FINAL SCORE
Rice Owls at Northwestern Wildcats game details
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM ET
Ryan Field (1926)
Put the final score in perspective.
Northwestern finished 22 points ahead. The teams combined for 34 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Rice 0, Northwestern 21. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Northwestern outscored its opponent in 3 and Rice in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
 Northwestern | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 13 | 22 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 4-13 | 7-15 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 254 | 533 |
| Passing | 135 | 404 |
| Comp/Att | 14/26 | 27/34 |
| Yards per pass | 5.2 | 11.7 |
| Rushing | 119 | 136 |
| Rushing Attempts | 30 | 39 |
| Yards per rush | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Penalties | 2-5 | 3-30 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
| Possession | 16:12 | 20:28 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Rice Owls
passing
| Nick Fanuzzi | 13/25 | 92 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 | 17.9 |
| Jordan Taylor | 1/1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
rushing
| Tyler Smith | 21 | 84 | 4.0 | 1 | 16 |
| Turner Petersen | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 |
| Nick Fanuzzi | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Jeremy Eddington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Andre Gautreaux | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 43 |
| Tyler Smith | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Randy Kitchens | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Vance McDonald | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jordan Taylor | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Donte Moore | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Turner Petersen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Taylor Cook | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Andre Gautreaux | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Brent Hotard | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Mario Hull | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Chris Boswell | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
punting
| Kyle Martens | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Northwestern Wildcats
passing
| Dan Persa | 25/32 | 372 | 11.6 | 4 | 2 | 84.9 |
| Kain Colter | 1/1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.6 |
| Trevor Siemian | 1/1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 99.9 |
rushing
| Kain Colter | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Adonis Smith | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 10 |
| Jacob Schmidt | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Tyris Jones | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Treyvon Green | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Venric Mark | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dan Persa | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Alex Daniel | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Jeremy Ebert | 7 | 208 | 29.7 | 2 | 90 |
| Demetrius Fields | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 1 | 50 |
| Drake Dunsmore | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 0 | 20 |
| Kain Colter | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | 7 |
| Jacob Schmidt | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Mike Jensen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Christian Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Treyvon Green | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Charles Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Tyler Scott | 1 | 1 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Venric Mark | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jeremy Ebert | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Venric Mark | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Jeff Budzien | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
punting
| Brandon Williams | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 4:15 | NORTHWESTERN pass complete for a touchdown. | 0 – 0 |
| 1 | 4:15 | NORTHWESTERN Extra point GOOD. | 0 – 7 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 11, 8:13 AM UTCData methodology