FINAL SCORE
Rice Owls at Kansas Jayhawks game details
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 3:30 PM ET
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium · Attendance 44,683
Put the final score in perspective.
Rice finished 1 points ahead. The teams combined for 49 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Rice 13, Kansas 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Kansas outscored its opponent in 2 and Rice in 2. 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 | 25 | 22 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-15 | 3-10 |
| 4th down efficiency | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 403 | 339 |
| Passing | 236 | 144 |
| Comp/Att | 23/35 | 16/28 |
| Yards per pass | 6.7 | 5.1 |
| Rushing | 167 | 195 |
| Rushing Attempts | 41 | 36 |
| Yards per rush | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| Penalties | 6-49 | 5-28 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
| Possession | 31:48 | 28:07 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Rice Owls
passing
| Taylor McHargue | 23/35 | 236 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 41.5 |
rushing
| Charles Ross | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 1 | 21 |
| Turner Petersen | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 1 | 14 |
| Taylor McHargue | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Sam McGuffie | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
receiving
| Jordan Taylor | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 0 | 29 |
| Vance McDonald | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | 38 |
| Taylor Cook | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Sam McGuffie | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Turner Petersen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Donte Moore | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Lovett Gibson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Andre Gautreaux | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Charles Ross | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Sam McGuffie | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Donte Moore | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Sam McGuffie | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Chris Boswell | 4/4 | 100.0 | 47 | 1/1 | 13 |
punting
| Andre Gautreaux | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Taylor Cook | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Kansas Jayhawks
passing
| Dayne Crist | 16/28 | 144 | 5.1 | 1 | 2 | 35.1 |
rushing
| Tony Pierson | 19 | 120 | 6.3 | 0 | 28 |
| Taylor Cox | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 1 | 21 |
| Schyler Miles | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dayne Crist | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Daymond Patterson | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | 14 |
| Jimmay Mundine | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | 23 |
| Kale Pick | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 12 |
| D.J. Beshears | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Mike Ragone | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Brandon Bourbon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
interceptions
| Greg Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| D.J. Beshears | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Daymond Patterson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
kicking
| Ron Doherty | 1/3 | 33.3 | 29 | 3/3 | 6 |
punting
| Ron Doherty | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 11:42 | RICE 47 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 5:48 | KANSAS 29 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 – 3 |
| 1 | 5:30 | KANSAS pass complete for a touchdown. | 3 – 9 |
| 1 | 5:30 | KANSAS Extra point GOOD. | 3 – 10 |
| 2 | 8:01 | RICE rush for a touchdown. | 9 – 10 |
| 2 | 8:01 | RICE Extra point GOOD. | 10 – 10 |
| 2 | 3:32 | KANSAS rush for a touchdown. | 10 – 16 |
| 2 | 3:32 | KANSAS Extra point GOOD. | 10 – 17 |
| 2 | 0:21 | RICE 29 yard field goal GOOD. | 13 – 17 |
| 3 | 11:47 | KANSAS rush for a touchdown. | 13 – 23 |
| 3 | 11:47 | KANSAS Extra point GOOD. | 13 – 24 |
| 3 | 0:44 | RICE 29 yard field goal GOOD. | 16 – 24 |
| 4 | 4:47 | RICE rush for a touchdown. | 22 – 24 |
| 4 | 0:00 | RICE 45 yard field goal GOOD. | 25 – 24 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 11, 12:59 AM UTCData methodology