Rice 37, Texas-El Paso 30
Associated Press
HOUSTON - TJ McMahon threw for a career-high 334 yards, including a go-ahead 23-yard touchdown to Bradley Rozner with 25 seconds left, and Rice edged UTEP 37-30.
Rice (5-4, 3-2 Conference USA) reached five wins in a season for the first time since 2015.
UTEP backup QB Calvin Brownholtz ran for a 25-yard score to tie the game at 27-all with 11:17 left in the fourth quarter. The teams traded field goals with UTEP tying it with 2:35 left.
Rice used back-to-back 13-yard plays to get to midfield and McMahon later found Rozner in the corner of the end zone for their sixth connection of the game.
McMahon was 21 of 31 with two touchdowns and one interception, and Rozner had 142 receiving yards and a score. Christian VanSickle made field goals of 43, 21 and 38.
Brownholtz was 7-of-10 passing for 56 yards and he carried it eight times for 64 yards for UTEP (4-6, 2-4). Gavin Baechle also made three field goals, with a long of 51.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
UTEP | Rice |
| UTEP |
TD |
11:41 |
Deion Hankins 2 yard TD run (Gavin Baechle Extra Point) |
7 |
0 |
| Rice |
FG |
5:49 |
Christian VanSickle 43 yard field goal |
7 |
3 |
| Rice |
TD |
0:33 |
Uriah West 1 yard TD run (Christian VanSickle Extra Point) |
7 |
10 |
| Second Quarter |
UTEP | Rice |
| UTEP |
FG |
12:06 |
Gavin Baechle 46 yard field goal |
10 |
10 |
| Rice |
TD |
10:26 |
TJ McMahon 2 yard TD run (Christian VanSickle Extra Point) |
10 |
17 |
| UTEP |
TD |
3:04 |
James Tupou 7 yard TD pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle Extra Point) |
17 |
17 |
| Rice |
FG |
0:16 |
Christian VanSickle 21 yard field goal |
17 |
20 |
| Third Quarter |
UTEP | Rice |
| UTEP |
FG |
3:55 |
Gavin Baechle 51 yard field goal |
20 |
20 |
| Rice |
TD |
1:23 |
Jack Bradley 27 yard TD pass from TJ McMahon (Christian VanSickle Extra Point) |
20 |
27 |
| Fourth Quarter |
UTEP | Rice |
| UTEP |
TD |
11:17 |
Calvin Brownholtz 25 yard TD run (Gavin Baechle Extra Point) |
27 |
27 |
| Rice |
FG |
6:52 |
Christian VanSickle 38 yard field goal |
27 |
30 |
| UTEP |
FG |
2:35 |
Gavin Baechle 32 yard field goal |
30 |
30 |
| Rice |
TD |
0:25 |
Bradley Rozner 23 yard TD pass from TJ McMahon (Christian VanSickle Extra Point) |
30 |
37 |
| Team Stats |
| |
UTEP |
Rice |
| First downs |
16 |
21 |
| Rushing |
6 |
8 |
| Passing |
9 |
13 |
| Penalty |
1 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
9-16, 56% |
9-14, 64% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-0, -% |
0-0, -% |
| Rushes-Yards |
36-154 |
32-168 |
| Passing Yards |
175 |
334 |
| Return Yards |
41 |
60 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
15-28-0 |
21-31-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1-9 |
2-17 |
| Punts |
4 |
2 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-0 |
1-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
4-24 |
5-40 |
| UTEP Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| G. Hardison |
8 |
18 |
103 |
1 |
0 |
| C. Brownholtz |
7 |
10 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
| Rice Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. McMahon |
21 |
31 |
334 |
2 |
1 |
| UTEP Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Brownholtz |
8 |
64 |
8.0 |
1 |
| D. Hankins |
9 |
42 |
4.7 |
1 |
| R. Awatt |
9 |
33 |
3.7 |
0 |
| G. Hardison |
6 |
11 |
1.8 |
0 |
| R. Flores |
2 |
8 |
4.0 |
0 |
| T. Smith |
1 |
-3 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| Rice Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Otoviano |
6 |
65 |
10.8 |
0 |
| C. Montgomery |
8 |
58 |
7.3 |
0 |
| T. McMahon |
10 |
23 |
2.3 |
1 |
| L. McCaffrey |
2 |
20 |
10.0 |
0 |
| D. Connors |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| U. West |
4 |
1 |
0.3 |
1 |
| K. Campbell |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| UTEP Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Smith |
6 |
79 |
13.2 |
0 |
| T. Thompson |
2 |
48 |
24.0 |
0 |
| K. Akharaiyi |
1 |
20 |
20.0 |
0 |
| R. Flores |
3 |
18 |
6.0 |
0 |
| J. Tupou |
2 |
10 |
5.0 |
1 |
| J. Farr |
1 |
0 |
0.0
|
0 |
| Rice Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| B. Rozner |
6 |
142 |
23.7 |
1 |
| I. Esdale |
5 |
58 |
11.6 |
0 |
| L. McCaffrey |
4 |
43 |
10.8 |
0 |
| C. Montgomery |
1 |
35 |
35.0 |
0 |
| J. Bradley |
2 |
31 |
15.5 |
1 |
| K. Campbell |
1 |
13 |
13.0 |
0 |
| D. Connors |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| B. Groen |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| UTEP Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| I. Johnson |
1 |
0 |
| Rice Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| UTEP Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Sloan |
4 |
175 |
43.8 |
| Rice Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| C. Hunt |
2 |
71 |
35.5 |
| UTEP Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Rice Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| L. McCaffrey |
1 |
32 |
32.0 |
| UTEP Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| W. Dawn Jr. |
2 |
22 |
11.0 |
| R. Flores |
1 |
19 |
19.0 |
| Rice Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Connors |
1 |
28 |
28.0 |
| UTEP Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Rice Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
