FINAL SCORE
Rice Owls at Houston Cougars game details
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 8:00 PM ET
Robertson Stadium
Put the final score in perspective.
Houston finished 39 points ahead. The teams combined for 107 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Rice 20, Houston 38. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Houston outscored its opponent in 3 and Rice in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 18 | 26 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-18 | 6-13 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Total Yards | 475 | 656 |
| Passing | 121 | 536 |
| Comp/Att | 7/19 | 24/40 |
| Yards per pass | 6.1 | 13.4 |
| Rushing | 359 | 122 |
| Rushing Attempts | 60 | 26 |
| Yards per rush | 6.0 | 4.7 |
| Penalties | 6-49 | 1-10 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 21:35 | 13:25 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Rice Owls
passing
| Nick Fanuzzi | 3/9 | 81 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 9.2 |
| Taylor McHargue | 3/8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 |
| Turner Petersen | 1/2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 90.9 |
rushing
| Tyler Smith | 13 | 170 | 13.1 | 2 | 97 |
| Turner Petersen | 23 | 140 | 6.1 | 0 | 24 |
| Andre Gautreaux | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Jeremy Eddington | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 20 |
| Nick Fanuzzi | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 8 |
| Mario Hull | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor McHargue | 8 | -14 | -1.8 | 0 | 10 |
receiving
| Tyler Smith | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 1 | 67 |
| Vance McDonald | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 22 |
| Taylor Cook | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Jeremy Eddington | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Mario Hull | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Tanner Shuck | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Mario Hull | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Chris Boswell | 2/3 | 66.7 | 51 | 4/4 | 10 |
punting
| Kyle Martens | 8 | 336 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Houston Cougars
passing
| Case Keenum | 24/37 | 534 | 14.4 | 9 | 1 | 80.0 |
| Cotton Turner | 0/3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
rushing
| Michael Hayes | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 0 | 27 |
| Charles Sims | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 0 | 19 |
| Braxton Welford | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cotton Turner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Case Keenum | 4 | -15 | -3.8 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Patrick Edwards | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 5 | 64 |
| Tyron Carrier | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 1 | 21 |
| Charles Sims | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 2 | 41 |
| Justin Johnson | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Michael Hayes | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
kickReturns
| Tyron Carrier | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 100 | 1 |
| Kent Brooks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Austin Lunsford | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Damian Payne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Patrick Edwards | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Matt Hogan | 1/1 | 100.0 | 33 | 10/10 | 13 |
punting
| Richie Leone | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 14:45 | HOUSTON kickoff return for a touchdown. | 0 – 6 |
| 1 | 14:45 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 10:35 | RICE 51 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 – 7 |
| 1 | 9:37 | RICE rush for a touchdown. | 9 – 7 |
| 1 | 9:37 | RICE Extra point GOOD. | 10 – 7 |
| 1 | 0:14 | HOUSTON fumbled. | 16 – 7 |
| 1 | 0:14 | RICE Extra point GOOD. | 17 – 7 |
| 1 | 0:00 | HOUSTON pass complete for a touchdown. | 17 – 13 |
| 1 | 0:00 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 17 – 14 |
| 2 | 11:20 | RICE 40 yard field goal GOOD. | 20 – 14 |
| 2 | 10:00 | HOUSTON 33 yard field goal GOOD. | 20 – 17 |
| 2 | 6:28 | HOUSTON pass complete for a touchdown. | 20 – 23 |
| 2 | 6:28 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 20 – 24 |
| 2 | 3:49 | HOUSTON pass complete for a touchdown. | 20 – 30 |
| 2 | 3:49 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 20 – 31 |
| 2 | 0:26 | HOUSTON pass complete for a touchdown. | 20 – 37 |
| 2 | 0:26 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 20 – 38 |
| 3 | 11:35 | HOUSTON pass complete for a touchdown. | 20 – 44 |
| 3 | 11:35 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 20 – 45 |
| 3 | 8:20 | HOUSTON pass complete for a touchdown. | 20 – 51 |
| 3 | 8:20 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 20 – 52 |
| 3 | 7:23 | RICE pass complete for a touchdown. | 26 – 52 |
| 3 | 7:23 | RICE Extra point GOOD. | 27 – 52 |
| 3 | 6:03 | HOUSTON pass complete for a touchdown. | 27 – 58 |
| 3 | 6:03 | HOUSTON Extra point GOOD. | 27 – 59 |
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