 24 receiving yards (long of 23) vs. Kansas.
Single Game Highs Pass Receptions Receiving Yards Punt Returns Punt Return Yards Kickoff Returns Kickoff Return Yards
OFFENSE
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Has six catches this season, his best total since he caught 13 as a freshman. Grabbed a pair of passes vs. La Tech... also had a pair vs. Houston Caught a pair of passes vs. Houston, including a career-long 29 yarder. Served as captain at Texas A&M, where his father was a 2-year starter (QB). One of two Owls whose father is a current NFL head coach (Corey Frazier).
Single Game Highs Receptions Receiving Yards
Career 4, Twice: last at UTEP (O 9, 2010) 57 vs. SMU (O 2, 2010)
Receiving YEAR REC YDS TD LG 2010 13 143 0 21 2011 4 35 0 25 2012 2 22 0 12 2013 6 81 0 29 TOTAL 25 281 0 25
Punt Returns REC YDS TD LG - - - - - - - - - - - 2 12 0 10 2 12 0 10
Season 2 (Twice) 36 (Houston)
OFFENSE
Taylor McHargue
2013 PLAYER NOTES
16
Donte Moore
QB • Sr. 6-2/220 Cedar Park, Texas • • • • • • • • •
WR • Sr. 6-0/170 Manor, Texas
First quarterback in school history to lead team to consecutive bowl berths. Responsible for 14 touchdowns in last six games (11 passing, three rushing). Has thrown a career-high 17 touchdown passes this year, which ranks sixth in school history. .. Has 43 in his career, which ranks second only to Chase Clement (99). Also set a career-high with 2,261 yards passing which ranks 4th best in Rice history... Joins Clement as only Owls to have two seasons with over 2,000 yards passing. Threw for a career-high four touchdowns vs. UTEP and gained 259 yards on only eight completions... 72-yard scoring strike to Jordan Taylor was a career long. Became third Owl to top 7,000 career yards in total offense with his 225 yards at UAB. Tossed a 25-yard TD pass in overtime to Darik Dillard to give the Owls their first win over Tulsa since 2006. First QB at Rice to start four consecutive openers since freshmen were granted varsity eligibility in 1972. First carry of the year was a career-best 57 yarder vs. Aggies.
Single Game Highs Pass Completions Pass Attempts Passing Yards Passing Touchdowns Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Rushing Touchdowns
Career 23 at Baylor (S 24, 2011) 38 at Baylor (S 24, 2011) 314 vs. Marshall (S 33, 2012) 4, vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013) 22 vs. UCLA (A 30, 2012) 153 vs. Marshall (S 22, 2012) 3 twice (last at NMSU O 19, 2013)
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Opened the scoring in the C-USA Championship game, catching a 35-yard touchdown from Luke Turner. • Caught four for 42 yards vs. Tulane. • Grabbed a career-best six at UNT for a season-best 52 yards. • Caught a 40-yarder vs. UTEP for his longest catch of the season. • Caught four in the opener vs. Texas A&M, his third consecutive game with four catches. Single Game Highs Career Season Receptions 6 at UNT (O 31, 2013) 6 (NT) Receiving Yards 66 vs. Northwestern (S 18, 2010) 52 (NT) RECEIVING REC YARDS YDS/REC LONG TD 2010 16 160 1.0 32 0 2011 13 109 8.4 13 1 2012 26 326 12.5 43 4 2013 20 299 14.9 40 1 TOTAL 73 822 11.2 43 6
Dennis Parks
Season 21 (Houston 36 (Houston) 259 (UTEP) 4 (UTEP) 15 (FAU) 92 (UAB) 3 (NMSU)
PASSING ATT COMP PCT YDS LONG TD INT 2010 58 33 .569 491 64 6 1 2011 174 100 .575 1072 51 8 5 2012 325 194 .587 2209 50 12 5 2013 309 161 .521 2261 72 17 8 TOTAL 866 488 .563 6038 72 43 19 RUSHING ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2010 46 151 3.3 30 1 2011 82 124 1.5 27 0 2012 164 667 4.1 47 11 2013 151 466 3.1 57 5 TOTAL 436 1,413 3.2 57 17
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WR • So. 6-2/190 Converse, Texas • • • • • •
Leads the team by averaging 18.1 yards per catch this year. Established new career-highs with five catches for 75 yards vs. Tulane and has 163 yards in his last three games. Caught a 17-yard TD vs. UTEP for his only catch vs. the Miners. Enjoyed a successful return to San Antonio, catching three for 60 yards and his first touchdown of the year at UTSA... was his 3rd game with three catches this season. Made his season debut with a career-best three catches for 65 yards vs. Kansas, and added three catches for 48 yards vs. Houston. 54 of his 65 yards came on a career-long strike from Taylor McHargue.
Single Game Highs Receptions Receiving Yards
Career 3, four times 67 vs. LA Tech (N 16, 2013)
Season 3, four times 67 (LA Tech)
RECEIVING YEAR REC YARDS YDS/REC LONG TD 2012 7 112 16.0 35 1 2013 26 470 18.1 54 3 TOTAL 33 582 17.6 54 4 PUNT RETURNS YEAR NO YDS TD LG 2012 13 42 0 18 2013 - - - -
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS TD LG 3 45 0 19 - - - -
2013 Conference USA Champion | 21
2013 PLAYER NOTES
Turner Petersen
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Darrion Pollard
RB • Sr. 6-2/230 Oklahoma City, Okla. • • • • • •
Career 23 at Houston (O 27, 2011) 140 at Houston (O 27, 2011) 5 vs. Houston (S 21, 2013) 102 vs. Houston (S 21, 2013) 3 vs. UTEP (N 5, 2011) 3 vs. UTEP (N 5, 2011) 44 vs. UTEP (N 5, 2011) 1, Three times 22 at Tulane (N 13, 2010)
Season 16 (Houston) 54 (NMSU) 5 (Houston) 102 (Houston)
RUSHING ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2010 13 77 5.9 36 3 2011 102 485 4.8 44 5 2012 128 591 4.6 48 5 2013 61 262 4.3 19 0 TOTAL 304 1415 4.7 48 13 RECEIVING REC YARDS YDS/REC LONG TD 2010 2 29 14.5 17 0 2011 7 118 16.9 51 0 2012 11 155 14.1 38 1 2013 26 348 13.4 57 4 TOTAL 46 650 14.1 57 5 PASSING ATT CP PCT YDS LONG RAT. TD INT YDS/G 2010 0 0 -- 0 0 -- 0 0 -2011 11 7 .636 74 29 120.1 0 0 6.2 2012 1 1 1.000 12 12 200.8 0 0 1.2 2013 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -TOTAL 12 8 .667 86 29 126.9 0 0 2.5
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Made his first career catch in the C-USA title game (gain of 28) and returned three kickoffs for 76 yards, including a long of 30. Scored on his first career TD on his first career offensive touch, a four-yard run vs. Tulsa. Moved to WR before Houston game after opening season with a start at corner in place of Phillip Gaines in the opener. Made first career start at Texas A&M and credited with a assist while also returning 3 kickoffs for 57 yards. Received a medical redshirt after being injured vs. UCLA.
Single Game Career Highs Tackles - 1 at Texas A&M (A 31, 2013) Solo Tackles - 0 RUSHING RECEIVING ATT YDS AVG. LG TD NO YDS AVG LG 2013 4 5 1.2 4 1 1 28 28.0 0 2013
TD 28
KO RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD 8 151 18.9 0 30
DEFENSE UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU 2013 0 1 1 - - - 0 - • First-team All Conference USA selection
Charles Ross
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RB • Sr. 6-1/235 Schertz, Texas • • • • • • • • • • •
C-USA’s leading rusher (113.8/gm) and scoring (8.2/gm)... First Owl to lead the league in rushing since Michael Perry led the WAC in 1997. Has rushed for a career-high 1,252 yards this year, fourth-best in school history. Scored twice vs. Marshall to become sixth Owl to score more than 200 points.... Tied with Robbie Beck for fifth Has 14 rushing touchdowns, which rank third. Has run for 2,052 yards in his last two seasons, best mark since Trevor Cobb ran for 3,078 in 1991-92(1,692/1,386). Averaging 6.2 per carry, best mark by a leading rushing since Quinton Smith averaged 6.4 in 2005. Tied the C-USA record with five rushing touchdowns vs. La Tech... rushed for a career-best 215 yards, 8th best total in school history. C-USA Offensive Player of the Week and one of the College Football Performance Award Players of the Week for his efforts vs. La Tech. Now has 2,661 career yards, second all-time at Rice. Has seven 100-yard games in nine starts this year and 11 games in his career. .. Seven 100-yard games ranks third at Rice. Has run for 874 in last seven games.
Single Game Highs Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Rushing Touchdowns Receptions Receiving Yards Kickoff Returns Kickoff Return Yards
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WR • RS Fr. 5-8/165 Gilmer, Texas
Suffered knee injury vs. Tulane and will not be avalable for the bowl. Leads the running backs with 26 catches for 348 yards and 4 TDs... most catches by a Rice RB since Trevor Cobb had 4 in 1992. Closing in on becoming 22nd Owl to reach 1,500 career rushing yards (needs 95). Averaged 9 yards per carry at New Mexico State (6/54). Topped 100 yards in receiving for first time in his career, catching 5 for 102 and a touchdown vs. Houston... Added 44 yards on the ground to finish with a career-best 146 all-purpose yards. Only current Owl to top 100 years rushing and receiving in a game.
Single Game Highs Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Receptions Receiving Yards Pass Completions Pass Attempts Passing Yards Kickoff Returns Kickoff Return Yards
OFFENSE
Career 27 Twice 215 vs. La Tech (N 16, 2013) 5 vs. La Tech (N 16, 2013) 4 at Houston (N 28, 2009) 46 at Tulane (N 3, 2012) 7 at Tulane (N 13, 2010) 261 at Tulane (N 13, 2010)
Season 27 (Twice) 215 (LA Tech) 5 (LA Tech) 2 (twice) 24 (Texas A&M) 0 0
OFFENSE
2013 PLAYER NOTES
Luke Turner
RUSHING ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2009 97 491 5.1 54 11 2010 20 69 3.5 31 3 2011 12 49 4.1 12 0 2012 147 800 5.4 64 5 2013 201 1,252 6.2 48 14 TOTAL 477 2,552 5.4 64 33
RB • So. 6-1/230 Gilmer, Texas
RECEIVING REC YARDS YDS/REC LONG TD 2009 16 130 8.1 30 0 2010 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 2011 3 50 16.7 25 0 2012 10 98 9.8 24 1 2013 5 37 7.4 19 1 TOTAL 35 314 9.0 30 2
Jordan Taylor
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WR • Jr. 6-5/210 Denison, Texas • • • • • • • • • • •
Career 9, Twice 185 vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013) 3 Twice, last vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013) 1 three times 1, Five times 42 at SMU (N 26, 2011)
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Earned second-team All C-USA honors from league coaches. Stunned Marshall with a career-long, 75-yard touchdown catch to give Rice a 14-0 lead after the Owls first two possessions. Play was the longest scoring pass in C-USA Championship history. Caught six passes for 131 yards, his fourth career 100-yard receiving day. Has a career-high seight TD receptions this year, six in the last six games... Eight TD receptions are tied for sixth in school history. Set a career-high with 185 yards on four catches vs. UTEP and matched his career-high with three TD catches. Receiving total was the most by an Owl at Rice Stadium and the third-best in school history, topped only by James Casey’s 208 at Memphis in ‘08 and David Houser’s 196 at Florida in ‘76. Became the 12th Owl to reach 100 career catches and now ranks sixth with 120. David Hauser is fifth with 152. Now has 1,741 receiving yards to rank sixth, needs six to move past Toren Dixon into fifth... James Casey is fourth with 1,914. Picked up where left of in the Armed Forces Bowl, leading the Owls with seven catches for 68 yards and a touchdown vs. Texas A&M. His grab of a deflection for a five-yard TD made ESPN’s Top 10 Plays for the first weekend of college football.
Single Game Highs Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving TDs Pass Completions Pass Attempts Passing Yards
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MVP of the 2013 C-USA Championship, throwing for a pair of scores, one after taking a pitch from Taylor McHaruge and hitting Donte Moore from 35 yards and a second on an eight-yard jump pass at the goal line to Connor Cella while lined up the the Wild Owl formation. Has completed three of five passes this year and four of six in his carer, all for touchdowns. Scored the winner in overtime at UAB, his second consecutive game with a touchdown. Enjoyed his most productive game of the year, rushing for 76 yards on 9 carries and scoring his first TD of the year. Threw his second career touchdown pass out of the Owl formation, a 57-yarder to Turner Petersen vs. Houston.
Single Game Highs Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Kickoff Returns Kickoff Return Yards
Career 14 at Tulsa (O 20, 2012) 102 at Tulsa (O 20, 2012) 5, Three times 128 vs. Marshall (S 22, 2012)
Season 3 (FAU) 10 (twice) 0 0
YEAR ATT YARDS YDS/ATT LONG TD 2012 35 146 4.2 30 2 2013 35 147 4.2 19 2 TOTAL 70 293 4.2 30 4 PASSING KICK RETURNS YEAR COMP ATT INT YDS TD LG KOR YDS TD LG 2012 1 1 0 38 1 38 13 268 0 40 2013 3 4 0 100 3 57 - - - TOTAL 4 5 0 138 4 57 13 268 0 40
Season 7 (Texas A&M) 185 (UTEP) 3 (UTEP)
RECEIVING REC YARDS YDS/REC LONG TD 2011 9 69 7.7 17 2 2012 57 826 14.5 46 3 2013 54 846 15.7 75 8 TOTAL 114 1,610 14.1 75 13 PASSING ATT CP PCT YDS LONG RAT. TD INT YDS/G 2011 2 2 1.000 77 43 423.4 0 0 15.4 2012 3 1 .333 2 2 38.9 0 0 0.2 2013 - - - - - - - - TOTAL 5 3 .600 79 43 192.7 0 0 4.6
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2013 PLAYER NOTES Gabe Baker
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Bryce Callahan
SAF • Jr. 6-1/210 San Antonio, Texas • • • •
DEFENSE 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
Career 9 vs. Southern Miss (O 27, 2012) 8 vs. Southern Miss (O 27, 2012) 1, 3 times
Season 8 (Texas A&M) 3 (Twice) 0
UT AT TOT SACK TFL/Y FF FR PD INT/Y 9 12 21 -- 0.5/1 -- -- -- -1 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- -30 10 40 -- 2.0/2 1 1 2 1/55 22 13 35 -- 2.5/2 1 - 2 -62 35 97 -- 5/5 2 1 4 1 / 55
Cody Bauer
90
DE • Sr. 6-4/255 Pottsboro, Texas • • • • • • •
Has 6.0 TFL in last four games, including a sack on Marshall’s first snap of the game in the C-USA Championship. Picked up a season-best 2.5 TFL vs. La Tech, including consecutive snaps to open the third quarter to stall Bulldog’s opening drive of 2nd half. Sat out NMSU and UTEP games after a medical procedure... Picked up TFL in his return to field vs. UNT. Cut FAU’s lead to 14-12 by returning a fumble 7 yards for a touchdown... also registered his second sack for a loss of 13 yards. Picked up first sack of season for loss of 10 vs. Kansas. Named to Athlon’s All C-USA first team and second team by Phil Steele. Named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s All Texas College second team.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo tackles Tackles for Loss Sacks
Career 9 at Memphis (O 6, 2012) 7 at Memphis (O 6, 2012) 3 (twice) 2 vs. SMU (N 17, 2012)
Season 6 (Tulsa) 4 (Tulsa) 2.5 (LA Tech) 1 (twice)
DEFENSE UT AT TOT SK/Y TFL/Y FF FR PD INT/Y 2009 8 8 16 -- 2.0 / 4 -- -- -- -2010 11 7 18 -- -- -- -- -- -2011 Injury Redshirt 2012 36 15 51 5.5 / 42 12.0 / 69 2 2 1 1 / 2 2013 19 15 34 4.5/45 9.5/68 1 2 - TOTAL 74 45 119 10/ 87 23.5 / 141 3 4 1 1 / 2 Defensive Touchdowns September 28, 2013 vs. FAU, 7-yard fumble return
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CB • Jr. 5-10/180 Cypress, Texas
Came up with key early stop vs. UAB, stopping a 4th-and-1effort. Missed career-best tackle effort by one, finishing with eight vs. Texas A&M. Switching to No. 40 this season to honor former Owl Bucky Allshouse. One of two Rice student-athletes to serve on the search committee for Rice’s new Director of Athletics, joining All-America tennis player Natalie Beazant.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo tackles Tackles for Loss
DEFENSE
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Second team All-CUSA selection by league coaches. Teams with senior Phillip Gaines to give the Owls one of the top cornerback duos in the country. Leads the team with 10 PBU and 13 passes defended, tied for second wiht three interceptions. Picked off his third pass of season and 11th of his career vs. UTEP. 11 interceptions is tied for fourth in school history. Set up the Owls winning score with his second interception and return of 22 yards vs. FAU. Picked off his 9th career pass vs. Kansas, his third career pick vs. Jayhawks. Second nationally with a career average of 0.37 interceptions per game. Freshman All-America in 2011.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Tackles for Loss Quarterback Sacks Pass Breakups Interceptions
Career 8 vs. Marshall (S 22, 2012) 5, Twice 2 vs. UCLA (A 30, 2012) 0.5 at SMU (N 26, 2011) 2, Three times 2, Three times
DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
AT TOT SACK TFL/Y FF 8 34 0.5 / 1 2.5 / 3 -- 8 33 -- 2.0 / 4 -- 8 32 -- 3.0 / 6 1 24 98 0.5 / 1 7.5 / 13 1
UT 26 25 24 74
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG TD 2011 4 34 8.5 0 2013 18 114 6.3 0 TOTAL 22 148 6.7 0
Season 7 (twice) 6 (FAU) 1 (FAU) 0 2 (FAU) 1 (3 times) FR PD INT/Y -- 9 6 / 25 -- 7 2/0 -- 10 3 / 22 -- 26 11/ 47
LG 12 23 23
Anthony Canady
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CB • Fr. 5-9/170 Mesquite, Texas •
Stepped in when Bryce Callahan was injured at UTSA and was credited with season-best five tackles, including one for a loss of two yards.
Single Game/Career Highs Tackles - 5 at UTSA (O 12, 2013) DEFENSE 2013
UT AT TOT SK/Y TFL/Y FF FR PD INT/Y 4 4 8 -- 1.0/2 -- -- - --
DEFENSE
Christian Covington
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James Farrimond
DT • So. 6-3/295 Vancouver, British Columbia • • • • •
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P • So. 6-0/210 San Antonio, Texas
First-team All C-IUSA pick by league coaches. Leads team with career-high 9.5 tackles for loss among his 51 stops, including four sacks. Has 2.5 TFL in last four games despite playing with heavy cast on right hand after suffering thumb injury at UNT. Credited with a career-best six unassisted tackles vs. UAB. Has made first contact with the ball in each of the Owls first two defensive TDs this season... Partially deflected pass that Michael Kutzler ran back for a TD vs. Kansas and blocked the field goal vs. Houston that Alex Lyons returned. Credited with a career-best 2.5 TFL vs. Kansas. Led all C-USA freshmen D-linemen with five sacks as a freshman.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo tackles Tackles for Loss Sacks
Career 7 vs. Marshall (S 22, 2012) 6 at UAB (N 21, 2013) 2.5 vs. Kansas (S 14, 2013) 1, 8 times
DEFENSE 2012 2013 TOTAL
AT TOT SACK TFL/Y FF FR PD BLK 17 43 5.0 / 35 8.0 / 42 1 -- 1 -18 48 4.0 / 38 9.5 / 53 1 1 3 1 35 91 9.0 / 73 17.5/ 95 2 1 4 1
UT 26 30 56
Nick Elder
Season 5 (four times) 6 (UAB) 2.5 (Kansas) 1 (3 times)
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LB • So. 6-0/220 San Antonio, Texas • • • •
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Placed three of four punts vs. Marshall inside the 10 while averaging a season-best 49.2. Averaged 44.5 on a pair of late punts with Tulane trailing just 17-13 to hold off the Green Wave’s final challenge... Last effort was downed at Tulane 3 with just 2:13 left. Walk-on who took over punting chores in the opener at Texas A&M, averaging 42.5 yards on four punts, with three touchbacks and a long of 51.
Single Game Highs Most Punts Long Avg.
DEFENSE 2012 2013 TOTAL
Career 8 at Texas A&M (A 31, 2013) 4 vs. La Tech (N 16, 2013) 1 vs. Kansas (S 14, 2013)
Jaylon Finner
Season 9 (FAU) 66 (UNT) 48.8 (UNT)
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DB • Jr. 5-10/195 Missouri City, Texas • • •
Credited with a career-best five solo tackles vs. Marshall. Credited with his first career TFL vs. Tulane and also broke up a pass. Returned to action vs. Texas A&M after missing most 2012 because of an injury.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Fumble Recoveries Pass Breakups
Season 8 (A&M) 4 (La Tech) 1 (Kansas)
UT AT TOT SK/Y TFL/Y FF FR PD BLK 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -16 16 32 -- 1/2 -- 1 1 -17 17 34 -- 1/2 -- 1 1 --
Career 9 (FAU) 66 (NT) 48.8 (NT)
PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG FC TB I20 50+ BLK 2013 64 2713 42.4 66 15 8 14 11 0
Made his first career start at UAB. DEFENSE Led the team with seven tackles vs. La Tech 2011 Recovered a muffed punt at New Mexico State to set up the Owls’ third 2012 touchdown. 2013 Credited with a career-high eight tackles vs. Texas A&M and first career TFL TOTAL vs. Kansas
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo tackles Tackles for Loss
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Career 5 Twice; last vs. Marshall (D 7, 2013) 5, vs. Marshall (D 7, 2013) 1, Twice: last vs. Tulane (N 19, 2011) 1, Twice: last at Tulsa (O 5, 2013)
Season 5 (Twice) 5 (Marshall) 0 1 (Tulsa)
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 16 3 19 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 15 12 27 0.5-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 34 19 53 0.5-1 0-0 2 2 3 0
Alex Francis
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CB • Sr. 5-9/190 Missouri City, Texas •
Owls’ starter in Dime package.
Single Game Highs Total Tackles - 2, Twice: vs. Memphis (O 8, 2011), vs. UTEP (N 5, 2011) Solo Tackles - 1, Twice: vs. Memphis (O 8, 2011), vs. UTEP (N 5, 2011) Kickoff Returns - 3 vs. Northwestern (S 18, 2010) Kickoff Return Yards - 66 vs. Northwestern (S 18, 2010) DEFENSE 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT - - - - - - - - 2 2 4 - - - - - 15 5 20 - - - - - 7 2 9 - - - - - 24 9 33 - - - - -
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2013 PLAYER NOTES Garrett Fuhrman
DEFENSE 11
Cody Henessee
SAF • So. 5-8/180 Lansing, Mich. • • •
DT • RS Fr. 6-2/265 Denton, Texas
Credited with a career-best five tackles at Texas A&M and has a career-best 16 this year. Credited with his first career TFL at UTSA. Second on team as a freshman with six special teams tackles.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 5 at Texas A&M (A 31, 2013) Solo Tackles - 2 twice, last vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013) DEFENSE 2012 2013 TOTALS
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Saw his first career action at New Mexico State and was credited with an assist on his first snap. Added two stops and his first hurry vs. UTEP.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 2, vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013) DEFENSE 2013
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 5 1 6 - - 1 - - 6 10 16 0.5/1 - - - - 11 11 22 0.5/1 - 1 - - -
Phillip Gaines
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UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PD HRY 1 5 6 - - - - - 1
Led team with five tackles vs. Tulane.
Malcolm Hill
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Earned first-team, All C-USA honors from league coaches for second consecutive year... Last Owl to earn consecutive first-team honors was Jarett Dillard, who was a three-time choice from 2006-09. Targeted 40 times this year and allowed just 13 receptions. Picked off his fourth pass of season vs. La Tech to take over the team lead... Picked of first career pass vs. Houston and added his second at New Mexico State and third at UNT. Has a career-high 4 TFL (loss of 14). Only junior to be selected a captain for the 2012 team and the preseason choice by conference coaches as the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year. On Watch Lists for both Jim Thorpe Award and Walter Camp All-America.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Forced Fumble Fumble Recovery Pass Breakups DEFENSE 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
Career 9 vs. Northwestern (S 18, 2010) 7 vs. Northwestern (S 18, 2010) 1 vs. Northwestern (S 18, 2010) 1, Twice 4 Twice
Season 5 (three times) 4 (Tulsa) 0 0 2 (UTSA)
2
SAF • Jr. 5-11/190 Plano, Texas
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CB • Sr. 6-1/185 Converse, Texas •
58
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Has career best three picks this year, tied for second on the team. Organized a web site to collect donation for Joyce Rannals, an administrative assistant in the football office who is battling breast cancer (http:// www.gofundme.com/teamjoyce). Total finished at $10,840.00 Picked up his first career TFL for a loss of 7 vs. Kansas. Broke up a pair of passes and shared a TFL vs. Houston.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Pass Breakups Interceptions DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL •
Career 7 vs. Marshall (S 22, 2012) 6 vs. Marshall (S 22, 2012) 2 vs. Houston (2 21, 2013) 1, four times
Season 6 (twice) 3 (Houston) 2 (Houston) 1 (twice)
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 6 3 9 0/0 0/0 - - 1 1/0 33 9 42 0/0 0/0 1 1 3 1/0 23 21 44 2.5/10 0/0 - - 7 3/0 62 33 95 2.5/10 0/0 1 1 11 5/0
Senior walk-on who made his debut at New Mexico State and then picked
Bobby Kiesewetter
UT AT TOT SACK TFL FF FR PBU INT 28 3 31 -- 1.0 / 1 -- -- 3 -51 13 64 1.0 / 11 2.0 / 15 1 1 6 -8 3 11 1.0 / 14 2.0 / 15 -- -- 2 -23 10 33 -- 2.0/6 -- -- 18 -24 10 34 -- 4 / 14 -- 6 4/2 134 39 173 2.0 / 25 11 / 51 1 1 35 4/2
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DL • Sr. 6-2/270 Katy, Texas •
up first career tackle vs. UTEP. Named game captain for UAB.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 1 vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013) DEFENSE 2013
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UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT - 1 1 - - - - - -
DEFENSE
2013 PLAYER NOTES Dylan Klare
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Austin Laudenslager
DT • Jr. 6-2/270 Refugio, Texas • •
DEFENSE 2010 2011 2013 TOTAL •
SAF • So. 6-0/195 McKinney, Texas
Has 15 tackles in the last nine games. Became Owls third interior lineman to block a kick, partially deflecting a UTEP field goal attempt.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles
Career 5 at Tulsa (M 6, 2010) 4 at Baylor (S 24, 2010)
UT AT TOT 8 2 10 17 2 19 8 11 19 33 15 48
Season 4 (UTSA) 2 (UTEP)
TFL SACK FF FR PBU BLK 1/2 1/2 -- -- - -1/1 - -- 1 - -0/0 0/0 - - 4 1 2/3 1/2 - 1 - 1
Former walk-on and special teams standout who answered the call at
Michael Kutzler
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Career 11, twice 6 at Texas A&M (A 31, 2013) 1, four times 1, three times
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Walk-on who made a memorable debut, picking off a pass at New Mexico State on his first snap... also saw action vs. UTEP. Credited with his first career tackle vs. La Tech.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 1 vs. La Tech (N 16, 2013) DEFENSE 2013
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 1 - 1 - - - - - 1/5
Tanner Leland
Season 11 (twice) 6 (Texas A&M) 1 (twice) 0
13
DE • Sr. 6-2/250 Katy, Texas • •
linebacker and earned second-team All C-USA honors in his first year as a starter. Leads team with 86 stops after coming into year with just 20 career tackles. Caused a fumble at goal line to stop a UTEP threat with Rice leading 17-7. Owls recovered and drove 99 yards in last four minutes to take 24-7 lead. Nominated for the 2013 Wuerffel Trophy for his work in the classroom and community . Named by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football as the Most Improved Defender in Texas College Football in their midseason awards report. Matched his career-high with 11 tackles at Tulsa...also had 11 in the opener vs. Texas A&M. Scored the Owls’ first points at Rice Stadium in 2013 with 52-yard interception return vs. Kansas and also picked up a sack for the second consecutive game. Credited with the first of the Owls’ two sacks of Johnny Manziel, good for a loss of 5 yards.
• Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Sacks Fumble Recoveries
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LB • Sr. 6-0/205 Ft. Worth, Texas
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Returned to action vs. Tulane after missing two games with an injury. Named to his second consecutive CoSIDA Academic All District VII team and was a candidate for National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award... carries a 3.56 GPA while majoring in Mathematic Economic Analysis. Picked up first career sack and matched his season high in solo tackles with four vs. UTEP. Enjoyed his most productive day since his move to DE, finishing with six tackles, two for loss and recovering a fumble vs. FAU. Former walk-on who moved to defensive end from safety last season earned the start in the opener at A&M. Made two career starts at safety. Opened 2012 in the DE rotation, but was injured vs. Kansas. Battled back to return to the field at the end of the season.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Fumble Recoveries Pass Breakups DEFENSE 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
Career Season 8, Twice: last vs. Tulsa (O 22, 2011) 6 (FAU) 7 vs. Tulsa (O 22, 2011) 4 (twice) 1 vs. Tulsa (O 22, 2011) 1 (FAU) 1, Four times: last at Houston (O 27, 2011) 0
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 4 4 8 - - - - - 25 18 43 - - - 1 2 5 6 11 - - - 1 2 14 13 27 5/10 1/5 - 1 - 48 41 89 5/10 1/5 - 3 4 -
Defensive Touchdowns October 1, 2011 at Southern Miss, 17 yard fumble return September 14, 2013 vs. Kansas, 52-yard interception return DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 3 1 4 - - - 1/17 - 11 5 16 2/11 2/11 - 2/0 - 46 40 86 6/16 2/10 1 - 1 1/52 60 46 106 8/27 4/21 1 3/17 1 1/52
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2013 PLAYER NOTES
DEFENSE
Alex Lyons
Zach Patt
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DE • Jr. 6-2/240 Honey Grove, Texas
LB • RS Fr. 6-0/220 DeSoto, Texas • • • •
Made his first career start at UTSA. Scored the Owls’ second defensive touchdown in three games this season, returning a blocked field goal for 62 yards and a TD vs. Houston. Also shared his first career TFL vs. Houston. Redshirt freshman who sat out last year while rehabbing from surgery but made his debut with 5 tackles at Texas A&M.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 5, at Texas A&M (A 31, 2013) Defensive Touchdowns September 21, 2013 vs. Houston, 62-yard blocked FG return DEFENSE 2013
UT
AT TOT
TFL
SACK HRY FR PBU
13 17 30 2/7
Stuart Mouchantaf
INT
-- 2 1 -- --
92
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Picked up first career sack and also broke up a pass vs. Houston. Back up his first two year who has also excelled on special teams. Credited with two assists and recovered a fumble on a kick return at Texas A&M.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Forced Fumble Fumble Recoveries DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
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DEFENSE 2012 2013 TOTAL
Career 8 at Tulsa (O 5, 2013) 5 at Tulsa (O 5, 2013) 1.5 at Tulsa (O 5, 2013)
Season 8 (Tulsa) 5 (Tulsa) 1.5 (Tulsa)
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 5 7 12 1.0/2 - - - - 19 14 33 3.0/4 - - - - 24 21 45 4.0/6 - - - - -
Brian Nordstrom
Ryan Pollard
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Single Game Highs Tackles - 3 vs. Tennessee State (S 24, 2011) Solo Tackles - 2 vs. Tennessee State (S 24, 2011) DEFENSE UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 2011* 3 1 4 - - - - - 2012 Sat out due to NCAA Transfer Rules 2013 3 3 6 - - - - - TOTAL 6 4 10 - - - - - *Air Force
Paul Porras
47
Has seen increased playing time in second half of year and has eight stops in last six games. Credited with first career sack at New Mexico State. Picked up first career PBU at UTSA.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 2: Twice DEFENSE 2013
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 7 3 10 1.5/9 1.5/9 1 -- 2 --
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Transfer from Air Force who made his debut on special teams vs. Texas A&M. Saw action in four games as a true freshman on special teams for the Falcons... credited with four tackles, three of them vs. Tennessee State.
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SAF • Sr. 6-1/205 Scottsdale, Ariz.
DE • So. 6-3, 230 The Woodlands, Texas •
Season 3 (Houston)
CB • So. 5-8/165 Arlington, Texas
Was fifth on team with 33 tackles, including 25 in his last five games, but suffered injury early vs. UTEP and will miss the remainder of the year. Blocked a PAT vs. New Mexico State. Reached a new career-best in tackles for the fourth time in five games, finishing with eight stops in the overtime win at Tulsa. Credited with seven stops and 1.5 TFL vs. UTSA.
Single Game Highs Tackles Unassisted Tackles Tackles for Loss
Career 3, Houston (S 21, 2013) 2, Twice 1, Three times 1, Twice
UT AT TOT TFL SACK FF FR PBU INT 3 - 3 - - 2 - - 6 2 8 - - 1 1 - 10 6 16 3.0/19 1/14 - 1 1 19 8 27 3.0/19 1/14 3 2 1 -
DT • Jr. 6-4/290 Katy, Texas •
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Moved into 10th on the Rice careeer tackles list with six stops vs. Marshall... Has 290, Joe Davis is 9th with 293 and Jason Hebert eight wiht 300. CoSIDA Academic All District VII with a 3.39 GPA in Sports Management and Religious Studies. Led team with season high 10 tackles vs. UTEP, including one for a loss and forced a fumble. Tied his career high with three PBU vs. Kansas. Has five career interceptions to rank second among active Owls (Bryce Callahan has 11).
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Tackles for Loss
Career 15, Twice 12 vs. Tulsa (O 22, 2011) 2, Twice
Season 10 (UTEP) 8 UTEP) 0.5 (twice)
DEFENSE
2013 PLAYER NOTES
Pass Breakups Interceptions
3 twice (last vs. Kansas S 14, 2013) 1, Five times
Julius White
3 (Kansas) 0
SAF • Jr. 5-10/195 Sugar Land, Texas
Defensive Touchdowns 75-yard interception return vs. Southern Miss (O 27, 2012) DEFENSE 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
UT AT TOT SACK TFL FF FR PD INT 14 16 30 -- 2.0 / 6 -- 1 1 1 / 17 64 27 91 1.0 / 2 5.0 / 9 2 -- 8 2 / 15 64 29 93 -- 2.5/8 -- 1 4 2 / 75 43 33 76 -- 2.5 / 5 1 1 6 185 105 290 1.0 / 2 12 / 29 3 3 19 5/ 107
James Radcliffe
10
LB • Jr. 6-1/220 Katy, Texas • • • •
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Tackles for loss DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
Career 12 at Memphis (O 6, 2012) 8 at Memphis (O 6, 2012) 3 at Memphis (O 6, 2012)
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Season 10 (UTSA) 5 (UTSA) 1 ( FAU)
DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
91
DE • Sr. 6-4/250 Silsbee, Texas
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Closed season with a rush, picking up 1.5 sacks over last three games. Shared his first career sack with Cody Bauer on third down in overtime to foce UAB to kick a field goal on the opening possession. Made first career start in place of Cody Bauer at New Mexico State and credited with a career-best three tackles. Credited with first career TFL at UNT. Made 2013 debut vs. Kansas, first action since 2011. Recorded a pair of tackles vs. FAU, including one of fourth down to force a change in possession.
Single Game Highs Tackles - 3 at NMSU (O 19, 2013) Solo Tackles - 1, 3 times DEFENSE 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL
Season 9 (UNT) 5 (UNT) 1(UTSA) 4 (Houston)
UT AT TOT SACK TFL/Y FF FR PD INT/Y 1 2 3 - - - - - 55 24 79 - 3.5 / 5 3 - 6 2 / 0 33 26 59 - 2.5/7 - - 7 2/32 86 51 137 - 6 /12 3 - 13 4/32
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DL • So. 6-4/290 The Woodlands, Texas • • • • • •
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Career 11 at Kansas (S 8, 2012) 9 at Louisiana Tech (S 15, 2012) 1.5 at Kansas (S 8, 2012) 4 vs. Houston (S 21, 2013)
Ross Winship
UT AT TOT TFL SACK QBH FF FR PBU 2 0 2 - - - - - 26 15 41 4.5/17 2/13 2 - - 1 26 28 54 1.5/11 1/10 2 1 3 54 43 97 6/28 3/23 4 1 - 4
Josh Skinner
Picked off his second pass of the year to stop Marshall’s opening drive of second half in C-USA title game. Third on team with 59 tackles and seven pass breakups. Picked off his first pass of 2013 vs. Tulsa and returned it 32 yards. Broke up a career-best four passes vs. Houston. Second on team and tied for sixth in C-USA with three forced fumbles in 2012.
Single Game Highs Tackles Solo Tackles Tackles for Loss PBU
Fourth on team with career-high 58 tackles this year. Credited with 10 tackles at UTSA to lead team. Credited with sack and fumble on Owls’ third defensive TD of the year vs. FAU. Six assists, shared a TFL and broke up a pass vs. Kansas.
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Stepped in after injury to Stuart Mouchantaf and shored up a need on the interior. Shared a sack vs. Marshall. Credited with first career sack on the opening play of overtime at UAB. Made his first career start vs. UNT Stepped in after Stuart Mouchantaf was hurt vs. UTEP and credited with a career best six tackles, which matched his season total heading into game. Recovered key fumble at goal line vs. UTEP with Rice leading 17-7 late in 2nd quarter. Set up a 99-yard drive to give Rice a 24-7 lead heading to halftime. Has a career-high nine tackles this year.
• • Single Game/Career Highs Tackles – 6 vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013) Solo Tackles – 5 vs. UTEP (O 26, 2013)
DEFENSE UT AT TOT SACK TFL/Y FF FR PD INT/Y 2012 0 1 1 - - 1 - - 2013 13 7 20 1.5/10 1.5/10 - 1 - TOTAL 13 8 21 1.5/10 1.5/10 1 1 - -
UT AT TOT TFL SACK HRY FR PBU INT 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 10 18 2.5/13 1.5/13 - - - 10 11 21 2.5/13 1.5/13 - - - -
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2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Game Results (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
RESULTS Date
Opponent
Aug 31, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 * Sep 28, 2013 * Oct 05, 2013 * Oct 12, 2013 Oct 19, 2013 * Oct 26, 2013 * Oct 31, 2013 * Nov 16, 2013 * Nov 21, 2013 * Nov 30, 2013 ^ Dec 07, 2013
at #7 Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL
L W L W Wo W W W L W Wo W W
Score
Overall
Conference
Time
Attend
31-52 23-14 26-31 18-14 30-27 27-21 45-19 45-7 16-28 52-14 37-34 17-13 41-24
0-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-2 6-2 6-3 7-3 8-3 9-3 10-3
0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 7-1
3:32 3:27 3:40 3:41 3:50 3:04 3:09 2:55 3:04 3:11 3:45 3:30 3:20
86686 22974 34831 14380 20014 25272 16164 15355 22835 19707 5831 20048 20247
^ - Conference USA Championship
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Dec 09, 2013) All games
STATISTICAL COMPARISON Opponent
Texas A&M KANSAS Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC Tulsa UTSA NMSU UTEP North Texas LOUISIANA TECH UAB TULANE MARSHALL Totals
Opponent
Texas A&M KANSAS Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC Tulsa UTSA NMSU UTEP North Texas LOUISIANA TECH UAB TULANE MARSHALL Totals
Score
Total
31 - 52 23 - 14 26 - 31 18 - 14 30 - 27 27 - 21 45 - 19 45 - 7 16 - 28 52 - 14 37 - 34 17 - 13 41 - 24 408 - 298
28 19 25 17 19 15 26 21 20 35 26 21 23 295
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
3rd Down Conversions
7-17 6-18 5-15 3-16 3-12 5-14 5-13 7-14 2-13 14-19 8-17 8-20 8-14 81-202
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
25 11 21 15 24 24 10 17 13 14 16 6 23 219
4-10 6-17 6-16 5-18 5-19 4-16 6-15 5-14 7-15 5-13 5-16 1-14 7-17 66-200
First Downs Rush Pass
16 12 12 10 11 8 20 13 7 25 17 9 14 174
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
13 6 8 2 10 10 5 12 9 9 8 2 8 102
9 7 12 5 8 7 5 8 10 8 7 11 7 104
4th Down Conversions
2-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 8-14
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
1-1 0-2 1-1 0-3 3-5 4-6 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-3 1-2 1-2 1-2 13-29
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Pen
12 3 5 0 12 1 11 2 10 0 12 0 5 1 3 0 3 3 4 2 8 2 4 1 13 2 102 17
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
0 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 15
Time of Possession
38:24 33:24 34:56 31:05 27:42 25:19 38:31 27:30 31:31 40:15 33:28 39:51 32:20 434:16
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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51-306 42-192 45-174 51-204 48-167 41-157 67-409 47-265 42-133 69-415 61-328 55-124 48-248 667-3122
21:36 26:36 25:04 28:55 32:18 34:41 21:29 32:30 28:29 19:45 26:32 20:09 27:40 345:44
Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category
Rushing Number-Yards
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Passing Comp-Att-Int
39-202 35-100 37-165 28-94 53-222 49-264 36-160 55-248 43-149 29-146 37-138 21-26 37-106 499-2020
TOP Margin
16:48 6:48 9:52 2:10 -4:36 -9:22 17:02 -5:00 3:02 20:30 6:56 19:42 4:40 88:32
21-37-2 15-36-2 22-37-1 7-25-1 13-22-1 9-22-0 9-15-0 8-20-0 18-28-2 13-23-0 10-20-0 14-28-0 10-18-0 169-331-9
Avg Yds/Rush
6.0 4.6 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.8 6.1 5.6 3.2 6.0 5.4 2.3 5.2 4.7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
5.2 2.9 4.5 3.4 4.2 5.4 4.4 4.5 3.5 5.0 3.7 1.2 2.9 4.0
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
20-27-0 203 14-29-2 178 18-36-1 289 22-46-2 69 16-32-2 177 17-31-0 183 8-21-2 106 7-12-1 259 7-13-1 222 15-30-2 167 13-33-0 139 14-31-0 180 24-41-1 239 195-382-14 2411
Avg Yds/Pass
5.5 4.9 7.8 2.8 8.0 8.3 7.1 12.9 7.9 7.3 6.9 6.4 13.3 7.3
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
10.5 5.9 9.1 5.9 6.0 5.5 8.0 9.7 8.0 6.0 5.9 3.1 6.5 6.7
Total Offense Plays-Yards
Yards
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
284 88-509 170 78-370 329 82-463 272 76-273 193 70-344 170 63-340 168 82-515 116 67-524 104 70-355 181 92-582 195 81-467 97 83-304 265 66-487 2544 998-5533
Avg Yds/Play
5.8 4.7 5.6 3.6 4.9 5.4 6.3 7.8 5.1 6.3 5.8 3.7 7.4 5.5
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
7.4 4.2 6.8 4.9 4.9 5.4 5.8 5.4 4.5 5.5 4.8 2.4 4.8 5.2
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
66-486 64-270 73-494 74-366 85-415 80-434 57-328 67-364 56-253 59-327 70-333 52-123 78-371 881-4564
Punting Number-Avg
4-42.5 6-35.8 6-41.3 10-46.9 7-38.3 6-39.3 5-38.8 6-37.2 6-48.8 1-55.0 6-39.5 6-43.5 6-47.3 75-42.0
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
3-62.7 7-44.9 7-36.4 7-43.7 4-36.8 4-35.2 7-39.9 5-43.0 6-38.0 3-38.0 7-47.9 8-40.9 6-43.8 74-42.1
Return Yards
100 63 41 52 44 26 77 71 51 37 126 15 91 794
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
90 29 62 92 5 40 6 41 172 70 89 21 130 847
Penalties Number-Yards
8-53 5-51 3-25 5-63 11-91 5-45 3-31 6-43 2-25 5-47 4-30 5-31 9-81 71-616
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
5-51 4-20 3-30 8-80 5-30 6-55 5-29 3-19 6-43 6-62 4-35 5-40 4-40 64-534
TurnOvers
2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 18
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
1 2 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 4 0 1 1 25
Sacks
2 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 19
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
2 3 2 5 4 1 0 1 4 1 3 7 0 33
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
TEAM STATISTICS
Team Statistics
RICE
SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters 1st 2nd Rice 125 119 Opponents 44 92
408 31.4 295 174 104 17 3122 3488 366 667 4.7 240.2 30 2411 169-331-9 7.3 14.3 185.5 20 5533 998 5.5 425.6 26-535 21-132 14-113 20.6 6.3 8.1 13-9 71-616 47.4 75-3153 42.0 36.0 77-4941 64.2 40.5 33:24 81/202 40% 8/14 57% 19-163 77 53 14-21 1-1 (45-50) 90% (38-50) 76% (46-48) 96% 112711 6/18785 3rd
4th
48 104 69 87
OT
12 6
OPP
298 22.9 219 102 102 15 2020 2342 322 499 4.0 155.4 17 2544 195-382-14 6.7 13.0 195.7 18 4564 881 5.2 351.1 20-419 27-254 9-83 21.0 9.4 9.2 18-11 64-534 41.1 74-3112 42.1 39.7 60-3698 61.6 39.8 26:36 66/200 33% 13/29 45% 33-181 0 37 13-20 0-2 (33-37) 89% (23-37) 62% (35-36) 97% 176802 6/29467 1/34831
Total 408 298
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2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing
gp
ROSS, Charles McHARGUE, Taylor DAVIS, Jowan DILLARD, Darik PETERSEN, Turner JACKSON, Driphus TURNER, Luke MOORE, Donte POLLARD, Darrion PARKS, Dennis CARTER, Jayson EDDINGTON, Jeremy HULL, Mario TEAM Total Opponents
11 13 9 13 11 9 13 13 13 12 1 13 10 11 13 13
Passing
gp
McHARGUE, Taylor JACKSON, Driphus TURNER, Luke TEAM Total Opponents Receiving
TAYLOR, Jordan PARKS, Dennis PETERSEN, Turner MOORE, Donte CELLA, Connor HULL, Mario KUBIAK, Klein ROSS, Charles DILLARD, Darik EDDINGTON, Jeremy POLLARD, Darrion GAUTREAUX, Andre BROWN, Derek Total Opponents
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13 9 13 11 13 13 gp
att
gain loss
net avg td
201 1292 40 1252 6.2 14 151 677 211 466 3.1 5 88 467 12 455 5.2 3 82 400 4 396 4.8 3 61 278 16 262 4.3 0 24 177 17 160 6.7 1 35 171 24 147 4.2 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 4 11 6 5 1.2 1 2 4 0 4 2.0 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 2 4 5 -1 -0.5 1 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 14 0 30 -30 -2.1 0 667 3488 366 3122 4.7 30 499 2342 322 2020 4.0 17 effic comp-att-int
126.54 161-309-8 48.00 5-15-1 532.50 3-4-0 0.00 0-3-0 126.74 169-331-9 115.21 195-382-14 no.
yds
13 54 846 12 26 470 11 26 348 13 20 299 13 12 111 10 12 99 13 6 81 11 5 37 13 3 38 13 2 35 13 1 28 11 1 14 13 1 5 13 169 2411 13 195 2544
avg
15.7 18.1 13.4 14.9 9.2 8.2 13.5 7.4 12.7 17.5 28.0 14.0 5.0 14.3 13.0
pct
lg avg/g
48 57 22 20 19 27 19 6 4 4 1 4 0 0 57 81
yds td
52.1 2261 17 33.3 50 0 75.0 100 3 0.0 0 0 51.1 2411 20 51.0 2544 18 td
8 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 18
lg avg/g
75 54 57 41 26 27 29 19 25 18 28 14 5 75 85
65.1 39.2 31.6 23.0 8.5 9.9 6.2 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.2 1.3 0.4 185.5 195.7
113.8 35.8 50.6 30.5 23.8 17.8 11.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 -2.7 240.2 155.4 lg avg/g
75 173.9 17 5.6 57 7.7 0 0.0 75 185.5 85 195.7
Punt Returns
no.
18 2 1 21 27
114 12 6 132 254
0 0 0 0 1
23 10 6 23 65
Interceptions
no.
yds avg td
lg
Kick Returns
no.
8 7 6 3 1 1 26 20
151 164 160 36 13 11 535 419
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 45 33 15 13 11 45 31
Fumble Returns
no.
yds avg td
lg
CALLAHAN, Bryce KUBIAK, Klein HULL, Mario Total Opponents GAINES, Phillip HILL, Malcolm CALLAHAN, Bryce WHITE, Julius LAUDENSLAGER, Aust KUTZLER, Michael Total Opponents POLLARD, Darrion HULL, Mario HILL, Malcolm EDDINGTON, Jeremy CELLA, Connor BROWN, Derek Total Opponents COVINGTON, Christian BAUER, Cody LYONS, Alex Total Opponents
4 3 3 2 1 1 14 9
1 1 1 3 3
yds avg td
2 0 22 32 5 52 113 83
6.3 6.0 6.0 6.3 9.4
0.5 0.0 7.3 16.0 5.0 52.0 8.1 9.2
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
yds avg td
7 7 0 14 91
18.9 23.4 26.7 12.0 13.0 11.0 20.6 21.0
7.0 7.0 0.0 4.7 30.3
0 1 1 2 1
lg
1 0 22 32 5 52 52 31 lg
7 7 0 7 55
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Scoring
ROSS, Charles BOSWELL, Chris TAYLOR, Jordan McHARGUE, Taylor PETERSEN, Turner DILLARD, Darik DAVIS, Jowan PARKS, Dennis EDDINGTON, Jeremy TURNER, Luke KUTZLER, Michael MOORE, Donte CELLA, Connor BAUER, Cody LYONS, Alex POLLARD, Darrion JACKSON, Driphus TEAM Total Opponents Field Goals
td
fg
15 - 14-21 8 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 53 14-21 37 13-20 fg
kick
46-48 46-48 35-36
1-1
- - - - 0-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-3 - -
-
14-21 66.7 0-0
FG Sequence
Rice
45,(43) (40),(28),(56) 55,50 (45),(47) (27) 52,(49),(28) (50) (28) (30) (47),48 40,50,(36) -
4-4
2-2
6-9
Opponents
2-6
(44) 47 (24),40 42 (33),(37),(36),(36) 48,46 (37),(49) 49,46 (24),(43) (30),(32) (27)
pts
Total Offense
- 90 - 88 - 48 - 30 - 24 - 24 - 18 - 18 - 12 - 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 2 1 408 - 298
pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99
BOSWELL, Chris Texas A&M Kansas Houston Florida Atlantic Tulsa UTSA NMSU UTEP North Texas Louisiana Tech UAB Tulane Marshall
PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf
lg blk
56
1
g plays
rush
pass
total avg/g
McHARGUE, Taylor ROSS, Charles DAVIS, Jowan DILLARD, Darik PETERSEN, Turner TURNER, Luke JACKSON, Driphus MOORE, Donte POLLARD, Darrion PARKS, Dennis CARTER, Jayson EDDINGTON, Jeremy HULL, Mario TEAM Total Opponents
13 11 9 13 11 13 9 13 13 12 1 13 10 11 13 13
Punting
no. yds avg
Kickoffs
no. yds avg tb ob retn
FARRIMOND, James TURNER, Luke McHARGUE, Taylor BOSWELL, Chris Total Opponents BOSWELL, Chris Total Opponents
460 466 2261 2727 201 1252 0 1252 88 455 0 455 82 396 0 396 61 262 0 262 39 147 100 247 39 160 50 210 1 6 0 6 4 5 0 5 2 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 17 -30 0 -30 998 3122 2411 5533 881 2020 2544 4564
64 2713 6 219 4 179 1 42 75 3153 74 3112
42.4 36.5 44.8 42.0 42.0 42.1
lg tb
209.8 113.8 50.6 30.5 23.8 19.0 23.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 -2.7 425.6 351.1
fc i20 50+ blk
66 8 15 14 11 49 1 0 3 0 53 0 0 4 1 42 1 0 0 0 66 10 15 21 12 76 2 36 22 16
77 4941 64.2 56 77 4941 64.2 56 60 3698 61.6 31
0 0 0 0 0 1
net ydln
1 1 21.0 40.5 2 20.6 39.8
24 25
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
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Rice Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2013) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS All games All Purpose
ROSS, Charles TAYLOR, Jorda PETERSEN, Tur PARKS, Dennis McHARGUE, Ta DAVIS, Jowan DILLARD, Darik MOORE, Donte HULL, Mario POLLARD, Darri HILL, Malcolm JACKSON, Drip TURNER, Luke CALLAHAN, Bry CELLA, Connor KUBIAK, Klein EDDINGTON, J KUTZLER, Mich WHITE, Julius BROWN, Derek GAUTREAUX, A LAUDENSLAGE GAINES, Phillip CARTER, Jayso TEAM Total Opponents
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g
rush
rcv
11 1252 37 13 0 846 11 262 348 12 4 470 13 466 0 9 455 0 13 396 38 13 6 299 10 -1 99 13 5 28 13 0 0 9 160 0 13 147 0 13 0 0 13 0 111 13 0 81 13 -1 35 13 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 5 11 0 14 4 0 0 12 0 0 1 1 0 11 -30 0 13 3122 2411 13 2020 2544
pr
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 114 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 254
kr
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 151 160 0 0 0 13 0 36 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 535 419
ir
total avg/g
0 1289 117.2 0 846 65.1 0 610 55.5 0 474 39.5 0 466 35.8 0 455 50.6 0 434 33.4 0 305 23.5 0 268 26.8 0 184 14.2 0 160 12.3 0 160 17.8 0 147 11.3 22 136 10.5 0 124 9.5 0 93 7.2 0 70 5.4 52 52 4.0 32 32 2.5 0 16 1.2 0 14 1.3 5 5 1.2 2 2 0.2 0 1 1.0 0 -30 -2.7 113 6313 485.6 83 5320 409.2
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS ## 42 24 7 10 56 2 40 90 1F 92 29 46 41 25 13 99 96 18 91 11 47 2X 19 22 23 35 58 8 31 6 50 43 1 48 17 27 38 84 53 33 81 75 26 77 30 59 87 TM
Defensive Leaders
KUTZLER, Michael PORRAS, Paul WHITE, Julius RADCLIFFE, James COVINGTON, Christian HILL, Malcolm BAKER, Gabe BAUER, Cody GAINES, Phillip MOUCHANTAF, Stuart CALLAHAN, Bryce ELDER, Nick LYONS, Alex FINNER, Jaylon LELAND, Tanner WINSHIP, Ross KLARE, Dylan PATT, Zach SKINNER, Josh FUHRMAN, Garrett NORDSTROM, Brian FRAZIER, Corey FRANCIS, Alex POLLARD, Ryan CANADY, Anthony TURNER, Luke HENESSEE, Cody BROWN, Derek JACKSON, Broderick ESPINOSA, Zach WATKINS, Chandler McGASKEY, Tabari HULL, Mario FARLEY, Tanyan GILLETTE, Trevor FARRIMOND, James POLLARD, Darrion KUBIAK, Klein RICHARDS, Nate LAUDENSLAGER, Austin MOORE, Donte WARREN, Justin PETERSEN, Turner REUE, Andrew EDDINGTON, Jeremy KIESEWETTER, Bobby CELLA, Connor TEAM Total Opponents
gp
13 13 13 12 13 13 13 11 12 8 13 12 13 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 13 2 13 13 8 13 7 13 12 13 9 7 10 12 8 13 13 13 13 4 13 8 11 11 13 3 13 11 13 13
ua
46 43 33 28 32 23 22 19 24 19 24 16 13 15 14 13 8 11 7 5 7 5 7 6 4 5 1 5 5 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 481 569
a
40 33 26 30 19 21 13 15 10 14 8 16 17 12 13 7 11 7 11 11 3 4 2 3 4 3 6 1 1 1 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . 370 406
Tackles tot
86 76 59 58 51 44 35 34 34 33 32 32 30 27 27 20 19 18 18 16 10 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 851 975
tfl/yds
6.0-16 2.5-5 2.5-7 1.5-11 9.5-53 2.5-10 2.5-2 9.5-68 4.0-14 3.0-4 3.0-6 1.0-2 2.0-7 0.5-1 5.0-10 1.5-10 . 3.0-19 2.0-10 0.5-1 1.5-9 . . . 1.0-2 . 0.5-3 . . . . 1.0-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-282 86-306
Sacks no-yds
2.0-10 . . 1.0-10 4.0-38 . . 4.5-45 . . . . . . 1.0-5 1.5-10 . 1.0-14 1.0-7 . 1.5-9 . . . . . 0.5-3 . . . . 1.0-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-163 33-181
Pass defense int-yds brup
1-52 . 2-32 . . 3-0 . . 4-2 . 3-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 . . . . . . . . 14-113 9-83
1 6 7 3 3 7 2 . 7 . 10 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 49
qbh
1 1 . 2 4 . . 4 1 . . 1 2 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 16
Fumbles rcv-yds
. 1-0 . . 1-7 . . 2-7 . . . 1-0 1-0 . 1-0 1-0 . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . 11-14 9-91
ff
1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 12 10
blkd kick
. . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2
saf
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 .
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2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Total Tackles
KUTZLER, Michae PORRAS, Paul WHITE, Julius RADCLIFFE, Jame COVINGTON, Chri HILL, Malcolm BAKER, Gabe BAUER, Cody GAINES, Phillip MOUCHANTAF, Stu CALLAHAN, Bryce ELDER, Nick LYONS, Alex FINNER, Jaylon LELAND, Tanner WINSHIP, Ross KLARE, Dylan PATT, Zach SKINNER, Josh FUHRMAN, G. NORDSTROM, Bria FRAZIER, Corey POLLARD, Ryan FRANCIS, Alex CANADY, Anthony TURNER, Luke HENESSEE, Cody JACKSON, Broder BROWN, Derek ESPINOSA, Zach McGASKEY, Tabar WATKINS, C FARRIMOND, Jame FARLEY, Tanyan GILLETTE, Trevo HULL, Mario CELLA, Connor WARREN, Justin KIESEWETTER, B REUE, Andrew PETERSEN, Turne POLLARD, D MOORE, Donte RICHARDS, Nate KUBIAK, Klein LAUDENSLAGER, A EDDINGTON, Jere
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UA-A
46-40 43-33 33-26 28-30 32-19 23-21 22-13 19-15 24-10 19-14 24-8 16-16 13-17 15-12 14-13 13-7 8-11 11-7 7-11 5-11 7-3 5-4 6-3 7-2 4-4 5-3 1-6 5-1 5-1 4-1 1-2 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0
Total TAMU
86 76 59 58 51 44 35 34 34 33 32 32 30 27 27 20 19 18 18 16 10 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6-5 1-5 0-1 0-3 2-3 2-3 2-6 DNP 2-1 2-0 3-4 0-5 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-2 0-2 DNP 1-4 2-4 2-1 0-1 DNP 1-0 1-0 DNP 1-0 DNP 0-1 1-0 DNP -
KU
4-0 4-3 0-1 0-3 3-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 3-1 5-2 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-0 3-0 DNP 1-0 1-0 DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP 1-0 DNP -
HOU
2-6 3-5 2-4 3-6 3-0 3-3 1-4 3-2 1-0 0-2 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 DNP 0-1 1-0 1-1 DNP 0-1 DNP 0-1 1-1 DNP DNP DNP 1-0
FAU
6-1 1-1 4-0 2-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 2-0 3-2 6-1 1-2 4-2 1-1 1-0 DNP 0-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 DNP DNP 1-0 DNP 1-0 DNP 1-0 DNP -
TLS
3-8 6-2 2-2 4-2 2-2 2-4 3-3 4-2 4-1 5-3 1-0 2-2 1-1 0-2 2-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-1 DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP -
UTSA
3-5 2-4 4-4 5-5 2-3 0-3 1-2 1-0 3-2 2-5 1-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 DNP 1-0 1-0 3-2 DNP 1-0 0-1 DNP DNP -
NMSU
1-2 4-2 2-2 3-4 2-3 2-0 2-0 DNP 1-0 2-2 1-2 0-2 2-2 DNP 0-2 1-0 0-3 0-1 1-0 DNP 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-1 DNP -
UTEP
3-1 8-2 4-1 3-1 2-0 3-0 DNP 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 4-0 5-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 DNP 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-1 1-0 2-1 DNP 0-1 -
NT
3-4 3-5 5-4 4-3 1-1 2-2 0-2 0-2 DNP 2-1 1-1 1-4 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-1 2-0 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP 1-0 DNP -
LATECH
2-3 1-0 3-3 2-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 3-2 2-0 DNP 1-0 4-3 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 DNP 0-1 DNP 1-1 0-1 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP 1-0 -
UAB
6-1 4-1 3-1 DNP 6-0 0-2 1-0 1-2 2-0 DNP 1-0 2-2 2-1 1-3 DNP 3-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP 2-0 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0 -
TLN
2-2 1-2 1-2 3-1 2-2 3-2 2-1 1-2 1-2 DNP 3-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 0-1 DNP DNP DNP 0-1 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -
MARSHA
5-2 5-1 3-1 2-2 2-1 3-0 4-0 4-0 2-0 DNP 1-0 DNP 2-1 5-0 2-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 DNP 3-0 1-0 DNP 1-2 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Tackle For Loss Game-by-Game (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATISTICS TACKLES FOR LOSS BAUER, Cody COVINGTON, Chri KUTZLER, Michae LELAND, Tanner GAINES, Phillip CALLAHAN, Bryce MOUCHANTAF, Stu PATT, Zach WHITE, Julius BAKER, Gabe HILL, Malcolm PORRAS, Paul SKINNER, Josh LYONS, Alex NORDSTROM, Bria WINSHIP, Ross RADCLIFFE, Jame ELDER, Nick CANADY, Anthony McGASKEY, Tabar FINNER, Jaylon HENESSEE, Cody FUHRMAN, G.
UA-A 7-5 8-3 4-4 2-6 2-4 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 0-4 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1
Total 9.5 9.5 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
TAMU 2.0-11 1.0-5 DNP DNP DNP -
KU 1.0-10 2.5-21 1.0-5 1.0-2 0.5-0 1.0-7 0.5-0 0.5-1 1.0-2 DNP -
HOU 1.0-1 0.5-0 0.5-1 1.0-14 0.5-1 0.5-1 DNP -
FAU 1.0-13 1.0-2 1.0-1 2.0-3 1.0-1 0.5-1 0.5-0 1.0-10 DNP -
TLS 0.5-1 0.5-0 1.0-1 0.5-1 0.5-1 DNP -
UTSA 1.0-1 1.0-3 0.5-3 1.5-2 0.5-3 1.0-3 0.5-0 0.5-2 1.0-2 DNP 0.5-1
NMSU DNP 0.5-1 1.0-1 0.5-0 1.0-2 1.0-7 DNP 1.0-12 -
UTEP DNP 1.0-7 1.0-5 1.0-7 1.0-2 DNP -
NT 0.5-3 0.5-0 0.5-2 DNP 0.5-1 DNP DNP -
LATECH 2.5-16 0.5-1 DNP 1.0-1 1.0-1 1.0-6 DNP DNP -
UAB 1.5-14 1.0-6 DNP DNP 1.0-4 1.0-1 0.5-3 1.0-7 DNP DNP DNP -
TLN 1.0-3 1.0-4 0.5-1 0.5-1 1.0-3 DNP 0.5-2 DNP DNP 0.5-1 -
MARSHA 1.0-8 DNP 0.5-4 0.5-2 0.5-3 DNP DNP DNP 0.5-3 -
UTEP DNP 1.0-7 1.0-5 DNP -
NT DNP -
LATECH DNP -
UAB 1.5-14 1.0-6 1.0-7 DNP DNP 0.5-3 DNP -
TLN DNP -
MARSHA 1.0-8 0.5-2 0.5-3 DNP 0.5-4 0.5-3
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Sacks Game-by-Game (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games SACKS BAUER, Cody COVINGTON, Chri KUTZLER, Michae NORDSTROM, Bria WINSHIP, Ross LELAND, Tanner PATT, Zach McGASKEY, Tabar SKINNER, Josh RADCLIFFE, Jame HENESSEE, Cody
UA-A 4-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-1
Total 4.5 4.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5
TAMU 1.0-7 1.0-5 DNP DNP
KU 1.0-10 1.0-18 1.0-5 DNP
HOU 1.0-14 DNP
FAU 1.0-13 1.0-10 DNP
TLS DNP
UTSA DNP
NMSU DNP 1.0-7 DNP 1.0-12 -
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2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Passing Game-by-Game (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATISTICS #16 McHARGUE, Taylo Texas A&M Kansas Houston Florida Atlantic Tulsa UTSA NMSU UTEP North Texas Louisiana Tech UAB Tulane Marshall TOTALS
Comp 18 14 21 7 13 9 8 8 18 13 10 14 8 161
Att 29 31 36 24 21 21 14 19 28 23 19 28 16 309
Int 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
Pct 62.1 45.2 58.3 29.2 61.9 42.9 57.1 42.1 64.3 56.5 52.6 50.0 50.0 52.1
Yards 180 168 232 69 177 183 89 259 222 167 139 180 196 2261
TD 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 17
Long 27 54 29 17 37 42 37 72 32 41 41 19 75 75
Sacked 0-0 3-17 2-14 3-12 4-22 1-6 0-0 1-14 4-22 1-2 3-15 7-42 0-0 29-166
Effic 123.17 77.78 106.91 53.32 154.61 131.77 134.11 226.08 140.17 131.86 148.82 115.79 173.52 126.54
#5 JACKSON, Driphu Texas A&M Kansas Florida Atlantic Tulsa UTSA NMSU TOTALS
Comp 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
Att 7 4 1 1 1 1 15
Int 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Pct 42.9 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 33.3
Yards 23 10 0 0 0 17 50
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long 11 10 0 0 0 17 17
Sacked 2-9 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-13
Effic 70.46 46.00 -200.00 0.00 0.00 242.80 48.00
#35 TURNER, Luke Houston UTEP Marshall TOTALS
Comp 1 0 2 3
Att 1 1 2 4
Int 0 0 0 0
Pct 100.0 0.0 100.0 75.0
Yards 57 0 43 100
TD 1 0 2 3
Long 57 0 35 57
Sacked 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2
Effic 908.80 0.00 610.60 532.50
#TM TEAM Texas A&M Kansas UAB TOTALS
Comp 0 0 0 0
Att 1 1 1 3
Int 0 0 0 0
Pct 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Yards 0 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0 0
Long 0 0 0 0
Sacked 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Effic 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Dec 09, 2013) All games
GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING & RECEIVING STATISTICS RUSHING ROSS, Charles McHARGUE, Taylo DAVIS, Jowan DILLARD, Darik PETERSEN, Turne JACKSON, Driphu TURNER, Luke MOORE, Donte POLLARD, D PARKS, Dennis CARTER, Jayson EDDINGTON, Jere HULL, Mario TEAM
No-Yds/TD TAMU KU HOU 201-1252/14 19-107/2 27-157/1 9-55/1 151-466/5 9-78/0 8--3/0 11-14/1 88-455/3 DNP DNP DNP 82-396/3 9-41/0 1-8/0 9-61/0 61-262/0 4-25/0 DNP 16-44/0 24-160/1 10-55/0 3-19/0 35-147/2 2-5/0 1-6/0 1-6/0 4-5/1 2-4/0 DNP 1-1/0 DNP DNP DNP 2--1/1 1--1/0 14--30/0 DNP
FAU DNP 15-71/0 9-39/0 11-62/1 9-26/0 2--1/0 3-9/0 DNP 2--2/0
TLS DNP 13-11/0 10-58/0 4-10/0 11-44/0 5-28/0 2-10/0 1-4/1 DNP 1-4/1 1--2/0
UTSA NMSU UTEP NT LATECH UAB TLN MARSHA 11-59/0 26-167/1 21-152/1 18-101/0 27-215/5 10-50/1 15-80/0 18-109/2 10-41/1 13-90/3 10-26/0 15-30/0 6-1/0 20-92/0 14--19/0 7-34/0 5-10/0 11-69/0 4-16/1 15-76/0 19-130/1 15-57/1 DNP 3-11/1 4-20/0 3-21/0 6-7/0 11-60/0 7-37/0 4-5/0 10-53/1 7-33/0 6-54/0 3-13/0 2-0/0 2-13/0 1-10/0 DNP 2-13/1 2-46/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-10/0 1--1/0 2--14/0 9-76/1 3-6/1 3--3/0 9-49/0 1--6/0 1-4/0 1-3/0 1-0/0 1-4/0 DNP DNP 1-1/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1--5/0 1--1/0 DNP DNP DNP 2-0/0 3--3/0 DNP 1--13/0 3--6/0 2--4/0
RECEIVING TAYLOR, Jordan PARKS, Dennis PETERSEN, Turne MOORE, Donte CELLA, Connor HULL, Mario KUBIAK, Klein DILLARD, Darik ROSS, Charles EDDINGTON, Jere POLLARD, D GAUTREAUX, Andr BROWN, Derek
No-Yds/TD 54-846/8 26-470/3 26-348/4 20-299/1 12-111/1 12-99/0 6-81/0 3-38/1 5-37/1 2-35/1 1-28/0 1-14/0 1-5/0
FAU 3-39/0 2-16/0 2-14/0 DNP -
TLS 4-49/0 1-8/0 5-78/1 1-14/0 1-3/0 1-25/1 DNP -
UTSA 4-61/0 3-60/1 1-35/0 1-27/0 -
TAMU 7-68/1 DNP 4-31/0 4-52/0 3-23/0 2-24/1 1-5/0
KU 5-72/0 3-65/0 DNP 2-18/0 3-24/0 2--1/0 -
HOU 6-58/0 3-48/0 5-102/1 1-9/0 2-14/0 2-8/0 2-36/0 1-14/0 DNP -
NMSU 2-22/1 3-51/0 2-11/0 1-5/0 1-17/0 -
UTEP 4-185/3 1-17/1 2-17/0 1-40/0 -
NT 5-71/1 2-31/0 4-61/1 6-52/0 1-7/0 DNP -
LATECH 3-40/0 3-67/1 4-33/0 DNP 2-21/0 1-6/0 -
UAB 3-27/1 1-11/0 1-11/0 1-41/0 2-14/0 DNP 2-35/1 -
TLN 2-23/0 5-75/0 1-19/1 4-42/0 DNP 1-7/0 1-14/0 -
MARSHA 6-131/1 1-37/0 DNP 1-35/1 1-8/1 1-28/0 -
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2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Team Game-by-Game (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
TEAM GAME STATISTICS
TEAM STATISTICS Date
Aug 31 Sep 14 Sep 21 Sep 28 Oct 05 Oct 12 Oct 19 Oct 26 Oct 31 Nov 16 Nov 21 Nov 30 Dec 07 Rice Opponents
Opponent
no.
at Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL
51 306 2 42 192 1 45 174 2 51 204 1 48 167 2 41 157 2 67 409 5 47 265 2 42 133 0 69 415 6 61 328 3 55 124 1 48 248 3 667 3122 30 499 2020 17
Games played: 13 Avg per rush: 4.7 Avg per catch: 14.3 Pass efficiency: 126.74 Kick ret avg: 20.6 Punt ret avg: 6.3 All purpose avg/game: 485.6 Total offense avg/gm: 425.6 Date
Opponent
Date
Opponent
Aug 31 at Texas A&M Sep 14 KANSAS Sep 21 vs Houston Sep 28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Oct 05 at Tulsa Oct 12 at UTSA Oct 19 at NMSU Oct 26 UTEP Oct 31 at North Texas Nov 16 LOUISIANA TECH Nov 21 at UAB Nov 30 TULANE Dec 07 MARSHALL Rice Opponents
Aug 31 at Texas A&M Sep 14 KANSAS Sep 21 vs Houston Sep 28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Oct 05 at Tulsa Oct 12 at UTSA Oct 19 at NMSU Oct 26 UTEP Oct 31 at North Texas Nov 16 LOUISIANA TECH Nov 21 at UAB Nov 30 TULANE Dec 07 MARSHALL Rice Opponents
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Rushing yds td
ua
32 39 32 48 44 33 26 53 29 33 40 22 50 481 569
no.
4 6 6 10 7 6 5 6 6 1 6 6 6 75 74
Tackles a total
52 16 46 12 40 46 30 20 34 18 16 24 16 370 406
yds
170 215 248 469 268 236 194 223 293 55 237 261 284 3153 3112
84 55 78 60 84 79 56 73 63 51 56 46 66 851 975 avg
42.5 35.8 41.3 46.9 38.3 39.3 38.8 37.2 48.8 55.0 39.5 43.5 47.3 42.0 42.1
no.
Receiving yds td
tfl-yds
Sacks no-yds
lg
lg
Passing cmp-att-int yds
td
57 21 203 2 27 21-37-2 203 2 29 15 178 0 54 15-36-2 178 0 21 22 289 1 57 22-37-1 289 1 32 7 69 0 17 7-25-1 69 0 20 13 177 2 37 13-22-1 177 2 31 9 183 1 42 9-22-0 183 1 38 9 106 1 37 9-15-0 106 1 35 8 259 4 72 8-20-0 259 4 35 18 222 2 32 18-28-2 222 2 48 13 167 1 41 13-23-0 167 1 44 10 139 2 41 10-20-0 139 2 24 14 180 1 19 14-28-0 180 1 22 10 239 3 75 10-18-0 239 3 57 169 2411 20 75 169-331-9 2411 20 81 195 2544 18 85 195-382-14 2544 18
3.0-16 9.0-48 4.0-18 8.0-31 3.0-4 8.0-20 5.0-23 4.0-21 2.0-6 6.0-25 6.0-35 5.0-15 3.0-20 66.0-282 86.0-306
2.0-12 3.0-33 1.0-14 2.0-23 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-19 2.0-12 0.0-0 0.0-0 4.0-30 0.0-0 3.0-20 19.0-163 33.0-181
Punting
long
51 43 43 57 49 45 48 49 66 55 48 53 56 66 76
Fumble ff fr-yds
blkd
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 12 10
tb
3 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 2
1-0 0-0 0-0 2-7 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 2-7 0-0 1-0 0-0 11-14 9-91
fc
0 2 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 15 36
50+
3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 12 16
lg
27 54 57 17 37 42 37 72 32 41 41 19 75 75 85
Kick Returns no. yds td lg
4 89 0 0 2 40 0 0 1 12 1 15 3 55 1 45 4 36 2 31 4 114 1 22 3 76 26 535 20 419
Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup
0-0 2-52 1-1 2-22 2-32 0-0 2-5 1-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 14-113 9-83
0 2 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 21 16
i20
md-att
0 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 4 21 22
3 6 10 6 5 4 1 1 0 2 6 6 5 55 49
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blkd kick
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Field Goals
1-2 3-3 0-2 2-2 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-3 0-0 14-21 13-20
long blkd
43 56 0 47 27 49 50 28 0 30 47 36 0 56 49
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
38 0 21 0 12 15 31 45 17 29 33 22 30 45 31
Punt Returns no. yds td lg
1 11 3 11 0 0 3 23 1 0 2 11 1 17 2 26 2 14 2 -1 2 12 1 -7 1 15 21 132 27 254
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAT Attempts kick rush rcv
4-4 2-2 2-3 0-0 3-3 3-3 6-6 6-6 2-2 7-7 4-4 2-2 5-6 46-48 35-36 no.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoffs
yds
6 385 6 390 4 260 5 325 5 322 6 373 8 539 8 520 3 195 9 542 6 390 4 260 7 440 77 4941 60 3698
avg
64.2 65.0 65.0 65.0 64.4 62.2 67.4 65.0 65.0 60.2 65.0 65.0 62.9 64.2 61.6
tot off
11 509 10 370 0 463 10 273 0 344 6 340 17 515 23 524 11 355 1 582 10 467 0 304 15 487 23 5533 65 4564
saf
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 tb
2 6 3 5 4 4 8 6 2 6 4 4 2 56 31
pts
31 23 26 18 30 27 45 45 16 52 37 17 41 408 298 ob
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
OPPONENT GAME STATISTICS
OPPONENT STATISTICS Date
Aug 31 Sep 14 Sep 21 Sep 28 Oct 05 Oct 12 Oct 19 Oct 26 Oct 31 Nov 16 Nov 21 Nov 30 Dec 07 Opponents Rice
Opponent
no.
at Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL
39 202 3 35 100 1 37 165 1 28 94 0 53 222 2 49 264 3 36 160 1 55 248 0 43 149 1 29 146 1 37 138 3 21 26 0 37 106 1 499 2020 17 667 3122 30
Games played: 13 Avg per rush: 4.0 Avg per catch: 13.0 Pass efficiency: 115.21 Kick ret avg: 21.0 Punt ret avg: 9.4 All purpose avg/game: 409.2 Total offense avg/gm: 351.1 Date
Opponent
Date
Opponent
Aug 31 at Texas A&M Sep 14 KANSAS Sep 21 vs Houston Sep 28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Oct 05 at Tulsa Oct 12 at UTSA Oct 19 at NMSU Oct 26 UTEP Oct 31 at North Texas Nov 16 LOUISIANA TECH Nov 21 at UAB Nov 30 TULANE Dec 07 MARSHALL Opponents Rice
Aug 31 at Texas A&M Sep 14 KANSAS Sep 21 vs Houston Sep 28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Oct 05 at Tulsa Oct 12 at UTSA Oct 19 at NMSU Oct 26 UTEP Oct 31 at North Texas Nov 16 LOUISIANA TECH Nov 21 at UAB Nov 30 TULANE Dec 07 MARSHALL Opponents Rice
Rushing yds td
ua
40 50 41 46 33 22 33 43 44 67 63 41 46 569 481
no.
3 7 7 7 4 4 7 5 6 3 7 8 6 74 75
Tackles a total
56 12 44 16 38 44 68 10 28 14 14 46 16 406 370
yds
188 314 255 306 147 141 279 215 228 114 335 327 263 3112 3153
96 62 85 62 71 66 101 53 72 81 77 87 62 975 851 avg
62.7 44.9 36.4 43.7 36.8 35.2 39.9 43.0 38.0 38.0 47.9 40.9 43.8 42.1 42.0
no.
Receiving yds td
tfl-yds
Sacks no-yds
lg
lg
Passing cmp-att-int yds
td
lg
22 20 284 4 71 20-27-0 284 4 71 39 14 170 1 77 14-29-2 170 1 77 29 18 329 3 61 18-36-1 329 3 61 54 22 272 2 58 22-46-2 272 2 58 18 16 193 0 29 16-32-2 193 0 29 38 17 170 0 38 17-31-0 170 0 38 36 8 168 1 85 8-21-2 168 1 85 81 7 116 1 50 7-12-1 116 1 50 42 7 104 1 46 7-13-1 104 1 46 26 15 181 1 74 15-30-2 181 1 74 14 13 195 1 53 13-33-0 195 1 53 12 14 97 1 34 14-31-0 97 1 34 11 24 265 2 27 24-41-1 265 2 27 81 195 2544 18 85 195-382-14 2544 18 85 57 169 2411 20 75 169-331-9 2411 20 75
9.0-25 8.0-32 10.0-32 8.0-24 5.0-26 4.0-14 4.0-9 4.0-19 8.0-31 5.0-8 7.0-25 13.0-59 1.0-2 86.0-306 66.0-282
2.0-9 3.0-17 2.0-14 5.0-18 4.0-22 1.0-6 0.0-0 1.0-14 4.0-22 1.0-2 3.0-15 7.0-42 0.0-0 33.0-181 19.0-163
Punting
long
76 59 46 63 45 48 62 54 45 42 63 49 56 76 66
Fumble ff fr-yds
blkd
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 10 12
tb
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10
0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-55 1-9 2-27 2-0 0-0 9-91 11-14
fc
2 1 5 4 2 1 3 3 2 1 4 6 2 36 15
50+
3 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 16 12
Kick Returns no. yds td lg
4 72 0 0 1 22 0 0 0 0 2 44 0 0 2 33 1 26 3 61 2 43 0 0 5 118 20 419 26 535
Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup
2-18 2-27 1-6 1-20 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 9-83 14-113
2 3 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 21
i20
md-att
3 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 1 22 21
2 9 4 7 4 1 1 6 3 4 2 4 2 49 55
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blkd kick
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
Field Goals
1-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 4-4 0-2 2-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2 1-1 13-20 14-21
long blkd
44 0 24 0 37 0 49 0 0 0 43 32 27 49 56
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
25 0 22 0 0 25 0 17 26 24 23 0 31 31 45
Punt Returns no. yds td lg
0 0 1 2 4 34 6 72 1 0 2 -4 3 6 1 8 3 84 0 0 2 19 2 21 2 12 27 254 21 132
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
PAT Attempts kick rush rcv
7-7 2-2 4-4 2-2 1-1 3-3 1-2 1-1 4-4 2-2 4-4 1-1 3-3 35-36 46-48 no.
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoffs
yds
9 561 3 180 6 382 3 195 6 389 3 191 5 273 2 120 6 361 3 176 6 381 4 258 4 231 60 3698 77 4941
avg
62.3 60.0 63.7 65.0 64.8 63.7 54.6 60.0 60.2 58.7 63.5 64.5 57.8 61.6 64.2
tot off
0 486 2 270 31 494 47 366 0 415 0 434 6 328 8 364 65 253 0 327 14 333 14 123 13 371 65 4564 23 5533
saf
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 tb
4 3 3 3 5 2 2 1 2 0 2 3 1 31 56
pts
52 14 31 14 27 21 19 7 28 14 34 13 24 298 408 ob
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
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2013 Rice Owls Football Rice By-Quarter Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
CONVERSIONS & TIME OF POSSESSION
3rd-Down Conversions Date
Aug 31, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 Sep 28, 2013 Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 Oct 19, 2013 Oct 26, 2013 Oct 31, 2013 Nov 16, 2013 Nov 21, 2013 Nov 30, 2013 Dec 07, 2013
Opponent
at Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL Rice Opponents
Score
L W L W W W W W L W W W W
31-52 23-14 26-31 18-14 30-27 27-21 45-19 45-7 16-28 52-14 37-34 17-13 41-24
Overall
7-17 6-18 5-15 3-16 3-12 5-14 5-13 7-14 2-13 14-19 8-17 8-20 8-14 81-202 66-200
41.2 33.3 33.3 18.8 25.0 35.7 38.5 50.0 15.4 73.7 47.1 40.0 57.1 40.1 33.0
1st Qtr
2-3 1-3 2-4 1-5 1-4 1-4 2-3 1-4 1-3 2-4 2-4 0-4 3-4 19-49 11-43
66.7 33.3 50.0 20.0 25.0 25.0 66.7 25.0 33.3 50.0 50.0 0.0 75.0 38.8 25.6
2nd Qtr
2-4 3-7 1-3 1-4 2-4 2-4 1-3 3-4 1-3 4-6 2-5 5-7 0-3 27-57 19-49
3rd Qtr
50.0 42.9 33.3 25.0 50.0 50.0 33.3 75.0 33.3 66.7 40.0 71.4 0.0 47.4 38.8
2-6 1-4 0-4 0-2 0-2 2-4 1-3 2-4 0-3 5-6 1-2 1-3 3-4 18-47 18-52
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3
2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-3 2-4
4th Qtr
33.3 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 33.3 50.0 0.0 83.3 50.0 33.3 75.0 38.3 34.6
1-4 1-4 2-4 1-5 0-2 0-2 1-4 1-2 0-4 3-3 3-5 2-6 2-3 17-48 18-54
100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 50.0
0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-6 9-19
25.0 25.0 50.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 100.0 60.0 33.3 66.7 35.4 33.3
Overtime
0-0
0.0
0-1
0.0
0-1 0-2
0.0 0.0
4th-Down Conversions Date
Aug 31, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 Sep 28, 2013 Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 Oct 19, 2013 Oct 26, 2013 Oct 31, 2013 Nov 16, 2013 Nov 21, 2013 Nov 30, 2013 Dec 07, 2013
Opponent
at Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL Rice Opponents
Score
L W L W W W W W L W W W W
31-52 23-14 26-31 18-14 30-27 27-21 45-19 45-7 16-28 52-14 37-34 17-13 41-24
Overall
2-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 8-14 13-29
66.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 57.1 44.8
1st Qtr
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-3 1-3
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 33.3
2nd Qtr
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-3
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 47.4
Overtime
0-0
0.0
1-1
100.0
1-1 0-0
100.0 0.0
Time of Possession Date
Aug 31, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 Sep 28, 2013 Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 Oct 19, 2013 Oct 26, 2013 Oct 31, 2013 Nov 16, 2013 Nov 21, 2013 Nov 30, 2013 Dec 07, 2013
Opponent
at Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL Rice Opponents
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Score
L W L W W W W W L W W W W
31-52 23-14 26-31 18-14 30-27 27-21 45-19 45-7 16-28 52-14 37-34 17-13 41-24 Total Avg. Total Avg.
Overall
38:24 33:24 34:56 31:05 27:42 25:19 38:31 27:30 31:31 40:15 33:28 39:51 32:20 434:16 33:24 345:44 26:35
1st Qtr
6:33 7:31 10:22 8:18 9:22 6:06 9:14 6:23 5:57 8:58 8:48 9:08 8:57 105:37 8:07 89:23 6:52
2nd Qtr
10:23 10:39 7:03 8:51 8:50 8:00 8:46 8:35 8:01 10:25 10:25 12:00 6:50 118:48 9:08 76:12 5:51
3rd Qtr
10:49 7:06 8:07 5:12 5:18 6:42 7:50 7:34 9:03 11:59 6:51 8:47 8:47 104:05 8:00 90:55 6:59
4th Qtr
10:39 8:08 9:24 8:44 4:12 4:31 12:41 4:58 8:30 8:53 7:24 9:56 7:46 105:46 8:08 89:14 6:51
Overtime
0:00
0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice Red-Zone Results (as of Dec 17, 2013) All games
RED ZONE
Rice Inside Opponent Red-Zone
Date
Aug 31, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 Sep 28, 2013 Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 Oct 19, 2013 Oct 26, 2013 Oct 31, 2013 Nov 16, 2013 Nov 21, 2013 Nov 30, 2013 Dec 07, 2013
Opponent
at Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL Totals 45 of 50 (90.0%)
Score
L W L W W W W W L W W W W
31-52 23-14 26-31 18-14 30-27 27-21 45-19 45-7 16-28 52-14 37-34 17-13 41-24
Times Times In RZ Scored
4 3 2 1 4 3 7 4 1 8 4 5 4 50
4 3 2 1 4 3 6 4 0 7 4 3 4 45
Total Pts
28 13 14 6 24 17 42 24 0 45 28 17 27 285
TDs
4 1 2 1 3 2 6 3 0 6 4 2 4 38
Rush TDs
2 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 0 6 2 1 3 29
Pass TDs
FGs Made
Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game
Pass TDs
FGs Made
Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game
2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 9
0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opponents Inside Rice Red-Zone
Date
Aug 31, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 Sep 28, 2013 Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 Oct 19, 2013 Oct 26, 2013 Oct 31, 2013 Nov 16, 2013 Nov 21, 2013 Nov 30, 2013 Dec 07, 2013
Opponent
at Texas A&M KANSAS vs Houston FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Tulsa at UTSA at NMSU UTEP at North Texas LOUISIANA TECH at UAB TULANE MARSHALL Totals 33 of 37 (89.2%)
Score
L W L W W W W W L W W W W
31-52 23-14 26-31 18-14 30-27 27-21 45-19 45-7 16-28 52-14 37-34 17-13 41-24
Times Times In RZ Scored
5 1 2 2 7 3 2 1 0 2 5 3 4 37
5 1 2 1 6 3 2 0 0 1 5 3 4 33
Total Pts
35 7 10 7 27 21 10 0 0 7 31 13 24 192
TDs
5 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 1 3 23
Rush TDs
3 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 16
2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7
0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 10
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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RICE SCORING DRIVE CHARTS Texas A&M 52, Rice 31 Q 1 1 2 4 4
Time 11:38 7:00 0:10 14:56 2:09
Scoring Play Ross 1-yd run Ross 19-yd reception Taylor 5-yd reception Ross 1-yd run Boswell 43-yd field goal
Rice 23, Kansas 14 Q 1 2 2 4 4
Time 6:40 6:04 0:09 8:05 3:28
Scoring Play Kutzler 52-yd interception return Boswell 40-yd field goal Boswell 28-yd field goal Boswell 56-yd field goal Ross 8-yd run
Houston 31, Rice 26 Q 1 1 4 4
Time 12:34 6:51 10:52 2:19
Scoring Play Petersen 57-yd reception Ross 1-yd run McHargue 1-yd run Lyons 62-yd blocked field goal return
Rice 18, Florida Atlantic 14 Q 1 2 4 4
Time 6:40 5:05 4:17 3:35
Scoring Play Boswell 45-yd field goal Boswell 47-yd field goal Bauer 7-yd fumble return Dillard 20-yd run
Rice 30, Tulsa 27 OT Q Time 1 10:05 1 5:04 2 5:14 2 3:36 OT1
Scoring Play Eddington 4-yd run D. Pollard 4-yd run Boswell 27-yd field goal Petersen 9-yd reception Dillard 25-yd reception
Rice 27, UTSA 21 Q 1 2 2 2 3
Time 8:47 11:52 5:44 0:24 9:48
Scoring Play Boswell 49-yd field goal Boswell 28-yd field goal Dillard 4-yd run Parks 37-yd reception McHargue 6-yd run
Rice 45, New Mexico State 19 Q 1 1 1 2 3 4 4
Time 13:24 8:26 0:00 1:02 3:49 12:18 3:46
Scoring Play McHargue 19-yd run Ross 9-yd run McHargue 3-yd run Taylor 17-yd reception McHargue 1-yd run Boswell 50-yd field goal D. Jackson 4-yd run
Rice 45, UTEP 7 Q 1 2 2 2 3 4 4
Time 1:04 12:14 5:30 0:17 2:33 13:40 11:44
Scoring Play Boswell 28-yd field goal Taylor 60-yd reception Parks 17-yd reception Ross 1-yd run Taylor 72-yd reception Taylor 23-yd reception Davis 10-yd run
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P YDS TOP 5 96 1:31 5 57 1:56 10 75 3:38 14 81 6:01 14 49 7:39
Score Rice 7-0 Rice 14-7 TAMU 28-21 TAMU 38-28 TAMU 52-31
P YDS TOP 0 52 0:00 8 52 3:16 12 71 2:36 6 12 2:28 6 50 3:09
Score Rice 7-0 Rice 10-7 Rice 13-7 Rice 16-14 Rice 23-14
P YDS TOP 5 79 2:26 9 75 4:34 9 65 4:01 0 62 0:00
Score Rice 6-0 Rice 13-7 UH 31-20 UH 31-26
P YDS TOP 11 50 5:17 11 56 4:40 0 7 0:00 2 41 0:31
Score Rice 3-0 FAU 7-6 FAU 14-12 Rice 18-14
P YDS TOP 13 75 4:55 8 75 2:08 8 28 3:38 3 10 1:26 2 25 --
Score Rice 7-0 Rice 14-3 Rice 17-10 Rice 24-10 Rice 30-27
P YDS TOP 7 43 2:42 8 58 3:22 3 16 1:01 8 71 1:13 9 66 3:26
Score Rice 3-0 Rice 6-0 Rice 13-7 Rice 20-7 Rice 27-7
P YDS TOP 5 64 1:36 7 66 3:13 3 28 0:36 7 59 2:58 9 63 3:41 7 43 3:27 8 56 4:51
Score Rice 7-0 Rice 14-0 Rice 21-3 Rice 28-12 Rice 35-12 Rice 38-19 Rice 45-19
P YDS TOP 11 57 3:18 4 76 1:26 4 45 1:13 11 99 4:03 4 71 2:09 4 47 2:37 2 29 0:34
Score Rice 3-0 Rice 10-0 Rice 17-7 Rice 24-7 Rice 31-7 Rice 38-7 Rice 45-7
North Texas 28, Rice 16 Q 1 2 2
Time 1:17 14:06 9:06
Scoring Play Team Safety Petersen 21-yd reception Taylor 32-yd reception
Rice 52, Louisiana Tech 14 Q 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4
Time 13:47 3:57 12:28 1:54 7:45 14:55 11:45 3:59
Scoring Play Parks 41-yd reception Ross 2-yd run Boswell 30-yd field goal Ross 5-yd run Ross 2-yd run Ross 1-yd Ross 19-yd run Turner 1-yd run
Rice 37, UAB 34 OT Q Time 1 11:58 1 1:34 2 0:38 3 4:05 4 7:20 OT 1
Scoring Play Boswell 47-yd field goal Ross 14-yd rush Taylor 12-yd reception Eddington 18-yd reception Davis 2-yd run Turner 1-yd run
Rice 17, Tulane 13 Q 1 2 2
Time 1:10 12:34 0:07
Scoring Play Petersen 19-yd reception Davis 16-yd run Boswell 36-yd field goal
Rice 41, Marshall 24 Q 1 1 2 3 3 4
Time 10:15 8:05 11:29 5:34 0:24 8:09
Scoring Play Moore 35-yd reception Taylor 75-yd reception Ross 4-yd run Dillard 17-yd run Cella 8-yd reception Ross 16-yd run
P YDS TOP 0 0 0:00 5 75 1:35 6 88 2:41
Score Rice 2-0 Rice 9-7 Rice 16-7
P YDS TOP 4 66 1:13 7 27 4:19 11 74 3:20 12 70 5:43 14 75 5:32 17 93 6:32 4 43 1:52 9 60 5:06
Score Rice 7-0 Rice 14-0 Rice 17-0 Rice 24-0 Rice 31-0 Rice 38-7 Rice 45-7 Rice 52-7
P YDS TOP 9 38 2:02 8 48 3:40 5 69 0:31 5 63 2:28 13 70 5:39 4 25 -
Score Rice 3-0 Rice 10-0 Rice 17-7 Rice 24-21 Rice 31-21 Rice 37-34
P YDS TOP 1 19 0:05 6 68 2:19 9 36 1:07
Score Rice 7-3 Rice 14-3 Rice 17-3
P YDS TOP 10 82 4:45 2 73 0:46 4 62 0:52 7 61 3:57 7 65 3:33 2 38 0:50
Score Rice 7-0 Rice 14-0 Rice 21-3 Rice 27-10 Rice 34-10 Rice 41-17
OPPONENT SCORING DRIVE CHARTS Texas A&M 52, Rice 31 Q 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4
Time 8:56 13:52 9:32 3:42 12:53 9:43 13:10 9:48
Scoring Play Malena 4-yd run Carson 1-yd run Seals-Jones 71-yd reception Carson 2-yd run Bertolet 44-yd field goal Evans 23-yd reception Malena 18-yd reception Evans 9-yd reception
Rice 23, Kansas 14
Q Time Scoring Play 2 9:20 Pierson 77-yd reception 3 1:01 Heaps 1-yd run
Houston 31, Rice 26 Q 1 2 2 3 4
Time 11:25 5:36 0:05 3:36 14:53
Scoring Play Jackson 1-yd run Leone 24-yd field goal Spencer 25-yd reception Greenberry 28-yd reception Jackson 32-yd reception
Rice 18, Florida Atlantic 14
Q Time Scoring Play 1 5:01 Dukes 18-yd reception 4 6:07 Nexon 15-yd reception
Rice 30, Tulsa 27 OT Q Time 1 7:13 1 3:40 3 11:13 4 3:45 4 1:07 OT1
Scoring Play Salazar 33-yd field goal Watts 18-yd run Salazar 37-yd field goal Watts 1-yd run Salazar 36-yd field goal Salazar 36-yd field goal
Rice 27, UTSA 21 Q 2 4 4
Time 9:23 10:19 1:24
Scoring Play Glasco 1-yd run Soza 1-yd run Soza 1-yd run
Rice 45, New Mexico State 19 Q 1 2 2 3
Time 5:45 12:45 7:46 0:45
Scoring Play Johnson 37-yd field goal Johnson 49-yd field goal Franklin 85-yd reception McDonald 1-yd run
Rice 45, UTEP 7
Q Time Scoring Play 1 6:43 Hamilton 50-yd reception
North Texas 28, Rice 16 Q 1 2 2 3
Time 0:41 5:01 3:26 8:58
Scoring Play Orr 55-yd fumble return Jimmerson 42-yd run Chancellor 65-yd punt return Jimmerson 46-yd reception
P YDS TOP 10 75 2:42 12 80 3:38 3 80 0:44 9 50 2:45 5 14 1:47 4 34 1:16 6 93 1:46 2 26 0:26
Score Tied 7-7 Tied 14-14 TAMU 21-14 TAMU 28-14 TAMU 31-21 TAMU 38-28 TAMU 45-28 TAMU 52-28
P YDS TOP 5 91 1:48 4 16 1:42
Score Tied 7-7 KU 14-13
P YDS TOP 4 75 1:09 9 70 4:11 4 62 0:46 4 64 1:02 4 39 1:11
Score UH 7-6 Rice 13-10 UH 17-13 UH 24-13 UH 31-13
P YDS TOP 1 58 0:09 5 80 1:54
Score FAU 7-3 FAU 14-6
P YDS TOP 9 59 2:52 5 65 1:25 8 50 3:47 11 62 2:33 9 47 1:41 4 6 --
Score Rice 7-3 Rice 14-10 Rice 24-13 Rice 24-21 Tied 24-24 TU 27-24
P YDS TOP 5 85 2:29 12 78 4:48 13 76 3:04
Score UTSA 7-6 Rice 27-14 Rice 27-21
P YDS TOP 7 56 2:41 6 44 2:15 3 88 1:21 11 75 3:04
Score Rice 14-3 Rice 21-6 Rice 21-12 Rice 35-19
P YDS TOP 5 72 2:14
Score Rice 10-7
P YDS TOP 0 0 0:00 8 74 4:05 0 0 0:00 3 76 0:48
Score NT 7-2 Rice 16-14 NT 21-16 NT 28-16
Rice 52, Louisiana Tech 14
Q Time Scoring Play 3 6:27 Griffin 74-yd reception 4 1:50 Seets 9-yd run
Rice 37, UAB 34 OT Q Time 2 4:18 3 11:25 3 6:40 4 3:37 4 0:37 OT 1
Scoring Play Reaves 1-yd run Reaves 1-yd run Perry 14-yd run Powell 20-yd reception Long 24-yd field goal Long 43-yd field goal
Rice 17, Tulane 13 Q 1 3 4
Time 4:31 2:41 10:14
Scoring Play Santos 30-yd field goal Breaux 13-yd reception Santos 32-yd field goal
Rice 41, Marshall 24 Q 2 2 4 4
Time 12:21 9:18 11:02 5:35
Scoring Play Haig 27-yd field goal Johnson 1-yd run Taliaferro 7 yd pass Smith 3-yd reception
P YDS TOP 3 75 1:18 9 70 2:09
Score Rice 31-7 Rice 52-14
P YDS TOP 1 1 0:05 8 75 3:35 5 48 2:29 11 80 3:37 10 26 2:09 4 -1 --
Score Rice 10-7 Rice 17-14 UAB 21-14 Rice 31-28 Tied 31-31 UAB 34-31
P YDS TOP 4 5 1:23 3 13 1:09 11 44 3:48
Score Tulane 3-0 Rice 17-10 Rice 17-13
P YDS TOP 12 64 3:39 8 65 2:11 12 78 4:22 8 75 2:34
Score Rice 14-3 Rice 21-10 Rice 34-17 Rice 41-24
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PLAY BREAKDOWN
2013 Rice Owls Football Rice - Long Plays
20-YARD PLUS PLAYS Yds Type Player(s) 75* Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 72* Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 62* FGR LYONS, Alex 60* Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 57* Pass PETERSEN, Turner from TURNER, Luke 57 Rush McHARGUE, Taylor 54 Pass PARKS, Dennis from McHARGUE, Taylor 52* INT KUTZLER, Michael 48 Rush ROSS, Charles 45 KR HULL, Mario 44 Rush McHARGUE, Taylor 42 Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 41* Pass PARKS, Dennis from McHARGUE, Taylor 41 Pass MOORE, Donte from McHARGUE, Taylor 41 Rush ROSS, Charles 40 Pass MOORE, Donte from McHARGUE, Taylor 38 Rush McHARGUE, Taylor 38 KR HULL, Mario 37 Pass PARKS, Dennis from McHARGUE, Taylor 37 Pass PARKS, Dennis from McHARGUE, Taylor 37 Pass PETERSEN, Turner from McHARGUE, Taylor 37* Pass PARKS, Dennis from McHARGUE, Taylor 35 Rush ROSS, Charles 35* Pass MOORE, Donte from TURNER, Luke 35 Pass MOORE, Donte from McHARGUE, Taylor 35 Rush ROSS, Charles 33 KR HILL, Malcolm 32 INT WHITE, Julius 32* Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 32 Rush McHARGUE, Taylor 31 KR HULL, Mario 31 Rush ROSS, Charles 30 Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 30 KR POLLARD, Darrion 30 KR POLLARD, Darrion 29 KR HILL, Malcolm 29 Pass KUBIAK, Klein from McHARGUE, Taylor 29 Rush ROSS, Charles 29 KR HILL, Malcolm 28 Pass POLLARD, Darrion from McHARGUE, Taylor 27 Rush JACKSON, Driphus 27 KR HILL, Malcolm 27 Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 27 Pass HULL, Mario from McHARGUE, Taylor 26 Pass CELLA, Connor from McHARGUE, Taylor 25* Pass DILLARD, Darik from McHARGUE, Taylor 25 KR HILL, Malcolm 25 Pass PARKS, Dennis from McHARGUE, Taylor 24 Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 24 Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 24 Rush ROSS, Charles 23 PR CALLAHAN, Bryce 23* Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 23 Rush McHARGUE, Taylor 23 Pass HULL, Mario from McHARGUE, Taylor 22 Rush DAVIS, Jowan 22 Rush McHARGUE, Taylor 22 INT CALLAHAN, Bryce 22 KR POLLARD, Darrion 22 Pass PETERSEN, Turner from McHARGUE, Taylor 22 Rush ROSS, Charles 22 Pass PETERSEN, Turner from McHARGUE, Taylor 21 KR HULL, Mario 21 Pass PARKS, Dennis from McHARGUE, Taylor 21 Rush ROSS, Charles 21 Rush ROSS, Charles 21 Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 21* Pass PETERSEN, Turner from McHARGUE, Taylor 20 Pass MOORE, Donte from McHARGUE, Taylor 20 KR POLLARD, Darrion 20* Rush DILLARD, Darik 20 KR POLLARD, Darrion 20 Rush JACKSON, Driphus 20 Rush JACKSON, Driphus 20 Pass TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor 20 Rush DAVIS, Jowan * touchdown scored on play
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Opponent Marshall UTEP Houston UTEP Houston Texas A&M Kansas Kansas Louisiana Tech UTEP UAB UTSA Louisiana Tech UAB Louisiana Tech UTEP NMSU Texas A&M Marshall NMSU Tulsa UTSA North Texas Marshall UTSA UTEP UAB Tulsa North Texas Florida Atlantic NMSU UTSA UTEP Marshall Marshall Louisiana Tech Houston Kansas UAB Marshall UTEP UAB Texas A&M UTSA Texas A&M Tulsa UAB North Texas Kansas Louisiana Tech Tulane UTEP UTEP North Texas Kansas UAB Marshall Florida Atlantic Tulane North Texas Texas A&M Houston Houston Houston Kansas Houston North Texas North Texas North Texas Texas A&M Florida Atlantic Texas A&M Texas A&M Tulsa Marshall Tulsa
LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Long Plays By Yards No. TD 100+ 0 0 90-99 0 0 80-89 0 0 70-79 2 2 60-69 2 2 50-59 4 2 40-49 8 1 30-39 19 3 20-29 41 4 Long Plays By Type Rushing Passing Punt returns Kick returns Interceptions Fumble returns Other TOTAL
No. 22 35 1 14 3 0 1 76
TD 1 11 0 0 1 0 1 14
20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR TAYLOR, Jordan 12 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 ROSS, Charles 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 PARKS, Dennis 7 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 McHARGUE, Taylor 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 POLLARD, Darrion 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 HULL, Mario 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 PETERSEN, Turner 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 MOORE, Donte 5 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 HILL, Malcolm 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 JACKSON, Driphus 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 DILLARD, Darik 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 CALLAHAN, Bryce 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 DAVIS, Jowan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 KUTZLER, Michael 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 LYONS, Alex 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 WHITE, Julius 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CELLA, Connor 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 KUBIAK, Klein 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 76 14 22 35 14 1 3 1 LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR Rushing 57 McHARGUE, Taylor vs Texas A&M (8/31/2013) Rushing Touchdown 20 DILLARD, Darik vs Florida Atlantic (9/28/2013) Passing 75 TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor vs Marshall (12/7/2013) Passing Touchdown 75 TAYLOR, Jordan from McHARGUE, Taylor vs Marshall (12/7/2013) Punt Return 23 CALLAHAN, Bryce vs UTEP (10/26/2013) Kick Return 45 HULL, Mario vs UTEP (10/26/2013) Interception Return 52 KUTZLER, Michael vs Kansas (9/14/2013) Fumble Return 7 BAUER, Cody vs Florida Atlantic (9/28/2013) 7 COVINGTON, Christian vs Louisiana Tech (11/16/2013) Field Goal Return 62 LYONS, Alex vs Houston (9/21/2013) Punt 66 FARRIMOND, James vs North Texas (10/31/2013) Field Goal 56 BOSWELL, Chris vs Kansas (9/14/2013)
INDIVIDUAL & TEAM SUPERLATIVES RICE SUPERLATIVES Individual
Rushes 27 Yards Rushing 215 TD Rushes 5 Long Rush 57 Pass attempts 36 Pass completions 21 Yards Passing 259 TD Passes 4 Long Pass 75 Receptions 7 Yards Receiving 185 TD Receptions 3 Long Reception 75 Field Goals 3 Long Field Goal 56 Punts 9 Punting Avg 55.0 Long Punt 66 Punts inside 20 3 Long Punt Return 23 Long Kickoff Return 45 Tackles 11 Sacks 1.5 Tackles For Loss 2.5 Interceptions 1
Team
Rushes 69 Yards Rushing 415 Yards Per Rush 6.1 TD Rushes 6 Pass attempts 37 Pass completions 22 Yards Passing 289 Yards Per Pass 13.3 TD Passes 4 Total Plays 92 Total Offense 582 Yards Per Play 7.8 Points 52 Sacks By 4 First Downs 35 Penalties 11 Penalty Yards 91 Turnovers 3 Interceptions By 2 Punts 10 Punting Avg 55.0 Long Punt 66 Punts inside 20 4 Long Punt Return 23
OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES Charles Ross vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) Charles Ross vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) Charles Ross vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) Charles Ross vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) Taylor McHargue at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) Taylor McHargue vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) Taylor McHargue vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) Taylor McHargue vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Taylor McHargue vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Taylor McHargue vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) Jordan Taylor at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) Jordan Taylor vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Jordan Taylor vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Jordan Taylor vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) Chris Boswell vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) Chris Boswell vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) James Farrimond vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) James Farrimond vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) James Farrimond at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013) James Farrimond vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) Bryce Callahan vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Mario Hull vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Michael Kutzler at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) Michael Kutzler at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) Cody Bauer at UAB (Nov 21, 2013) Christian Covington vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) Cody Bauer vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) 14 times Last: Julius White vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013)
vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) at NMSU (Oct 19, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) at UAB (Nov 21, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013) vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) at NMSU (Oct 19, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013) vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013)
Individual
Rushes 34 Yards Rushing 186 TD Rushes 2 Long Rush 81 Pass attempts 46 Pass completions 24 Yards Passing 281 TD Passes 3 Long Pass 85 Receptions 8 Yards Receiving 146 TD Receptions 2 Long Reception 85 Field Goals 4 Long Field Goal 49 Punts 8 Punting Avg 62.7 Long Punt 76 Punts inside 20 4 Long Punt Return 65 Long Kickoff Return 31 Tackles 15 Sacks 2.0 Tackles For Loss 2.5 Interceptions 2
Team
Rushes 55 Yards Rushing 264 Yards Per Rush 5.4 TD Rushes 3 Pass attempts 46 Pass completions 24 Yards Passing 329 Yards Per Pass 10.5 TD Passes 4 Total Plays 85 Total Offense 494 Yards Per Play 7.4 Points 52 Sacks By 7 First Downs 25 Penalties 8 Penalty Yards 80 Turnovers 4 Interceptions By 2 Punts 8 Punting Avg 62.7 Long Punt 76 Punts inside 20 4 Long Punt Return 65
WATTS, T., at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) JONES, Aaron, vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Tra Carson, at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) WATTS, T., at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) Soza, at UTSA (Oct 12, 2013) REAVES, Darrin, at UAB (Nov 21, 2013) JONES, Aaron, vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) Hankerson, Greg, vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) CATO, Rakeem, vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) O’KORN, John, vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) Johnny Manziel, at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) O’KORN, John, vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) Davis III, King, at NMSU (Oct 19, 2013) SHULER, Tommy, vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) GREENBERRY, D., vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) Mike Evans, at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) Franklin, A., at NMSU (Oct 19, 2013) SALAZAR, C., at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) Johnson, M., at NMSU (Oct 19, 2013) PICERELLI, P., vs Tulane (Nov 30, 2013) Drew Kaser, at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) Drew Kaser, at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) Kelly, Sean, vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) MACEK, Blake, at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013) CHANCELLOR, B., at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013) REAVES, Deandre, vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) Ben Heeney, vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) MUDOH, M., at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) Michael Reynold, vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) JENNINGS, D., at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) Ben Heeney, vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) HARRIS, Trevor, vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) BOWSER, Tyus, vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) JENNINGS, D., at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) TRICE, Marcus, at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013)
vs UTEP (Oct 26, 2013) at UTSA (Oct 12, 2013) at UTSA (Oct 12, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) at UTSA (Oct 12, 2013) at UAB (Nov 21, 2013) vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) vs Marshall (Dec 07, 2013) vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) at Tulsa (Oct 05, 2013) vs Houston (Sep 21, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) vs Tulane (Nov 30, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) vs Louisiana Tech (Nov 16, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) vs Kansas (Sep 14, 2013) at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013) vs Tulane (Nov 30, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) at Texas A&M (Aug 31, 2013) vs Florida Atlantic (Sep 28, 2013) at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013) at North Texas (Oct 31, 2013)
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2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 1 Rice Owls Texas A&M Aggies
31 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 52 Rice Owls 14 7 0 10 - 31
Aug. 31, 2013 • College Station, Texas • Kyle Field
Rice University football reached the end zone on each of its first two possessions to take a pair of seven-point leads before No. 7 Texas A&M found its rhythm to take a lead and claim a 52-31 win over the Owls in the season opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon in front of 86,686 fans at Kyle Field. Charles Ross shouldered the brunt of the ground attack for the visitors, carrying the ball 20 times for a game-high 107 yards and a pair of scores. It was the senior’s fifth 100-yard effort of his career. The Owls amassed a total of 304 yards on the ground with a 5.7 yards per carry average against the Aggies, including a career-long 57-yard scamper by quarterback Taylor McHargue.
Texas A&M Aggies
7
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 11:38 RICE 08:56 TAMU 07:00 RICE 2nd 13:52 TAMU 09:32 TAMU 03:42 TAMU 00:10 RICE 3rd 12:53 TAMU 09:43 TAMU 4th 14:56 RICE 13:10 TAMU 09:48 TAMU 02:09 RICE
21
10
14 - 52
Ross 1 yd run (Boswell kick) Malena 4 yd run (Bertolet kick) Ross 19 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Carson 1 yd run (Bertolet kick) Seals-Jones 71 yd pass from Joeckel (Bertolet kick) Carson 2 yd run (Bertolet kick) Taylor 5 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Bertolet 44 yd field goal Evans 23 yd pass from Manziel (Bertolet kick) Ross 1 yd run (Boswell kick) Malena 18 yd pass from Manziel (Bertolet kick) Evans 9 yd pass from Manziel (Bertolet kick) Boswell 43 yd field goal
Making his fourth season-opening start, McHargue completed 18-of30 passes for 182 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He added 76 yards on nine carries as well. Once the Owls claimed a 14-7 advantage, the Aggies regrouped to score 21 unanswered points in the second quarter to gain the lead for good. Trailing 28-14 late in the first half, McHargue connected with Jordan Taylor to pull the Owls back within seven points. On the ensuing kickoff, the Owls forced a fumble and recovered it with just enough time to attempt a long field goal and cement a momentum swing. The kick sailed wide right, however, and Rice was unable to pull any closer than the 28-21 halftime deficit. Taylor caught seven passes for 69 yards and a score, while Connor Cella added 53 yards on four catches. Starting in place of suspended 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, quarterback Matt Joeckel put together a solid first half with 191 passing yards on 14-of-19 completions. Manziel made his sophomore debut in the second half, completing 7-of-9 passes for 103 yards and four touchdowns and rushing six times for 18 yards. On defense, both Christian Covington and Michael Kutzler each recorded one sack.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS Rice TAMU FIRST DOWNS 28 25 Rushing 16 9 Passing 9 12 Penalty 3 0 Rushing Attempts 51 39 Yds Gained Rushing 331 218 Yds Lost Rushing 25 16 NET YDS RUSHING 306 202 NET YDS PASSING 203 284 Comp-Att-Int 21-37-2 20-27-0 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 88-509 66-486 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-53 5-51 Punts-Avg 4-42.5 3-62.7 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 1-11-0 0-0-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 4-89-0 4-72-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-18-0 Possession Time 38:24 21:36 Third Down Conv 7-17 4-10 Fourth Down Conv 2-3 1-1 Red Zone Scores-Att 4-4 5-5 Sacks-Yds 2-12 2-9 Field Goals 1-2 1-1 LEADING TACKLERS Rice Michael Kutzler 6-5-11 Gabe Baker 2-6-8 Nick Elder 3-4-7 TAMU D. Claiborne 1-10-11 Howard Matthews 4-6-10 Clay Honeycutt 5-2-7
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD RICE Charles Ross 19 107 2 Taylor McHargue 9 78 0 Driphus Jackson 10 55 0 Darik Dillard 9 41 0 TAMU Ben Malena 12 82 1 Tra Carson 14 76 2 Johnny Manziel 6 19 0 Trey Williams 3 17 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD RICE Taylor McHargue 18-29-2 180 2 Driphus Jackson 3-7-0 23 0 TAMU Matt Joeckel 14-19-0 190 1 Johnny Manziel 6-8-0 94 3 RECEIVING REC YDS TD RICE Jordan Taylor 7 68 1 Connor Cella 4 52 0 Donte Moore 4 31 0 Mario Hull 3 23 0 TAMU Mike Evans 6 84 2 Malcome Kennedy 4 56 0 R. Seals-Jones 3 84 1 Sabian Holmes 2 21 0
2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 2 Kansas Jayhawks Rice Owls
14 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 23 Kansas Jayhawks 0 7 7 0 - 14
Sept. 14, 2013 • Houston, Texas • Rice Stadium
Rice rode the rugged running of Charles Ross and the accurate right leg of Chris Boswell to stage a fourth quarter rally and down Kansas 23-14 in the Owls home opener at Rice Stadium. Ross rushed for a career-high 157 yards and iced the game with an 8-yard run late in the fourth quarter while Boswell booted three field goals, the last from 56 yards with 8:05 left in the game to put the Owls on top to stay.
Rice Owls
7 6 0 10 - 23
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 6:40 RICE 2nd 9:20 KU 6:04 RICE 0:09 RICE 3rd 1:01 KU 4th 8:05 RICE 3:28 RICE
Kutzler 52 yd interception return (Boswell kick) Pierson 77 yd pass from Heaps (Wyman kick) Boswell 40 yd field goal Boswell 28 yd field goal Heaps 1 yd run (Wyman kick) Boswell 56 yd field goal Ross 8 yd run (Boswell kick)
Much as they had when they rallied to defeat the Jayhawks 25-24 in Lawrence last year, the Owls had to rely on a four-quarter rally to gain the final advantage. In their two wins over Kansas, Rice has outscored the Jayhawks 19-0 in the final quarter, with Boswell and Ross being responsible for all of those points. Rice showed evidence of rust after waiting two weeks to play its second game. The Owls started smartly, gaining 37 yards on their first six plays, their initial drive bogged down thanks to a pair of penalties and it was left to the Owls defense to put the first points on the home scoreboard in 2013. Senior linebacker Michael Kutzler, making his second career start, deflected a Jake Heaps pass to himself and then sprinted 52-yards up the east sideline to give the Owls a 7-0 lead. It was a strong start for the Rice defenders who had closed the 2012 season by holding three of their last five opponents to less than 20 points. They limited the Jayhawks to 270 yards of total offense, with 106 of them coming on two plays that created all of KU’s points. The first of those big plays allowed Kansas to tie the game as Heaps hit Tony Pierson for a 77-yard touchdown with 9:20 to go in the second quarter. The Owls responded with an eight-play drive that was sparked by a 54-yard completion from Taylor McHargue to Dennis Parks. The drive stalled at the Kansas 23 and Boswell came in to nail a 40-yarder to put Rice back up 10-7. The Owls extended the lead on a 28-yard Boswell field goal just before the half ended. The scoring drive began when Bryce Callahan picked off Heaps for his ninth career interception and his third in two games against Kansas. McHargue and Jordan Taylor connected three times for 46 yards to move the ball deep in KU territory. The teams traded punts for most of the third quarter, but a McHargue interception late in the quarter set the Jayhawks up at the Rice 16 and four plays later Heaps snuck in from the one to put KU back on top 14-13. Kanas opened the fourth quarter by picking off McHargue at its own six. But the Owls forced a punt which Derek Brown partially blocked to set Rice up at midfield. The Owls only moved to the Kansas 39, but that was plenty of room for Boswell, who crushed a 56-yard field goal to put Rice back in front. It was his 12th career field goal from 50 yards or more, his third of the game and the seventh in two games vs. Kansas.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS KU RICE FIRST DOWNS 11 19 Rushing 6 12 Passing 5 7 Penalty 0 0 Rushing Attempts 35 42 Yds Gained Rushing 159 214 Yds Lost Rushing 59 48 NET YDS RUSHING 100 192 NET YDS PASSING 170 178 Comp-Att-Int 14-29-2 15-36-2 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 64-270 78-370 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-20 5-51 Punts-Avg 7-44.9 6-35.8 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 1-2-0 3-11-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 0.0 0.0 Possession Time 26:36 33:24 Third Down Conv 6-17 6-18 Fourth Down Conv 0-2 0-1 Red Zone Scores-Att 1-1 3-3 Sacks-Yds 3-17 3-33 Field Goals 0-1 3-3 LEADING TACKLERS KU Ben Heeney 11-4-15 Isaiah Johnson 7-2-9 Jake Love 5-0-5 RICE Bryce Callahan 5-2-7 Paul Porras 4-3-7 Christian Covington 3-2-5
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD KU James Sims 19 109 0 Darrian Miller 2 10 0 Brandon Bourbon 1 6 0 Tony Pierson 1 3 0 RICE Charles Ross 27 157 1 Driphus Jackson 3 19 0 Darik Dillard 1 8 0 Donte Moore 1 6 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS KU Jake Heaps 13-28-2 157 Michael Cumming 1-1-0 13 RICE Taylor McHargue 14-31-2 168 Driphus Jackson 1-4-0 10 RECEIVING REC YDS KU Tony Pierson 4 95 James Sims 3 14 Tre’ Parmalee 2 23 Jimmay Mundine 2 19 RICE Jordan Taylor 5 72 Dennis Parks 3 65 Mario Hull 3 24 Connor Cella 2 18
TD 1 0 0 0 TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 3 Houston Cougars Rice Owls
31 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 26 Houston Cougars 7 10 7 7 - 31
Sept. 21, 2013 • Houston, Texas • Reliant Stadium
In the last currently scheduled battle for the Bayou Bucket, the Rice Owls saw a furious fourth-quarter rally fall achingly short as Houston retained possession of the trophy with a 31-26 win at Reliant Stadium. The win was the Cougars’ third-straight in the series, which began in 1971 and has been played continuously since 1999. With the two schools now in different conferences, there are no future games currently scheduled between the two. Houston leads the all-time series 29-11, including a 27-10 record when playing for the Bucket.
Rice Owls
13 0 0 13 - 26
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 12:34 RICE Petersen 57 yd pass from Turner (Boswell kick blocked) 11:25 HOU Jackson 1 yd run (Leone kick) 06:51 RICE Ross 1 yd run (Boswell kick) 2nd 05:36 HOU Leone 24 yd field goal 00:05 HOU Spencer 25 yd pass from O’Korn (Leone kick) 3rd 03:36 HOU Greenberry 28 yd pass from O’Korn (Leone kick) 4th 14:53 HOU Jackson 32 yd pass from O’Korn (Leone kick) 10:52 RICE McHargue 1 yd run (Boswell kick) 02:19 RICE Lyons 62 yd blocked FG return (Two-pt failed)
The finale of the current series seemed to be decided when the Cougars extended their lead to 31-13 at the start of the fourth quarter, but Rice answered with their first points since the first stanza to cut the margin to 31-20. Bryce Callahan then forced a Houston punt by breaking up a third down pass, and Rice drove deep enough into Cougar territory for senior Chris Boswell to try a 50-yard field goal. However his attempt drifted wide right. Houston then moved to the Rice 23 and looked to ice the game with a 40-yard field by Tony Leone. But Christian Covington bulled his way through the line to block the kick and linebacker Alex Lyons scooped it up and returned it 62 yards for a touchdown with 2:19 left in the game. Rice was foiled on the two-point conversion try, but Boswell executed an onside kick to give the Owls the ball back at the Rice 47 and a final chance to add another dramatic ending to the storied series. Rice moved to the Houston 36, but Taylor McHargue’s fourth-down pass to Dennis Parks was tipped away, assuring the Cougars they would retain possession of the Bucket. The Owls took the opening kickoff, but stalled at their 23. However Houston roughed punter James Farrimond to give the Owls opening drive new life and the took full advantage. After Charles Ross ran for five yards on first down, Luke Turner hit Turner Petersen with a 57-yard touchdown pass out of the Owl formation. It was Turner’s second career touchdown pass and was the longest reception in Petersen’s career. Chris Boswell’s PAT was blocked and Rice led 6-0. That lead proved short-lived as Houston drove 75 yards in just four plays to take a 7-6 lead, but the Owls responded in kind, driving 75 yards in nine plays, with Charles Ross covering the final yard to put Rice back in front 13-7. Houston answered with 10 points late in the half to take a 17-13 lead into the locker room. Leone nailed 24-yard field goal to cut the lead to 13-10, the freshman quarterback John O’Korn hit Daniel Spencer with a 25-yard touchdown pass with five seconds left to give the Cougars the lead for good. Houston took control of the game with 14 unanswered points while the Rice offense was stymied and forced to punt on four straight possessions in the third quarter.
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FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS HOU RICE FIRST DOWNS 21 25 Rushing 8 12 Passing 12 12 Penalty 1 1 Rushing Attempts 37 45 Yds Gained Rushing 187 206 Yds Lost Rushing 22 48 NET YDS RUSHING 165 174 NET YDS PASSING 329 289 Comp-Att-Int 18-36-1 22-37-1 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 73-494 82-463 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 3-30 3-25 Punts-Avg 7-36.4 6-41.3 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 4-34-0 0-0-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 1-22-0 2-40-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 1-6-0 1-1-0 Possession Time 25:04 34:56 Third Down Conv 6-16 5-15 Fourth Down Conv 1-1 0-1 Red Zone Scores-Att 2-2 2-2 Sacks-Yds 2-14 1-14 Field Goals 1-2 0-2 LEADING TACKLERS HOU Steven Taylor 3-8-11 A. McDonald 5-5-10 Efrem Oliphant 5-4-9 RICE James Radcliffe 3-6-9 Paul Porras 3-5-8 Michael Kutzler 2-6-8
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD HOU Ryan Jackson 19 87 1 Greg Ward Jr. 9 80 0 Kent Brooks 2 5 0 Daniel Spencer 1 1 0 RICE Darik Dillard 9 61 0 Charles Ross 9 55 1 Turner Petersen 16 44 0 Taylor McHargue 11 14 1 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD HOU John O’Korn 15-33-1 281 3 Greg Ward Jr. 3-3-0 48 0 RICE Taylor McHargue 21-36-1 232 0 Luke Turner 1-1-0 57 1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD HOU D. Greenberry 6 146 1 Daniel Spencer 4 76 1 Ryan Jackson 4 57 1 M. Ambles 1 31 0 RICE Jordan Taylor 6 58 0 Turner Petersen 5 102 1 Dennis Parks 3 48 0 Klein Kubiak 2 36 0
2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 4 Florida Atlantic Owls Rice Owls
14 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 18 Florida Atlantic Owls 7 0 0 7 - 14
Sept. 28, 2013 • Houston, Texas • Rice Stadium
With their backs to the wall and their offensive teammates struggling to find consisten footing, the Rice defense rose up to produce a pair of touchdowns in the last four minutes and give the homestanding Owls an 18-14 win over Florida Atlantic at Rice Stadium. Cody Bauer scooped up a fumble by FAU quarterback Greg Hankerson and returned it seven yards for a score, the third consecutive game in which the Rice defense has put points on the board. On FAU’s first play after the touchdown, Bryce Callahan picked off Hankerson and two plays later, Darik Dillard barged in from 20 yards out to put Rice ahead to stay.
Rice Owls
3 3 0 12 - 18
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 6:40 RICE 5:01 FAU 2nd 5:05 RICE 4th 6:07 FAU 4:17 RICE 3:35 RICE
Boswell 45 yd field goal Dukes 18 yd pass from Hankerson (Anderson kick) Boswell 47 yd field goal Nexon 15 yd pass from Hankerson (Anderson kick) Bauer 7 yd fumble recovery (PAT failed) Dillard 20 yd run (PAT failed)
The win evened Rice’s season mark at 2-2 and snapped a four-game losing streak in C-USA openers. FAU fell to 1-4, including an 0-3 mark in its initial season in Conference USA. For nearly 55 minutes, the FAU Owls held the Rice Owls out of the end zone and fashioned a 14-6 advantage thanks to a pair of big plays. Greg Hankerson hit William Dukes for 58-yard touchdown pass in which Dukes lost control of the ball but recovered to complete the score and give FAU a 7-3 lead. Midway through the fourth quarter, Jonathan Wallace broke up the middle for a 54-yard run and two plays later, Hankerson his Nexon Dorvilus for a 15-yard score. To that point, the Rice offense had produced a pair of Chris Boswell field goals and had been continuously stymied by poor field position. In its first 11 possessions, the Owls average starting position was their own 19 yard line. The combination of a 48-yard punt by James Farrimond and a penalty on the return pinned FAU at its own 16 with 5:08 left. After a pair of runs by Wallace gained one yard, Hankerson rolled to his right. James Radcliffe charged forward to meet him and Hankerson lost control of the football. Bauer scooped up the loose ball and rolled into the end zone. Callahan’s pick was the 10th of his career to move him into a tie for sixth on the Rice career list with Jason Hebert and was part of a stellar night for the junior cornerback. He led the team with seven tackles, including one for a loss of a yard, and broke up two other passes. Dillard’s touchdown was the first of his career and capped a 62-yard rushing night. Taylor McHargue led the Owls with 71 yards rushing while throwing for 69.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS FAU RICE FIRST DOWNS 15 17 Rushing 2 10 Passing 11 5 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 28 51 Yds Gained Rushing 124 233 Yds Lost Rushing 30 48 NET YDS RUSHING 94 204 NET YDS PASSING 272 69 Comp-Att-Int 22-46-2 7-25-1 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 74-366 76-273 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-80 5-63 Punts-Avg 7-43.7 10-46.9 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 6-72-0 3-23-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 1-20-0 2-22-0 Possession Time 28:55 31:05 Third Down Conv 5-18 3-16 Fourth Down Conv 0-3 0-1 Red Zone Scores-Att 1-2 1-1 Sacks-Yds 5-18 2-23 Field Goals 0-1 2-2 LEADING TACKLERS FAU Andrae Kirk 5-4-9 Damian Parms 6-1-7 Keith Reaser 6-0-6 RICE Michael Kutzler 6-1-7 Bryce Callahan 6-1-7 Tanner Leland 4-2-6
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD FAU J. Wallace 12 73 0 DJ Juste 2 9 0 Jay Warren 3 7 0 Lucky Whitehead 1 4 0 RICE Taylor McHargue 15 71 0 Darik Dillard 11 62 1 Jowan Davis 9 39 0 Turner Petersen 9 26 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD FAU Greg Hankerson 22-46-2 272 2 RICE Taylor McHargue 7-24-0 69 0 Driphus Jackson 0-1-1 0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD FAU William Dukes 3 72 1 Darion Howard 3 68 0 D. McKinney 3 36 0 Jenson Stoshak 3 28 0 RICE Jordan Taylor 3 39 0 Turner Petersen 2 16 0 Mario Hull 2 14 0
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2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 5 Rice Owls Tulsa Golden Hurricane
30 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 OT F OT 27 Rice Owls 14 10 0 0 6 - 30
Oct. 5, 2013 • Tulsa, Okla. • H.A. Chapman Stadium
In its first overtime action of the season, Rice University football topped division rival Tulsa, 30-27, in overtime on Saturday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The Golden Hurricane rallied from a 24-10 deficit and tied the game with a field goal with just 1:07 remaining in regulation to force the extra period. Rice won the coin toss and elected to defend. After holding the Tulsa offense to six yards on three carries, the home team booted a 36-yard field goal to take its first lead of the afternoon.
Tulsa Golden Hurricane 10 0 3 11 3 - 27 SCORING SUMMARY 1st RICE 10:05 TULSA 7:13 RICE 5:05 TULSA 3:40 2nd RICE 5:14 RICE 3:36 3rd TULSA 11:13 4th TULSA 3:45 TULSA 1:07 OT1 TULSA -- RICE --
Eddington 4-yd run (Boswell kick) Salazar 33-yd field goal D. Pollard 4-yd run (Boswell kick) Watts 18-yd run (Salazar kick) Boswell 27-yd field goal Petersen 9-yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Salazar 37-yd field goal Watts 1-yd run (Watts run) Salazar 36-yd field goal Salazar 36-yd field goal Dillard 25-yd pass from McHargue
The Owls (3-2, 2-0 C-USA) needed just two plays to respond, as senior Taylor McHargue found an open Darik Dillard for a 25-yard touchdown pass. It marked Rice’s first overtime win since 2006, when the Owls accomplished the feat at Tulsa. That was also Rice’s last win against the outgoing Conference USA member. Freshman Jowan Davis ran for 58 yards on 10 carries, while Turner Petersen caught five passes for 78 yards and a score. McHargue completed 13-of-21 passes for 177 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Michael Kutzler paced the defense with 11 tackles on the day, while Malcolm Hill and Julius White each nabbed interceptions. Christian Covington forced a fumble, which was recovered by Paul Porras as well.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS RICE TULSA FIRST DOWNS 19 24 Rushing 11 10 Passing 8 10 Penalty 0 4 Rushing Attempts 48 53 Yds Gained Rushing 196 230 Yds Lost Rushing 29 48 NET YDS RUSHING 167 222 NET YDS PASSING 177 193 Comp-Att-Int 13-22-1 16-32-2 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 70-344 85-415 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 11-91 5-30 Punts-Avg 7-38.3 4-36.8 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-0-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 1-12-0 0-0-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 2-32-0 1-5-0 Possession Time 27:42 32:18 Third Down Conv 3-12 5-19 Fourth Down Conv 1-1 3-5 Red Zone Scores-Att 4-4 6-7 Sacks-Yds 0-0 4-22 Field Goals 1-1 4-4 LEADING TACKLERS RICE Michael Kutzler 3-8-11 Paul Porras 6-2-8 Stuart Mouchantaf 5-3-8 TULSA M. Mudoh 7-8-15 D. Jennings 4-8-12 S. Jackson 6-2-8
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD RICE Jowan Davis 10 58 0 Turner Petersen 11 44 0 Driphus Jackson 5 28 0 Taylor McHargue 13 11 0 TULSA T. Watts 34 165 2 J. Douglas 10 33 0 Z. Langer 5 17 0 C. Green 4 7 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD RICE Taylor McHargue 13-21-1 177 2 Driphus Jackson 0-1-0 0 0 TULSA C. Green 16-32-2 193 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD RICE Turner Petersen 5 78 1 Jordan Taylor 4 49 0 Darik Dillard 1 25 1 Donte Moore 1 14 0 TULSA K. Lucas 6 80 0 T. Roberson 4 53 0 T. Watts 3 25 0 C. Floyd 1 21 0
2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 6 Rice Owls UTSA Roadrunners
27 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 21 Rice Owls 3 17 7 0 - 27
Oct. 12, 2013 • San Antonio, Texas • Alamodome
Rice University football built a large first half lead and remained perfect in Conference USA play with a 27-21 win at UTSA on Saturday at the Alamodome. The Owls are 3-0 in league play for the first time since joining the conference in 2005. Senior running back Charles Ross returned to action for the first time since sustaining an injust on Sept. 21 and led Rice with 59 yards on 11 carries, including a 34-yarder.
UTSA Roadrunners 0 7 0 14 - 21 SCORING SUMMARY 1st 8:47 RICE 2nd 11:52 RICE 9:23 UTSA 5:44 RICE 0:24 RICE 3rd 9:48 RICE 4th 10:19 UTSA 1:34 UTSA
Boswell 49 yd field goal Boswell 28 yd field goal Glasco 1 yd run (Ianno kick) Dillard 4 yd run (Boswell kick) Parks 37 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) McHargue 6 yd run (Boswell kick) Soza 1 yd run (Ianno kick) Soza 1 yd run (Ianno kick)
Quarterback Taylor McHargue added 41 yards on 10 carries and passed for 183 yards and a score as well in the win. His favorite target was Jordan Taylor, who caught four passes for 61 yards in the win. Rice moved the ball well on three of its first four drives, but came away with just six points on a pair of Chris Boswell field goals in the opening 20-plus minutes of action. The Owls (4-2, 3-0 C-USA) then responded to a UTSA (2-5, 1-2) touchdown by reaching the end zone on its final two possessions of the half to take a 20-7 lead into halftime. Darik Dillard carried the ball in from four yards out for his third score in as many games and then Dennis Parks hauled in a 37-yard strike from McHargue in the final minute of the half. Coming out of the break, Rice extended its lead to 27-7 on a McHargue six-yard run. From there, UTSA found its footing and began to rally. Quarterback Eric Soza scored himself from a yard out twice in the fourth quarter. His second touchdown run pulled the home team within 27-21 with 1:24 remaining in regulation, but Taylor recovered the ensuing onside kick attempt and the Owls ran out the clock from there. James Radcliffe led Rice with 10 tackles, while Michael Kutzler and Julius White added eight each. The Owl defense made eight tackles behind the line of scrimmage, led by 1.5 by Stuart Mouchantaf. The win keeps Rice in a tie for first place in the C-USA West with Tulane. It was the team’s seventh-straight conference win and fourth C-USA road win in a row. The 4-2 record marks the best start to a season since 2001.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS RICE UTSA FIRST DOWNS 15 24 Rushing 8 10 Passing 7 12 Penalty 0 2 Rushing Attempts 41 49 Yds Gained Rushing 171 281 Yds Lost Rushing 14 48 NET YDS RUSHING 157 264 NET YDS PASSING 183 170 Comp-Att-Int 9-22-0 17-31-0 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 63-340 80-434 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards 5-45 6-55 Punts-Avg 6-39.3 4-35.2 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 2-11-0 2--4-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 1-15-0 2-44-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 25:19 34:41 Third Down Conv 5 of 14 4 of 16 Fourth Down Conv 0 of 0 4 of 6 Red Zone Scores-Att 3-3 3-3 Sacks-Yds 0-0 1-6 Field Goals 2-3 0-2 LEADING TACKLERS RICE James Radcliffe 5-5-10 Julius White 4-4-8 Michael Kutzler 3-5-8 UTSA Johnston 4-5-9 Wade 5-3-8 Kurfehs 2-4-6
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD RICE Charles Ross 11 59 0 Taylor McHargue 10 41 1 Turner Petersen 7 33 0 Darik Dillard 3 11 1 UTSA Soza 17 85 2 Glasco 14 78 1 Jones 5 33 0 Grubb 1 23 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD RICE Taylor McHargue 9-21-0 183 1 Driphus Jackson 0-1-0 0 0 UTSA Soza 17-31-0 170 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD RICE Jordan Taylor 4 61 0 Dennis Parks 3 60 1 Donte Moore 1 35 0 Mario Hull 1 27 0 UTSA Freeman 2 32 0 Grubb 2 28 0 Hubble 2 23 0 Jones 2 13 0
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2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 7 Rice Owls New Mexico State Aggies
45 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 19 Rice Owls 21 7 7 10 - 45
Oct. 19, 2013 • Las Cruces, N.M. • Aggie Memorial Stadium Rice University football racked up a season-high 409 yards on the ground en route to a 45-19 win over New Mexico State on Saturday night at Aggie Memorial Stadium. In the final non-conference game of the season, the Owls (5-2) jumped out to an early lead and never looked back to finish a three-game road trip with a win. Charles Ross racked up a career-high 167 yards and a score on 26 carries, good for 6.4 yards per tote.
New Mexico State Aggies 3
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 13:24 RICE 8:26 RICE 5:45 NMSU 0:00 RICE 2nd 12:45 NMSU 7:46 NMSU 1:02 RICE 3rd 3:49 RICE 0:45 NMSU 4th 12:18 RICE 3:46 RICE
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McHargue 19 yd run (Boswell kick) Ross 9 yd run (Boswell kick) Johnson 37 yd field goal McHargue 3 yd run (Boswell kick) Johnson 49 yd field goal Franklin 85 yd reception (kick blocked) Taylor 17 yd pass (Boswell kick) McHargue 1 yd run (Boswell kick) McDonald 1 yd run (Johnson kick) Boswell 50 yd field goal Jackson 4 yd run (Boswell kick)
Taylor McHargue added 90 yards and three touchdowns on the ground to accompany his 89 passing yards on 8-of-14 attempts. He connected with Jordan Taylor for a 17-yard touchdown strike in the second quarter to give the visitors a 28-12 cushion at the half. Dennis Parks matched a career high with three catches and led Rice with 51 receiving yards on the night. Defensively, James Radcliffe made seven tackles, while Phillip Gaines and Austin Laudenslager each hauled in an interception. Rice posted 26 first downs and amassed 515 yards of total offense (6.3 yards per play) on the night. The Owls held the Aggies (0-7) to 328 yards of offense. Chris Boswell tacked on a 50-yard kick in the game. It was the 13th in his career of 50 yards or more. Driphus Jackson added a fifth rushing score for the Owls on a four-yard scamper late in the game.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS RICE NMSU FIRST DOWNS 26 10 Rushing 20 5 Passing 5 5 Penalty 1 0 Rushing Attempts 67 36 Yds Gained Rushing 422 182 Yds Lost Rushing 13 48 NET YDS RUSHING 409 160 NET YDS PASSING 106 168 Comp-Att-Int 9-15-0 8-21-2 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 82-515 57-328 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 3-31 5-29 Punts-Avg 5-38.8 7-39.9 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 1-17-0 3-6-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 3-55-0 0-0-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 18.3 0.0 Possession Time 38:31 21:29 Third Down Conv 5-13 6-15 Fourth Down Conv 0-0 0-0 Red Zone Scores-Att 6-7 2-2 Sacks-Yds 2-19 0-0 Field Goals 1-1 2-2 LEADING TACKLERS RICE James Radcliffe 3-4-7 Paul Porras 4-2-6 Christian Covington 2-3-5 NMSU G. Callender 3-6-9 S. Meredith 1-8-9 Davis Cazares 4-4-8
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD RICE Charles Ross 26 167 1 Taylor McHargue 13 90 3 Jowan Davis 11 69 0 Turner Petersen 6 54 0 NMSU B. Betancourt 17 103 0 King Davis III 14 43 0 A. McDonald 5 14 1 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD RICE Taylor McHargue 8-14-0 89 1 Driphus Jackson 1-1-0 17 0 NMSU King Davis III 6-14-0 113 1 A. McDonald 2-7-2 55 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD RICE Dennis Parks 3 51 0 Jordan Taylor 2 22 1 Turner Petersen 2 11 0 Klein Kubiak 1 17 0 NMSU A. Franklin 3 95 1 Adam Shapiro 2 52 0 Jerrel Brown 2 6 0 Joshua Bowen 1 15 0
2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 8 UTEP Miners Rice Owls
Oct. 26, 2013 • Houston, Texas • Rice Stadium
7 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 45 UTEP Miners 0 7 0 0 - 7
Jordan Taylor piled up the third-most receiving yards in school history, while Taylor McHargue threw for four scores and Charles Ross rambled for 152 yards as Rice packaged its most complete game of the season to reach bowl eligibility in consecutive seasons for the second time in school history with a 45-7 win over UTEP at Rice Stadium. The win was the Owls’ fifth-straight this year, their eighth-straight in C-USA and their 11 in the last 13 games dating back to last year. With their sixth win, the Owls will earn a bowl berth for the second consecutive year, matching the 1960 and 1961 teams as the only Rice teams to do so. It was also the Owls’ largest margin of victory in nine seasons of Conference USA play and allowed them to keep pace with Tulane as C-USA’s two remaining unbeaten teams in conference action. Rice was staked to a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter thanks to the powerful running of Charles Ross, who topped 100 yards early in the second stanza on his way to 153 for the game and the first of three long connections between McHargue and Taylor. Their 60-yard effort put the Owls up 10-0 but UTEP found its footing on the next series as Blaire Sullivan hit Ian Hamilton with a 50-yard scoring pass. This is the third time Bailiff has led the Owls to bowl eligibility in his seven seasons and ironically each of his three teams reached the threshold with a defeat of the Miners and Saturday’s encounter seemed early to be on pace for another in a long series of wild offensive shootouts until a lastgasp dive by Julius White foiled an apparent long scoring run by UTEP. With Rice holding a 17-7 lead with just over five minutes left in the half, UTEP’s Aaron Jones bounced outside on a running play and set sail for the Owls end zone. White was the man to have a shot and he tripped up Jones with his dive at the Rice three. After one carry for no gain, Jones again attack the line of scrimmage, only to have Michael Kutzler loosen the ball from his grip, Paul Porras deliver a blow to knock the ball free and Ross Winship fall on the loose ball to end the Miner’s last serious scoring threat. After fending off the UTEP strike deep at the end of the first half, the Rice defense held the Miners scoreless in the second. After being quiet for most of the third quarter, McHargue and Taylor gave the crowd a jolt late in the quarter when they connected for 72 yards and a score, then added a third connection from 23 yards early in the fourth. Taylor finished the day with 185 yards and three touchdowns on just four receptions. This yardage total was the third highest in school history, topped only by James Casey’s 208 and David Houser’s 196. McHargue threw for 259 yards on just eight completions, including a career-high four for touchdowns. Ross became the eighth Owl in history to rush for 2,000 career yards early in the game and moved all the way to sixth on the career list, finishing the night with 2,088.
Rice Owls
3 21 7 14 - 45
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 1:04 RICE 2nd 12:14 RICE 6:43 UTEP 5:30 RICE 0:17 RICE 3rd 2:33 RICE 4th 13:40 RICE 11:44 RICE
Boswell 28 yd field goal Taylor 60 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Hamilton 50 yd pass from Sullivan (Mattox kick) Parks 17 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Ross 1 yd run (Boswell kick) Taylor 72 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Taylor 23 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Davis 10 yd run (Boswell kick)
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS UTEP RICE FIRST DOWNS 17 21 Rushing 12 13 Passing 3 8 Penalty 2 0 Rushing Attempts 55 47 Yds Gained Rushing 271 299 Yds Lost Rushing 23 48 NET YDS RUSHING 248 265 NET YDS PASSING 116 259 Comp-Att-Int 7-12-1 8-20-0 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 67-364 67-524 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-19 6-43 Punts-Avg 5-43.0 6-37.2 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 1-8-0 2-26-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 2-33-0 1-45-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 16.5 45.0 Possession Time 32:30 27:30 Third Down Conv 5 of 14 7 of 14 Fourth Down Conv 0 of 1 0 of 0 Red Zone Scores-Att 0-1 4-4 Sacks-Yds 1-14 2-12 Field Goals 0-2 1-1 LEADING TACKLERS UTEP Devin Cockrell 11-2-13 Anthony Puente 6-0-6 Dashone Smith 3-3-6 RICE Paul Porras 8-2-10 Ross Winship 5-1-6 Julius White 4-1-5
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD UTEP Aaron Jones 29 186 0 Nathan Jeffery 14 46 0 Blaire Sullivan 6 21 0 Josh Bell 1 3 0 RICE Charles Ross 21 152 1 Driphus Jackson 2 46 0 Taylor McHargue 10 26 0 Darik Dillard 3 21 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD UTEP Blaire Sullivan 6-9-1 112 1 Jameill Showers 1-3-0 4 0 RICE Taylor McHargue 8-19-0 259 4 Luke Turner 0-1-0 0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD UTEP Ian Hamilton 4 108 1 Jordan Leslie 2 4 0 Eric Tomlinson 1 4 0 RICE Jordan Taylor 4 185 3 Turner Petersen 2 17 0 Donte Moore 1 40 0 Dennis Parks 1 17 1
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2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 9 Rice Owls North Texas Mean Green
16 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 28 Rice Owls 2 14 0 0 - 16
Oct. 31, 2013 • Denton, Texas • Apogee Stadium
Despite out-gaining North Texas by 102 yards on offense, Rice University football saw its five-game winning streak snapped in a 28-16 setback at Apogee Stadium. The Owls (6-3, 4-1) brought an eight-game Conference USA winning streak into the contest and looked to remain perfect in league action in 2013, but four big scoring plays and one monster goal-line stand by the Mean Green (6-3, 4-1) proved to be the difference.
North Texas Mean Green 7
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 1:17 RICE 0:41 NT 2nd 14:06 RICE 9:06 RICE 5:01 NT 3:26 NT 3rd 8:58 NT
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Team Safety Orr 55 yd fumble return (Paul kick) Petersen 21 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Taylor 32 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Jimmerson 42 yd run (Paul kick) Chancellor 65 yd punt return (Paul kick) Jimmerson 46 yd pass from Thompson (Paul kick)
Taylor McHargue connected for a pair of touchdown tosses in the first half, including a 21-yard strike with Turner Petersen and then the senior found Jordan Taylor behind coverage for a 32-yard score to put the Owls ahead 16-7. The tosses gave McHargue 38 touchdown passes in his career, moving him past Tommy Kramer and into a tie with Randy Hertel for the second-most in program history. McHargue completed 18-of-28 passes for 222 yards and the pair of scores on the night. Taylor led the receiving corps with 71 yards on five catches. Donte Moore set a season high with 52 yards on five receptions. Big returns marked the first half for North Texas, as the Mean Green returned a fumble 55 yards for a score and brought back a 65-yard punt return. In between, NT notched its lone offensive score of the half on a 42-yard rush as the home team staked a 21-16 lead at the intermission. NT would score once more on a 46-yard pass in the third quarter to seal the win and bowl eligibility. The Owls were shut out in the second half for the second time in 2013. Julius White led the Rice defense with a season-high nine tackles. Phillip Gaines added an interception in the fourth quarter, his third of the season. Charles Ross notched his fifth 100-yard rushing game in seven starts this season with 101 yards on 18 carries.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS 20 13 Rushing 7 9 Passing 10 3 Penalty 3 1 Rushing Attempts 42 43 Yds Gained Rushing 164 181 Yds Lost Rushing 31 48 NET YDS RUSHING 133 149 NET YDS PASSING 222 104 Comp-Att-Int 18-28-2 7-13-1 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 70-355 56-253 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-25 6-43 Punts-Avg 6-48.8 6-38.0 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 2-14-0 3-84-1 KO Ret-Yds-TD 4-36-0 1-26-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 1-1-0 2-7-0 Possession Time 31:31 28:29 Third Down Conv 2-13 7-15 Fourth Down Conv 1-3 0-1 Red Zone Scores-Att 0-1 0-0 Sacks-Yds 0-0 4-22 Field Goals 0-0 0-0 LEADING TACKLERS RICE Julius White 5-4-9 Paul Porras 3-5-8 James Radcliffe 4-3-7 NT Kenny Buyers 8-2-10 Marcus Trice 5-4-9 Will Wright 5-4-9
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD RICE Charles Ross 18 101 0 Taylor McHargue 15 30 0 Darik Dillard 6 7 0 Turner Petersen 2 0 0 NT A. Jimmerson 8 62 1 Brandin Byrd 20 61 0 Derek Thompson 6 24 0 Rex Rollins 4 16 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD RICE Taylor McHargue 18-28-2 222 2 NT Derek Thompson 7-13-1 104 1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD RICE Donte Moore 6 52 0 Jordan Taylor 5 71 1 Turner Petersen 4 61 1 Dennis Parks 2 31 0 NT Carlos Harris 3 29 0 B. Chancellor 2 23 0 A. Jimmerson 1 46 1 Darvin Kidsy 1 6 0
2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 10 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Rice Owls
Nov. 16, 2013 • Houston, Texas • Rice Stadium
14 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 52 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 0 0 7 7 - 14
Charles Ross ran for five scores to tie the Conference USA record, and became the seventh Owl to rush for 1,000 yards in a season with a career-best 215 to lead the Rice Owls to an emotional 52-14 Homecoming victory over Louisiana Tech at Rice Stadium. Rice rebounded from a loss at North Texas on Halloween Night in dominating fashion, setting season highs for both rushing yards (415) and total offense (582). The win moved Rice back into a tie with North Texas in the C-USA West race with the just two weeks remaining in the season, but more importantly, it allowed the Owls to honor their head coach in the best way they knew how.
Rice Owls
14 10 7 21 - 52
SCORING SUMMARY 1st RICE 13:47 RICE 3:57 2nd RICE 12:28 RICE 1:54 3rd RICE 12:28 LT 6:27 4th RICE 14:55 RICE 11:45 RICE 3:59 LT 1:50
Parks 41 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Ross 2 yd rush (Boswell kick) Boswell 30 yd field goal Ross 5 yd run (Boswell kick) Ross 2 yd run (Boswell kick) Griffin 74 yd pass from Higgins (Fischer kick) Ross 1 yd run (Boswell kick) Ross 19 yd run (Boswell kick) Turner 1 yd run (Boswell kick) Seets 9 yd run (Fischer kick)
They hit the field for the first time in November with heavy hearts, as their week of preparation was tempered with the knowledge that Bailiff’s father, Bob, who has been a fixture at Rice games over the past seven seasons, had passed away on Tuesday night. Having taken full advantage of the two week break to mend many of the bumps and bruises that had accumulated through the first nine games, they responded with a defining effort in front of 19,707 fans. Ironically, on a night that would see them dominate on the ground, the Owls took to the air on their opening series to take an early lead. Taylor McHargue three on three of the four plays it took the Owls to march 66 yards, the final 41 coming on a spectacular catch and run by Dennis Parks, who slipped out of the grasp of several Bulldog defenders. Louisiana Tech seemed poised to quickly answer, driving 70 yards in seven plays to the Rice five, but Cody Bauer broke through the line to down Bulldog quarterback Paul Harris for an eight yard loss while stripping the ball away. Christian Covington scooped up the loose ball to end the threat. Rice then turned to Ross to shoulder the load, and the senior from Schertz responded. After gaining four on his first carry, the blasted free on a 48-yard run to move the ball to midfield. Later in the drive, McHargue lost control of the ball at the La Tech 18 and the Bulldogs’ Daniel Cobb picked up and began to move up field. But Donte Moore stripped the ball loose and Nate Richards recovered. Seven plays later, Ross barged in from two yards out to make it 14-0. The Rice defense stiffened after La Tech’s opening offensive incursion, allowing the Bulldogs only 83 yards the remainder of the first half, while the Rice offense added 10 more points on a 30-yard Chris Boswell field goal and five-yard scoring jaunt by Ross. The 24-0 lead at halftime marked the first time the Owls had held an opponent scoreless in the first half since they led Tulane 10-0 in 2011. Bauer made certain that Tech would not grab any momentum when the Bulldogs received the second half kickoff. The senior from Pottsboro stopped Tevin King for a combined loss of seven yards on the first two plays and then for a gain of five on third down to force a punt. Rice then marched 75 yards in 14 plays to extend its lead to 31-0.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS LATECH RICE FIRST DOWNS 14 35 Rushing 9 25 Passing 4 8 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 29 69 Yds Gained Rushing 170 448 Yds Lost Rushing 24 48 NET YDS RUSHING 146 415 NET YDS PASSING 181 167 Comp-Att-Int 15-30-2 13-23-0 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 59-327 92-582 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-62 5-47 Punts-Avg 3-38.0 1-55.0 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-(-1)-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 3-61-0 2-31-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 20.3 15.5 Possession Time 19:45 40:15 Third Down Conv 5-13 14-19 Fourth Down Conv 1-3 2-2 Red Zone Scores-Att 1-2 7-8 Sacks-Yds 1-2 0-0 Field Goals 0-0 1-1 LEADING TACKLERS LATECH Thomas McDonald 8-2-10 Xavier Woods 7-1-8 Kentrell Brice 6-0-6 RICE Nick Elder 4-3-7 Julius White 3-3-6 Cody Bauer 3-2-5
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD LATECH Tevin King 13 43 0 Marlon Seets 3 32 1 Blake Martin 5 30 0 Paul Harris 3 12 0 RICE Charles Ross 27 215 5 Jowan Davis 15 76 0 Luke Turner 9 76 1 Darik Dillard 11 60 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD LATECH Scotty Young 6-15-1 43 0 Ryan Higgins 9-15-1 138 1 RICE Taylor McHargue 13-23-0 167 1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LATECH Trent Taylor 3 20 0 S. Griffin 2 80 1 Blake Martin 2 14 0 Jon Greenwalt 2 13 0 RICE Turner Petersen 4 33 0 Dennis Parks 3 67 1 Jordan Taylor 3 40 0 Klein Kubiak 2 21 0
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2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 11 Rice Owls UAB Blazers
37 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 OT F OT 34 Rice Owls 10 7 7 7 6 - 37
Nov. 21, 2013 • Birmingham, Ala. • Legion Field
Luke Turner ran virtually untouched from one yard out to give Rice University football a 37-34 overtime win at UAB at Legion Field. The Owls piled up 328 yards on the ground but needed one extra drive to earn the team’s eighth win of the season against the Blazers. Charles Ross got the offense rolling in the first half, but left the game with an apparent injury after tallying 50 yards on 10 carries. Freshman Jowan Davis took over with the bulk of the carries in the second half and overtime and piled up a season-high 130 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries.
UAB Blazers
0 7 14 10 3 - 34
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 11:58 RICE 1:34 RICE 2nd 4:18 UAB 0:38 RICE 3rd 11:25 UAB 6:40 UAB 4th 7:20 RICE 3:37 UAB 0:37 UAB OT1 UAB RICE
Boswell 47 yd field goal Ross 14 yd run (Boswell kick) Reaves 1 yd rush (Long kick) Taylor 12 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Reaves 1 yd run (Long kick) Perry 14 yd run (Long kick) Davis 2 yd run (Boswell kick) Powell 20 yd run (Long kick) Long 24 yd field goal Long 43 yd field goal Turner 1 yd run
Rice chose to play defense first in overtime after winning the coin toss. The Owls’ defense then sacked UAB’s Jonathan Perry on first and third down, setting up the Blazers’ go-ahead 43-yard field goal. The Owls then took over and moved the ball quickly. Taylor McHargue completed a seven-yard pass to Connor Cella on the first play, then Davis pushed the pile 17 yards down to the 1-yard line. Following a penalty, Turner kept the ball on an option run into the end zone to send the Owls home with a win. The Owls (8-3, 6-1 C-USA) opened the game with a score as Chris Boswell put Rice on the board with a 47-yard field goal on the opening drive. Rice tacked onto its lead late in the first quarter after stopping the Blazers on fourth and short near midfield. Ross punctuated the 48-yard drive with a 14-yard touchdown run. UAB (2-9, 1-6) took advantage of a miscue in the second quarter, returning a fumble to the one-yard line before punching it in on the next play to pull within 10-7. Rice regained a double-figure cushion late in the half when McHargue took the Owls into the red zone on a 44-yard run and then found Jordan Taylor open for a 12-yard reception to give Rice a 17-7 lead at the break. UAB mounted its first real threat of the game early in the third quarter when the Blazers pulled within three on its opening possession of the second half and then took their first lead of the game later in the quarter, 21-17. Rice responded to take a 24-21 lead as Jeremy Eddington caught his first two passes of the season, including an 18-yard scoring pass, the first of his career. Davis then gave Rice a 10-point cushion as he rushed 54 yards on a 70-yard drive, including a two-yard touchdown run. That score put the Owls ahead, 31-21, with 7:20 to play. UAB would not go quietly, scoring a touchdown with 3:37 left to pull within three points. The Blazers then forced and recovered a fumble in Rice territory on the following possession, setting the home team up for a tying 24-yard field goal to send the teams to an extra period.
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FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS RICE UAB FIRST DOWNS 26 16 Rushing 17 8 Passing 7 8 Penalty 2 0 Rushing Attempts 61 37 Yds Gained Rushing 352 173 Yds Lost Rushing 24 48 NET YDS RUSHING 328 138 NET YDS PASSING 139 195 Comp-Att-Int 10-20-0 13-33-0 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 81-467 70-333 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-30 4-35 Punts-Avg 6-39.5 7-47.9 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 2-12-0 2-19-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 4-114-0 2-43-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 28.5 21.5 Possession Time 33:28 26:32 Third Down Conv 8-17 5-16 Fourth Down Conv 1-1 1-2 Red Zone Scores-Att 4-4 5-5 Sacks-Yds 4-30 3-15 Field Goals 1-2 2-2
LEADING TACKLERS RICE Michael Kutzler 6-1-7 Christian Covington 6-0-6 Paul Porras 4-1-5 UAB Chris Rabb 8-3-11 Jordan Petty 7-2-9 D.J. White 4-3-7
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD RICE Jowan Davis 19 130 1 Taylor McHargue 20 92 0 Charles Ross 10 50 1 Darik Dillard 7 37 0 UAB Jonathan Perry 16 60 1 Jordan Howard 10 41 0 Darrin Reaves 10 32 2 Austin Brown 1 5 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD RICE Taylor McHargue 10-19-0 139 2 Team 0-1-0 0 0 UAB Jonathan Perry 13-26-0 195 1 Austin Brown 0-7-0 0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD RICE Jordan Taylor 3 27 1 Jeremy Eddington 2 35 1 Connor Cella 2 14 0 Donte Moore 1 41 0 UAB Jamarcus Nelson 5 127 0 Darius Powell 2 27 1 Kennard Backman 2 13 0 Darrin Reaves 2 3 0
2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 12 Tulane Green Wave Rice Owls
Nov. 30, 2013 • Houston, Texas • Rice Stadium
13 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 17 Tulane Green Wave 3 0 7 3 - 13
Behind a dominating defensive effort and clutch performances from a long list of players, the Rice Owls captured their first Conference USA Western Division title and a berth in the conference championship game with a 17-13 win over Tulane at Rice Stadium on Saturday. On Senior Day, the departing class of players were introduced as if they were playing their last game at home, then proceeded to spend the better part of the following three hours doing everything in their power to earn one more home date.
Rice Owls
7 10 0 0 - 17
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 4:31 TULANE Santos 30 yd field goal 1:10 RICE Petersen 19 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) 2nd 12:34 RICE Davis 16 yd rush (Boswell kick) 0:07 RICE Boswell 36 yd field goal 3rd 2:41 TULANE Breaux 13 yd pass from Montana (Santos kick) 4th 10:14 TULANE Santos 32 yd field goal
They held the Green Wave without a first down until late in the third quarter and to just 26 yards rushing on 21 carries without benefit of a sack. They held Tulane quarterback Nick Montana to 97 yards passing, completing just 14 of 31 throws and Tulane’s leading receiver, Ryan Grant, to just a pair of catches for 45 yards. On offense, they fashioned 17 points in the first half and then came up with some clutch plays late to deny Tulane threatening field position when the game was in the balance. For the first time all year, the Owls did not open the scoring. Taylor McHargue fumbled on Rice’s third possession and the Green Wave set up shop at the Rice 18. Three plays netted just five yards and they settled for a 30-yard field goal by Cairo Santos to take a 3-0 lead. The Owls used a turnover to grab the lead moments later. Bryce Callahan forced a fumble by Rob Kelley and Cody Bauer recovered at the Tulane 19 and on the following play, McHargue hit Turner Petersen for a 19-yard touchdown pass. It was Petersen’s fourth TD catch of the year, the most touchdown receptions by an Owl running back since Trevor Cobb had four in 1992. On the Owls’ next series, Jowan Davis dashed 16 yards for a touchdown to extend the lead to 14-3 and Chris Boswell added a 36-yard field goal just before halftime to send the Owls to the locker room up 17-3. Rice held a staggering 232-10 yardage advantage in the first half in addition to a 15-0 advantage in first downs, but in the second half, the Green Wave began to find their footing. After a Charles Ross’ fumble set Tulane up at the Rice 27, Montana needed just three plays to find Devon Breaux in the end zone to cut the lead to 17-10. Early in the fourth, Tulane put together its most impressive drive of the night, marching accumulating almost half its final yardage total in a 61-yard march that ended in a second Santos’ field goal.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS TLN RICE FIRST DOWNS 6 21 Rushing 2 9 Passing 4 11 Penalty 0 1 Rushing Attempts 21 55 Yds Gained Rushing 39 198 Yds Lost Rushing 13 48 NET YDS RUSHING 26 124 NET YDS PASSING 97 180 Comp-Att-Int 14-31-0 14-28-0 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 52-123 83-304 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 5-40 5-31 Punts-Avg 8-40.9 6-43.5 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 2-21-0 1--7-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-22-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 20:09 39:51 Third Down Conv 1 of 14 8 of 20 Fourth Down Conv 1 of 2 1 of 1 Red Zone Scores-Att 3-3 3-5 Sacks-Yds 7-42 0-0 Field Goals 2-2 1-3
But the Rice defense stiffened and in Tulane’s final two possessions of the game, they lost four yards on seven plays. Its last possession began at the Green Wave three after James Farrimond’s sixth punt pinned them deep.
LEADING TACKLERS TLN Nico Marley 7-3-10 Darion Monroe 3-7-10 Julius Warmsley 3-6-9
Rice’s offense was blanked in the second half, but McHargue converted several key throws down the stretch on third down to thwart Tulane’s comeback hopes. He hit Donte Moore for 10 yards on a third and seven with eight minutes left and he found Dennis Parks for 18 yards on third and 11 with four minutes left.
RICE Malcolm Hill 3-2-5 James Radcliffe 3-1-4 Bryce Callahan 3-1-4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD TLN Orleans Darkwa 14 26 0 Dante Butler 1 2 0 Nick Montana 3 0 0 Rob Kelley 3 -2 0 RICE Charles Ross 15 80 0 Jowan Davis 15 57 1 Turner Petersen 1 10 0 Darik Dillard 4 5 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD TLN Nick Montana 14-31-0 97 1 RICE Taylor McHargue 14-28-0 180 1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD TLN Kedrick Banks 3 4 0 Ryan Grant 2 45 0 Dante Butler 2 7 0 Josh Rounds 2 6 0 RICE Dennis Parks 5 75 0 Donte Moore 4 42 0 Jordan Taylor 2 23 0 Turner Petersen 1 19 1
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2013 SEASON RECAPS - GAME 13 Marshall Thundering Herd Rice Owls
Dec. 7, 2013 • Houston, Texas • Rice Stadium
24 SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F 41 Marshall Thundering Herd 0 10 0 14 - 24
Rice University football started and finished strong to capture its first-ever Conference USA championship with a 41-24 win over Marshall on Saturday at Rice Stadium. With the win, the Owls earned a bid to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis on Dec. 31. Charles Ross rushed for 109 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while Jordan Taylor caught six passes for 131 yards and a score. Most Valuable Player Luke Turner tossed two touchdown passes (on two attempts) and ran for 49 yards on nine carries. Taylor McHargue passed for 196 yards, including a touchdown, to add to his 34 rushing yards.
Rice Owls
14 7 13 7 - 41
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 10:15 RICE 8:05 RICE 2nd 12:21 MAR 11:29 RICE 9:18 MAR 3rd 5:34 RICE 0:24 RICE 4th 11:02 MAR 8:09 RICE 5:35 MAR
Moore 35 yd pass from Turner (Boswell kick) Taylor 75 yd pass from McHargue (Boswell kick) Haig 27 yd field goal Ross 4 yd run (Boswell kick) Johnson 1 yd run (Haig kick) DIllard 17 yd run (PAT failed) Cella 8 yd pass from Turner (Boswell kick) Taliaferro 7 yd pass from Cato (Haig kick) Ross 16 yd run (Boswell kick) Smith 3 yd pass from Cato (Haig Kick)
Michael Kutzler led the defense with seven tackles, while Julius White secured an interception to help the cause. The Owls (10-3) piled up 487 yards on offense while holding the Thundering Herd’s (9-4) 371 yards. Rice started strong with touchdowns on its first two possessions of the game. On the opening drive, Turner took a handoff and completed a 35-yard pass to Donte Moore. The Owls then tacked on a 75-yard scoring play as McHargue found Taylor open for a pass. The Herd responded with a field goal early in the second quarter before Ross bulled his way into the endzone to put Rice in front, by 18 points. Marshall reached paydirt for the first time on the day to cut its deficit to 21-10 at the intermission. The Owls tacked on a pair of scores in the third quarter on a 17-yard jaunt by Darik Dillard and another Turner pass, this time to freshman Connor Cella, putting the home team in front, 34-10. Marshall opened the fourth quarter with a score to pull back within 17 points, but Ross put the game back out of reach with a 16-yard score. The Herd closed out the game’s scoring with a touchdown pass with 5:35 remaining to provide the final margin.
FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS MARSHALL RICE FIRST DOWNS 23 23 Rushing 8 14 Passing 13 7 Penalty 2 2 Rushing Attempts 37 48 Yds Gained Rushing 127 254 Yds Lost Rushing 21 48 NET YDS RUSHING 106 248 NET YDS PASSING 265 239 Comp-Att-Int 24-41-1 10-18-0 TOTAL PLAYS-YDS 78-371 66-487 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-40 9-81 Punts-Avg 6-43.8 6-47.3 Punt Ret-Yds-TD 2-12-0 1-15-0 KO Ret-Yds-TD 5-118-0 3-76-0 INT Ret-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 Possession Time 27:40 32:20 Third Down Conv 7-17 8-14 Fourth Down Conv 1-2 0-0 Red Zone Scores-Att 4-4 4-4 Sacks-Yds 0-0 3-20 Field Goals 1-1 0-0 LEADING TACKLERS MARSHALL Evan McKelvey 7-3-10 Neville Hewitt 7-1-8 B. Sparrow 5-1-6 RICE Michael Kutzler 5-2-7 Paul Porras 5-1-6 Jaylon Finner 5-0-5
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING ATT YDS TD MARSHALL E. Taliaferro 17 53 0 Rakeem Cato 9 25 0 Steward Butler 3 11 0 Remi Watson 4 10 0 RICE Charles Ross 18 109 2 Darik Dillard 10 53 1 Luke Turner 9 49 0 Taylor McHargue 7 34 0 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD MARSHALL Rakeem Cato 24-41-1 265 2 RICE Taylor McHargue 8-16-0 196 1 Luke Turner 2-2-0 43 2 RECEIVING REC YDS TD MARSHALL Tommy Shuler 8 78 0 Gator Hoskins 6 99 0 Craig Wilkins 4 52 0 Devon Smith 3 24 1 RICE Jordan Taylor 6 131 1 Dennis Parks 1 37 0 Donte Moore 1 35 1 Darrion Pollard 1 28 0