Saturday, October 6
Houston, TX
6:00 p.m. CT
Rice University
1-5 , 0-2
3
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20
UTSA
3-3 , 2-0
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
UTSA
3
10
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7
20
Rice
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3
Photo by: Maria Lysaker - Rice Athletics
Owls Fall to UTSA
10/6/2018 10:48:00 PM | Football
The Lead: An opportunistic UTSA team converted three turnovers into 17 points to thwart Rice's best defensive effort in nearly five years to post a 20-3 win over Rice at Rice Stadium on Saturday night. The loss dropped the Owls to 1-5 on the year and 0-2 in Conference USA.
For the Defense: Rice held UTSA to 178 yards on night and only 101 over the final three quarters. It was the lowest total by an Owl defense since they limited Tulane to just 123 in 2013 and was the second-lowest total by a C-USA team this year (UTEP was held to 134 yards at Tennessee on September 15). After throwing for 187 yards last week vs. UTEP, the Roadrunners were held to just 43 yards through the air, the fewest yards passing allowed by the Owls since they joined C-USA in 2005. Junior co-captain Zach Abercrumbia was credited with a career-best nine tackles, including a pair for loss and a pair of quarterback hurries. Justin Bickham matched his career-high with three pass breakups, part of seven on the night for the Owls.
The Specialist: Jack Fox averaged 45.8 on six punts, placing four of six inside the 20. Three of those four were downed inside the 10, increasing his season total of 10 punts inside the opponents 10. He also added his first career pass completion, combining with Jordan Myers with a 17-yard catch and run to convert a fourth down for the Owls.
Milestones: With his 70 yards receiving (on a career-high eight receptions) Austin Walter joined 2018 College Football Hall of Famer Trevor Cobb as the only Owls to have at least 1,500 yards rushing, 500 yards receiving and 1,000 yards in kickoff returns. Walter compiled 116 all-purpose yards and has 1,161 yards this year, surpassing his previous season high of 1,079 as a freshman in 2015. Haden Tobola's 28-yard field goal in the third quarter was the 20th of his career, which ranks 8th at Rice.
The Next One: Rice returns to action next Saturday when they host UAB, who picked up a 28-7 win at LA Tech on Saturday to improve to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in C-USA.
For the Defense: Rice held UTSA to 178 yards on night and only 101 over the final three quarters. It was the lowest total by an Owl defense since they limited Tulane to just 123 in 2013 and was the second-lowest total by a C-USA team this year (UTEP was held to 134 yards at Tennessee on September 15). After throwing for 187 yards last week vs. UTEP, the Roadrunners were held to just 43 yards through the air, the fewest yards passing allowed by the Owls since they joined C-USA in 2005. Junior co-captain Zach Abercrumbia was credited with a career-best nine tackles, including a pair for loss and a pair of quarterback hurries. Justin Bickham matched his career-high with three pass breakups, part of seven on the night for the Owls.
The Specialist: Jack Fox averaged 45.8 on six punts, placing four of six inside the 20. Three of those four were downed inside the 10, increasing his season total of 10 punts inside the opponents 10. He also added his first career pass completion, combining with Jordan Myers with a 17-yard catch and run to convert a fourth down for the Owls.
Milestones: With his 70 yards receiving (on a career-high eight receptions) Austin Walter joined 2018 College Football Hall of Famer Trevor Cobb as the only Owls to have at least 1,500 yards rushing, 500 yards receiving and 1,000 yards in kickoff returns. Walter compiled 116 all-purpose yards and has 1,161 yards this year, surpassing his previous season high of 1,079 as a freshman in 2015. Haden Tobola's 28-yard field goal in the third quarter was the 20th of his career, which ranks 8th at Rice.
The Next One: Rice returns to action next Saturday when they host UAB, who picked up a 28-7 win at LA Tech on Saturday to improve to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in C-USA.
Team Stats
UTSA
RICE
Total Yards
178
222
Pass Yards
43
175
Rushing Yards
135
47
Penalty Yards
55
20
1st Downs
11
11
3rd Downs
5
2
4th Downs
1
3
TOP
29:14
30:46
1st Quarter
UTSA 3, RICE 0
UTSA - SACKETT, Jared 44 yd field goal 14 plays, 72 yards, TOP 5:47
2nd Quarter
UTSA 10, RICE 0
UTSA - DANIELS, B.J. 3 yd run (SACKETT, Jared kick), 1 plays, 3 yards, TOP 0:05
UTSA 13, RICE 0
UTSA - SACKETT, Jared 40 yd field goal 4 plays, -9 yards, TOP 0:57
3rd Quarter
UTSA 13, RICE 3
RICE - TOBOLA, Haden 28 yd field goal 12 plays, 65 yards, TOP 6:32
4th Quarter
UTSA 20, RICE 3
UTSA - RHODES, Jalen 1 yd run (SACKETT, Jared kick), 5 plays, 32 yards, TOP 2:49
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