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Rice University
1-7 , 1-3
Marshall
1-7 , 1-3
Rice Falls Short at Marshall, 34-21
10/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 27, 2007
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Marshall quarterback Bernard Morris ran for 120 yards and two touchdowns to lead Marshall to a 34-21 win over Rice on Saturday night.
Marshall (1-7, 1-3 Conference USA) snapped an eight-game losing streak dating to last season.
The two teams combined for 909 yards of offense. Marshall, which had been held under 100 yards rushing as a team four times this season, ran for a season-high 254 yards.
Morris completed 15-of-33 passes for 227 yards but was most effective with his feet.
He became the Thundering Herd's first 100-yard rusher this season, scoring on a 9-yard run in the second quarter and adding a dazzling 26-yard TD run for a 24-0 lead in the third quarter.
Chase Clement threw two TD passes and he scored on a 20-yard run, all in the second half, for Rice (1-7, 1-3)
Marshall closed the scoring on Kelvin Turner's second TD run, an 8-yarder with 1:23 left in the game.
Clement ran 11 times for 76 yards and completed 29-of-48 passes for 281 yards.
Rice's James Casey had seven catches for 101 yards and Jarett Dillard had seven catches for 99 yards.
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Team Stats
RICE 0, MARSHALL 7
MARSHALL - MORRIS, Bernard 9 yd run (BINSWANGER, Ant kick), 14 plays, 96 yards, TOP 6:52
RICE 0, MARSHALL 14
MARSHALL - TURNER, Kelvin 2 yd run (BINSWANGER, Ant kick), 15 plays, 80 yards, TOP 6:18
RICE 0, MARSHALL 17
MARSHALL - BINSWANGER, Ant 42 yd field goal 11 plays, 66 yards, TOP 1:22
RICE 0, MARSHALL 24
MARSHALL - MORRIS, Bernard 26 yd run (BINSWANGER, Ant kick), 4 plays, 55 yards, TOP 1:02
RICE 7, MARSHALL 24
RICE - CLEMENT, Chase 20 yd run (FANGMEIER, C. kick), 5 plays, 58 yards, TOP 1:47
RICE 7, MARSHALL 27
MARSHALL - BINSWANGER, Ant 22 yd field goal 8 plays, 57 yards, TOP 3:18
RICE 14, MARSHALL 27
RICE - CASEY, James 11 yd pass from CLEMENT, Chase (FANGMEIER, C. kick) 6 plays, 61 yards, TOP 1:09
RICE 21, MARSHALL 27
RICE - DIXON, Toren 2 yd pass from CLEMENT, Chase (FANGMEIER, C. kick) 8 plays, 69 yards, TOP 1:59
RICE 21, MARSHALL 34
MARSHALL - TURNER, Kelvin 8 yd run (BINSWANGER, Ant kick), 6 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:49
