Rice 59, Texas Southern 7
Associated Press
HOUSTON - JT Daniels passed for 255 yards and four touchdowns, true freshman Daelen Alexander rushed for two scores and Rice eased past Texas Southern 59-7.
Rice cornerback Tre’shon Devones recovered a fumble at the TSU 16 on the first offensive play of the game. Alexander scored from a yard out to begin the onslaught.
Daniels had scoring plays of 35 and 70 yards for a 21-0 lead at the 9:39 mark of the first quarter. The 70-yarder was Kobie Campbell's first career touchdown. A 36-yard connection with Luke McCaffrey made it 42-7 with 1:12 left before halftime.
Tim Horn made a career-long 48-yard field goal early in the third quarter.
Rice (2-1) was coming off a 43-41 win over Houston in the 42nd Bayou Bucket, led by Daniels' career-high 401 yards passing. Alexander also scored three touchdowns against the Cougars and added the decisive two-point conversion.
Jace Wilson threw for 104 yards, including a 14-yard strike to Jyrin Johnson in the second quarter, for Texas Southern (0-3).
This is the first time Rice has hosted local schools in consecutive games.
September 16, 2023
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
TxSo | Rice |
| Rice |
TD |
13:04 |
Daelen Alexander 1 yd run (Tim Horn kick) |
0 |
7 |
| Rice |
TD |
11:06 |
Braylen Walker 35 yd pass from JT Daniels (Tim Horn kick) |
0 |
14 |
| Rice |
TD |
9:29 |
Kobie Campbell 70 yd pass from JT Daniels (Tim Horn kick) |
0 |
21 |
| Rice |
TD |
5:55 |
Jack Bradley 1 yd pass from JT Daniels (Tim Horn kick) |
0 |
28 |
| Second Quarter |
TxSo | Rice |
| Rice |
TD |
9:37 |
Dean Connors 3 yd run (Tim Horn kick) |
0 |
35 |
| TxSo |
TD |
4:17 |
Jyrin Johnson 15 yd pass from Jace Wilson (Curtis Falkenburg kick) |
7 |
35 |
| Rice |
TD |
1:12 |
Luke McCaffrey 36 yd pass from JT Daniels (Tim Horn kick) |
7 |
42 |
| Third Quarter |
TxSo | Rice |
| Rice |
FG |
11:02 |
Tim Horn 48 yd FG |
7 |
45 |
| Rice |
TD |
6:31 |
Daelen Alexander 1 yd run (Tim Horn kick) |
7 |
52 |
| Fourth Quarter |
TxSo | Rice |
| Rice |
TD |
3:13 |
Christian Francisco 4 yd run (Enock Gota kick) |
7 |
59 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Texas Southern |
Rice |
| First downs |
10 |
25 |
| Rushing |
3 |
14 |
| Passing |
4 |
7 |
| Penalty |
3 |
4 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
2-13, 15% |
6-12, 50% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
1-2, 50% |
| Rushes-Yards |
31-81 |
51-231 |
| Passing Yards |
104 |
254 |
| Return Yards |
35 |
59 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
9-19-0 |
12-18-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--7 |
0-0 |
| Punts |
9 |
2 |
| Punts-Average |
39.2 |
50.5 |
| Fumbles Lost |
3-2 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
11-94 |
6-60 |
| Time of Possession |
24:26 |
35:34 |
| Texas Southern Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Wilson |
9 |
19 |
104 |
1 |
0 |
| Rice Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Daniels |
11 |
17 |
255 |
4 |
0 |
| C. Jenkins |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas Southern Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Owens |
11 |
48 |
4.4 |
0 |
| J. Wilson |
7 |
32 |
4.6 |
0 |
| J. Nance |
0 |
3 |
∞ |
0 |
| J. Howard |
4 |
1 |
0.3 |
0 |
| D. Ford |
6 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| A. Bennett |
1 |
-9 |
-9.0 |
0 |
| Rice Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Connors |
8 |
66 |
8.3 |
1 |
| C. Jenkins |
3 |
45 |
15.0 |
0 |
| J. Otoviano |
10 |
33 |
3.3 |
0 |
| A. Broussard |
10 |
32 |
3.2 |
0 |
| D. Alexander |
7 |
23 |
3.3 |
2 |
| Q. Jackson |
3 |
14 |
4.7 |
0 |
| M. Barnett |
4 |
12 |
3.0 |
0 |
| B. Walker |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| C. Francisco |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
1 |
| J. Daniels |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Texas Southern Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Johnson |
4 |
49 |
12.3 |
1 |
| D. Morton |
1 |
31 |
31.0 |
0 |
| A. Bennett |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
| S. Sims |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| L. Owens |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| Q. Davis |
1 |
0 |
0.0
|
0 |
| Rice Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| K. Campbell |
1 |
70 |
70.0 |
1 |
| L. McCaffrey |
2 |
50 |
25.0 |
1 |
| L. Ransom-Goelz |
2 |
49 |
24.5 |
0 |
| B. Groen |
2 |
37 |
18.5 |
0 |
| B. Walker |
1 |
35 |
35.0 |
1 |
| D. Connors |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| R. MacNeill |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| J. Bradley |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
| D. Dickmann |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
| Texas Southern Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Rice Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Texas Southern Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| P. Hellen |
8 |
318 |
39.8 |
| Rice Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| C. Hunt |
2 |
101 |
50.5 |
| Texas Southern Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Rice Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| S. Fresch |
2 |
18 |
9.0 |
| D. Dickmann |
1 |
15 |
15.0 |
| Texas Southern Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| A. Bennett |
2 |
35 |
17.5 |
| Rice Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| S. Fresch |
1 |
26 |
26.0 |
| Texas Southern Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Rice Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
