Western Kentucky 45, Rice 10
Associated Press
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Austin Reed threw three touchdown passes - two to Jaylen Hall, who added a 46-yard punt return for a score - and ran a 1-yard TD to help Western Kentucky beat Rice 45-10 to become bowl eligible.
Hall opened the scoring with a 25-yard touchdown reception on the game's fifth play from scrimmage, Daewoo Davis Jr. added a 62-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown that capped an 11-play, 96-yard drive midway through the second quarter and JaQues Evans returned a fumble 14 yard for score 90 seconds later to make it 21-0.
Hall's punt return early in the fourth quarter gave Western Kentucky (7-4, 5-2 Conference USA) 38-10 and his 2-yard TD reception with 6:16 left capped the scoring. He finished with seven receptions for 102 yards.
Rice (5-5, 3-3) had 24 first downs and converted 7-of-11 third downs but threw four interceptions and lost two fumbles.
Jumo Otoviano had 97 yards rushing on 17 carries for the Owls.
Uriah West's 1-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds left in the second quarter trimmed Rice's deficit to 21-7 but WKU's Brayden Narveson kicked a 25-yard field goal as the half expired.
November 12, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Rice | WestKy |
| WestKy |
TD |
12:58 |
Jaylen Hall 25 yd pass from Austin Reed (Brayden Narveson kick) |
0 |
7 |
| Second Quarter |
Rice | WestKy |
| WestKy |
TD |
8:15 |
Daewood Davis 62 yd pass from Austin Reed (Brayden Narveson kick) |
0 |
14 |
| WestKy |
TD |
6:45 |
JaQues Evans 14 yd fumble return (Brayden Narveson kick) |
0 |
21 |
| Rice |
TD |
0:32 |
Uriah West 1 yd run (Christian VanSickle kick) |
7 |
21 |
| WestKy |
FG |
0:00 |
Brayden Narveson 25 yd FG |
7 |
24 |
| Third Quarter |
Rice | WestKy |
| Rice |
FG |
7:39 |
Christian VanSickle 26 yd FG |
10 |
24 |
| WestKy |
TD |
4:37 |
Austin Reed 1 yd run (Brayden Narveson kick) |
10 |
31 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Rice | WestKy |
| WestKy |
TD |
10:51 |
Jaylen Hall 46 yd punt return (Brayden Narveson kick) |
10 |
38 |
| WestKy |
TD |
6:16 |
Jaylen Hall 2 yd pass from Austin Reed (Brayden Narveson kick) |
10 |
45 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Rice |
Western Kentucky |
| First downs |
25 |
21 |
| Rushing |
12 |
7 |
| Passing |
11 |
12 |
| Penalty |
2 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
7-11, 64% |
8-11, 73% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-0, -% |
1-2, 50% |
| Rushes-Yards |
40-165 |
22-118 |
| Passing Yards |
161 |
377 |
| Return Yards |
14 |
74 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
19-29-4 |
23-33-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
3--29 |
0-0 |
| Punts |
2 |
0 |
| Punts-Average |
36 |
� |
| Fumbles Lost |
2-2 |
1-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
7-45 |
2-20 |
| Time of Possession |
37:33 |
22:27 |
| Rice Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| S. Itraish |
11 |
18 |
96 |
0 |
2 |
| T. McMahon |
8 |
11 |
65 |
0 |
2 |
| Western Kentucky Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| A. Reed |
23 |
33 |
377 |
3 |
1 |
| Rice Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Otoviano |
15 |
97 |
6.5 |
0 |
| C. Montgomery |
11 |
61 |
5.5 |
0 |
| D. Connors |
5 |
24 |
4.8 |
0 |
| U. West |
3 |
5 |
1.7 |
1 |
| S. Itraish |
2 |
-7 |
-3.5 |
0 |
| T. McMahon |
4 |
-15 |
-3.8 |
0 |
| Western Kentucky Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| M. Stepp |
8 |
64 |
8.0 |
0 |
| K. Robichaux |
5 |
38 |
7.6 |
0 |
| A. Reed |
5 |
11 |
2.2 |
1 |
| L. Sanders |
2 |
4 |
2.0 |
0 |
| D. Ervin-Poindexter |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| M. Corley |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Rice Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| K. Campbell |
7 |
61 |
8.7 |
0 |
| I. Esdale |
3 |
40 |
13.3 |
0 |
| J. Bradley |
4 |
24 |
6.0 |
0 |
| C. Montgomery |
2 |
16 |
8.0 |
0 |
| B. Rozner |
2 |
12 |
6.0 |
0 |
| B. Groen |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| Western Kentucky Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Hall |
7 |
102 |
14.6 |
2 |
| M. Corley |
6 |
90 |
15.0 |
0 |
| D. Davis |
4 |
82 |
20.5 |
1 |
| M. Mathison |
3 |
75 |
25.0 |
0 |
| D. Smith |
2 |
28 |
14.0 |
0 |
| D. Ervin-Poindexter |
1 |
0 |
0.0
|
0 |
| Rice Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| L. Narcisse |
1 |
14 |
| Western Kentucky Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| T. Shaw |
1 |
4 |
| K. Simpkins |
1 |
0 |
| T. Springer |
1 |
0 |
| K. Oliver |
1 |
0 |
| Rice Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| C. Hunt |
2 |
72 |
36.0 |
| Western Kentucky Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| Rice Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Western Kentucky Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Hall |
1 |
46 |
46.0 |
| Rice Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Western Kentucky Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| M. Mathison |
1 |
24 |
24.0 |
| Rice Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Western Kentucky Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
