Rice University
3-5 , 2-2
North Texas
2-6 , 1-3
North Texas Edges Rice in Overtime
10/30/2021 7:04:00 PM | Football
Owls fall in 101st Homecoming
The Details: Jake Constantine, who came on in relief of injured started Wiley Green, threw for 242 yards and a pair of touchdowns. His 12-yard scoring strike to Cedric Patterson III capped an 89-yard drive in the final two minutes to send the game to overtime, only to see North Texas hand the Owls their fourth consecutive loss in overtime, two of them at the hands of the Mean Green at Rice Stadium. North Texas opened the scoring a field goal at the end of a lengthy opening drive that ate up nearly six minutes of the first quarter Rice's hopes to answer on its first possession were marred by an injury to Green when he was sacked and was taken from the field on a medical cart. Constantine led the Owls on a lengthy drive of their own to field goal that ate up most of the second quarter, but North Texas struck back with a late touchdown to take a 10-3 lead at the half. He threw for 210 yards in a second half as the Owls found their offensive footing, but could never wrest the lead away from North Texas. Jake Bailey set career highs with 10 receptions for 143 yards and a touchdown, the most memorable being a 36-yard connection from a scrambling Constantine on fourth and 10 from the Owls' 11-yard line.
Up Next: Rice will wrap up a slate of four consecutive Homecoming games next Saturday when they travel to Charlotte, North Carolina to take on the 49ers at 1:30 p.m. Central.
Notes:
- Rice fell to 3-5 on the season and 2-2 in Conference USA.
- Rice played its first overtime game since last year's season-opener against Middle Tennessee.
- The Owls are now 6-8 all-time in overtime games.
- 12 of the 14 overtime games have come in conference.
- The Owls have lost their last four overtimes games.
- Rice set season-longs with its 19-play, 12:07 scoring drive that resulted in a field goal in the second quarter.
- Rice's 89-yard scoring drive to tie the game in the fourth quarter was a season-long.
- The Owls were a perfect 4-for-4 on fourth down attempts and have converted their last nine attempts.
Individual
- RB Ari Broussard and OL Derek Ferraro made their first career starts.
- LB Kenny Seymour, Jr. and OL Mike Leone saw their first career action.
- RB Jordan Myers' ran 11 times for 32 yards and a touchdown. It was his seventh rushing touchdown of the season and the ninth and of his career.
- Myers also caught three passes for a career-high 88 yards, including a a season-long 58 yard reception in the third quarter.
- WR Jake Bailey set career-highs with 10 receptions for 143 yards and a touchdown. It was his first career 100-yard receiving game and the most for an Owl this year.
- DL Elijah Garcia led the Owls with a season-high nine tackles.
- DL Ikenna Enechukwu tied a career-high with seven tackles.
Team Stats
UNT 3, RICE 0
UNT - Mooney,Ethan 35 yd field goal 16 plays, 55 yards, TOP 5:57
UNT 3, RICE 3
RICE - VANSICKLE, C. 30 yd field goal 19 plays, 68 yards, TOP 12:07
UNT 10, RICE 3
UNT - Torrey,DeAndre 1 yd run (Mooney,Ethan kick), 9 plays, 78 yards, TOP 1:52
UNT 10, RICE 10
RICE - MYERS, Jordan 1 yd run (VANSICKLE, C. kick), 7 plays, 38 yards, TOP 3:21
UNT 17, RICE 10
UNT - Adeyi,Ayo 5 yd run (Mooney,Ethan kick), 7 plays, 58 yards, TOP 2:40
UNT 17, RICE 17
RICE - BAILEY, Jake 17 yd pass from Constantine, J. (VANSICKLE, C. kick) 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP 7:08
UNT 24, RICE 17
UNT - Johnson,Isaiah 6 yd run (Mooney,Ethan kick), 9 plays, 66 yards, TOP 4:28
UNT 24, RICE 24
RICE - PATTERSON, C. 12 yd pass from Constantine, J. (VANSICKLE, C. kick) 12 plays, 89 yards, TOP 1:42
UNT 30, RICE 24
UNT - Adeyi,Ayo 1 yd run (), 7 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:00
