Rice University
5-6 , 3-4
UTSA
9-2 , 7-0
UTSA Downs Rice on Senior Day
11/19/2022 6:01:00 PM | Football
Regular season ends next Saturday at North Texas
Details: UTSA opened the scoring on a 63-yard run by quarterback Frank Harris and then turned a pair of Owls miscues into a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Rice quarterback Wiley Green, who was making his first start and return to action after suffering an injury in the season-opener at USC, was injured on the second series of the game and did not return to action. Freshmen Shawqi Itraish and AJ Padgett came on in relief of Green, but the Roadrunner defense held the Owls in check until Padgett found Bradley Rozner for a 43-yard touchdown in the third quarter. The touchdown pass was the first of Padgett's career. Josh Pearcy led the Owls' defense with six tackles, including one tackle for loss while cornerback Tre'shon Devones was credited with five tackles in his first start since 2020. The loss dropped Rice to 5-6 overall and 3-4 in conference play on the season while league-leading UTSA improved to 9-2/7-0.
Notes
Team
- This was the 10th meeting between Rice and UTSA.
- UTSA is now 7-3 all-time in the series.
- This was the final home game for Rice as a member of Conference USA.
- Saturday's game time temperature (45 degrees) matched last year's season-low vs. Louisiana Tech on Senior Day (11/21/21) as the coldest Rice Stadium kickoff temperature since the 2013 C-USA Championship game versus Marshall (12/7/13) when it was 37 degrees at kickoff.
Individual
- QB Wiley Green made the start, his first since the season opener at USC on Sept. 3, and the 15th of his career.
- WR Tyson Thompson's 20-yd kickoff return in the first quarter was the first of his career.
- DB George Nyakwol forced his second fumble of the season.
- LB Chris Conti had the first fumble recovery of his career.
- LB Myron Morrison recorded his second interception of the season
- TE Boden Groen's 16-yd reception in the second quarter was the longest of his career. It was the first multi-catch game of his career as well.
- TE Jack Bradley recorded a career-long 31-yd reception in the third quarter.
- QB AJ Padgett (7-of-18, 110 yds, 1 TD) made his Rice debut in the third quarter, throwing his first career TD pass (43 yds) to Bradley Rozner in the fourth quarter.
- WR Bradley Rozner caught his ninth TD of the season, tying Kenneth Roy (1976) for the fifth-most TD receptions in a single season in Rice history. It was also his 14th career TD reception, which moved him into sole possession of eighth place in program history. He surpassed 1,600 career receiving yards, which currently ranks eighth in Rice history.
- WR Peyton Stevenson collected his first career reception.
Team Stats
TSA 7, RIC 0
TSA - Harris,Frank 63 yd run (Sackett,Jared kick), 3 plays, 70 yards, TOP 01:16
TSA 14, RIC 0
TSA - Harris,Frank 15 yd run (Sackett,Jared kick), 1 plays, 15 yards, TOP 00:06
TSA 21, RIC 0
TSA - Franklin,Zakhari 5 yd pass from Harris,Frank (Sackett,Jared kick) 7 plays, 44 yards, TOP 03:11
TSA 28, RIC 0
TSA - Cardenas,Oscar 16 yd pass from Harris,Frank (Sackett,Jared kick) 6 plays, 72 yards, TOP 02:30
TSA 31, RIC 0
TSA - Sackett,Jared 30 yd field goal 4 plays, -2 yards, TOP 01:29
TSA 38, RIC 0
TSA - Harris,Frank 16 yd run (Sackett,Jared kick), 4 plays, 53 yards, TOP 01:21
TSA 41, RIC 0
TSA - Sackett,Jared 36 yd field goal 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 02:28
TSA 41, RIC 7
RIC - Rozner,Bradley 43 yd pass from Padgett,AJ (VanSickle,Christian kick) 8 plays, 76 yards, TOP 03:38
