Rice University
0-3
Texas
2-1
Rice Falls to Texas
9/18/2021 10:31:00 PM | Football
Texas racked up 620 yards of offense and scored on eight of its nine possessions as Rice fell to the Longhorns, 58-0, Saturday night at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium.
The Story
Texas opened the scoring on its first possession, driving 69 yards for a six-yard touchdown run. After Rice went three-and-out, Gabe Taylor picked off UT quarterback Casey Thompson on the first play. Rice then drove down to the UT seven-yard line, but Collin Riccitelli missed a 30-yard field goal. Just three plays later, the Longhorns scored on a Roschon Johnson 72-yard run. On its next possession, Rice was forced to punt. But, Charlie Mendes' attempt was blocked and the ball went out the back of the end zone for a safety. The Longhorns opened the second quarter going 65 yards in just six plays, scoring on a seven-yard run. Rice couldn't get anything going, as it was forced to turn to third-string quarterback Jake Constantine after both Luke McCaffrey and Wiley Green left the game. Texas then scored on its final three possessions of the half as Rice went into the break trailing 44-0. Rice was held to just four possessions in the second half, gaining 284 yards of offense for the game.
Postgame Notes
Team
- Rice dropped to 0-3 on the season.
- This was the 96th meeting between Rice and Texas. Texas leads the series, 74-21-1, including 44-8 in Austin.
- Rice won the toss and deferred to the second half.
- Rice was shut out for the first time since Oct. 13, 2018 against UAB and the first time on the road since Oct. 28, 2000 at TCU.
- The 44 points allowed in the first half are the most since allowing 59 at Houston on Nov. 28, 2009.
Individual
- LB Terreance Ellis saw his first career action.
- QB Jake Constantine saw his first action at Rice.
- Constantine was 12-of-15 for 80 yards.
- RB Khalan Griffin ran seven times for 52 yards.
- Griffin's 31-yard run in the first quarter was a career-long.
- It was also the team's longest run of the season.
- DT Elijah Garcia and S Naeem Smith led the Owls with eight tackles.
- S Gabe Taylor set a career-high with seven tackles.
- Taylor recorded his first career interception in the first quarter.
- TE Jack Bradley caught a career-high three passes for 25 yards.
Team Stats
RICE 0, UT 7
UT - Robinson,Bijan 6 yd run (Dicker,Cameron kick), 9 plays, 69 yards, TOP 4:39
RICE 0, UT 14
UT - Johnson,Roschon 72 yd run (Dicker,Cameron kick), 3 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:23
RICE 0, UT 16
UT - TEAM -72 yd safety
RICE 0, UT 23
UT - Robinson,Bijan 7 yd run (Dicker,Cameron kick), 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 0:00
RICE 0, UT 30
UT - Robinson,Bijan 62 yd run (Dicker,Cameron kick), 5 plays, 89 yards, TOP 2:14
RICE 0, UT 37
UT - Wiley,Jared 20 yd pass from Thompson,Casey (Dicker,Cameron kick) 5 plays, 62 yards, TOP 1:16
RICE 0, UT 44
UT - Worthy,Xavier 13 yd pass from Thompson,Casey (Auburn,Bert kick) 5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 1:16
RICE 0, UT 51
UT - Robinson,Keilan 65 yd run (Auburn,Bert kick), 3 plays, 90 yards, TOP 1:13
RICE 0, UT 58
UT - Brooks,Jonathon 17 yd run (Auburn,Bert kick), 13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 6:06
