GAME THREAD: NCAAF: RICE (0-3) at TEXAS (3-0)

NCAAF: RICE at TEXAS

<div class="pre">NCAAF RICE 14
TEXAS (7) 58 4:02 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: RICE at TEXAS

<div class="pre">NCAAF RICE 14
TEXAS (7) 58 2:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: RICE at TEXAS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
RICE 0 7 0 7 14
TEXAS (7) 10 31 14 3 58 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, QUAN COSBY 17 YD PASS FROM
COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK),
6:32. TEXAS 7-0
TEXAS - FG, RYAN BAILEY 43 YD, 10:14.
TEXAS 10-0
2ND QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, JAMAAL CHARLES 2 YD RUN (RYAN
BAILEY KICK), 2:41. TEXAS 17-0
TEXAS - FG, RYAN BAILEY 52 YD, 7:19. TEXAS
20-0
TEXAS - TD, LIMAS SWEED 52 YD PASS FROM
COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK),
9:28. TEXAS 27-0
TEXAS - TD, JAMAAL CHARLES 5 YD RUN (RYAN
BAILEY KICK), 13:11. TEXAS
34-0
TEXAS - TD, LIMAS SWEED 24 YD PASS FROM
COLT MCCOY (RYAN BAILEY KICK),
13:55. TEXAS 41-0
RICE - TD, TOREN DIXON 18 YD PASS FROM
CHASE CLEMENT (CLARK FANGMEIER
KICK), 14:42. TEXAS 41-7
3RD QUARTER: TEXAS - TD, JAMAAL CHARLES 2 YD RUN (RYAN
BAILEY KICK), 4:43. TEXAS 48-7
TEXAS - TD, VONDRELL MCGEE 9 YD RUN (RYAN
BAILEY KICK), 10:32. TEXAS
55-7
4TH QUARTER: TEXAS - FG, RYAN BAILEY 19 YD, 0:07. TEXAS
58-7
RICE - TD, JAMES CASEY 1 YD RUN (CLARK
FANGMEIER KICK), 8:34. TEXAS
58-14</div>

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Ticker) -- Colt McCoy made sure Texas would nothave to sweat out a game for the third straight week.

McCoy threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns to leadseventh-ranked Texas to a dominating 58-14 victory over Rice onSaturday.


Last week, the Longhorns (4-0) trailed in the fourth quarter atCentral Florida before winning the game, 35-32. Texas also hadto rally from a 10-0 third-quarter deficit against TCU the weekbefore.


But Texas pulled away early in this one, as McCoy threw for 295yards and three scores in the first half - leading the Longhornsto a 41-7 lead after two quarters.


It was the ninth straight time Texas has beaten its intrastatefoe. The Longhorns have defeated Rice (0-4) in 37 of their past38 meetings.


McCoy led Texas to another score on their first possession ofthe second half before sitting out the rest of the game withmost of the other offensive starters. He finished 20-of-29without an interception.


Limas Sweed caught five passes for a career-high 139 yards andtwo touchdowns while Jamaal Charles rushed for 78 yards andthree scores for the Longhorns, who begin Big 12 Conference playnext week against Kansas State.


After Charles fumbled on Texas' first possession, McCoy led theLonghorns down the field on a 13-play, 67-yard drive on theirsecond possession, capped by an 18-yard touchdown pass to QuanCosby.


The sophomore quarterback completed all seven pass attempts onthe drive to give the Longhorns a 7-0 lead with 8:28 left in thefirst quarter.


Texas added three more when Ryan Bailey kicked a 43-yard fieldgoal to make the score 10-0 with 4:34 left in the openingquarter.


Texas scored on its first five possessions of the second quarterto put the game out of reach.


Charles scored on a two-yard run to give the Longhorns a 17-0lead early in the second. After Bailey added a career-long52-yard field goal, McCoy connected with Sweed for a 52-yard TDand Charles added another five-yard plunge to make the score34-0.


Following an interception, McCoy found Sweed in the right cornerof the end zone for a 24-yard score, giving Texas a 41-0advantage with 1:05 left in the half.


Charles ran for his third touchdown of the game on a two-yardrun up the middle with 10:17 left in the third quarter to makethe score 48-7. Vondrell McGee added a nine-yard touchdown run,and Bailey made his third field goal of the game - this onefrom 19 yards - at the beginning of the fourth to finish theassault.


Rice quarterback Chase Clement hit Toren Dixon for an 18-yardtouchdown with 18 seconds left in the second quarter for theOwls' lone score of the first half.


James Casey scored on a one-yard run midway through the fourthquarter to cap the scoring. Rice was held to minus-11 yardsrushing on 30 carries for the game.


Clement completed 18-of-32 passes for 220 yards, twointerceptions and one touchdown.

 

NCAAF: RICE at TEXAS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
RICE 0 7 0 7 14
TEXAS (7) 10 31 14 3 58 FINAL

TEXAS-TD, Q Cosby 17 YD PASS FROM C McCoy (R Bailey
KICK) 6:32 1st Qtr
TEXAS-FG, R Bailey 43 YD 10:14 1st Qtr
TEXAS-TD, J Charles 2 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 2:41 2nd
Qtr
TEXAS-FG, R Bailey 52 YD 7:19 2nd Qtr
TEXAS-TD, L Sweed 52 YD PASS FROM C McCoy (R Bailey
KICK) 9:28 2nd Qtr
TEXAS-TD, J Charles 5 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 13:11 2nd
Qtr
TEXAS-TD, L Sweed 24 YD PASS FROM C McCoy (R Bailey
KICK) 13:55 2nd Qtr
RICE-TD, T Dixon 18 YD PASS FROM C Clement (C
Fangmeier KICK) 14:42 2nd Qtr
TEXAS-TD, J Charles 2 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 4:43 3rd
Qtr
TEXAS-TD, V McGee 9 YD RUN (R Bailey KICK) 10:32 3rd
Qtr
TEXAS-FG, R Bailey 19 YD 0:07 4th Qtr
RICE-TD, J Casey 1 YD RUN (C Fangmeier KICK) 8:34 4th
Qtr


RICE TEXAS
First downs 17 25
Rushed-yards 30--11 40-227
Passing yards 279 333
Sacked-yards lost 1-9 5-46
Return yards 24 41
Passes 23-38-2 20-31-0
Punts 9-37.1 3-40.7
Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 7-40 3-35
Time of possession 32:12 27:48


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: RICE-Bio Bilaye-Benibo 2-9, Patrick Randolph 1-8, Tyler Smith
1-MINUS 1, Marcus Knox 2-MINUS 4, Justin Hill 9-MINUS 4, Chase Clement
11-MINUS 6, James Casey 3-MINUS 6, - Team 1-MINUS 7. TEXAS-Vondrell
McGee 8-80, Jamaal Charles 14-72, John Chiles 9-72, Antwan Cobb 3-9,
Colt McCoy 3-4, Chris Ogbonnaya 1-0, Sherrod Harris 2-MINUS 10.

PASSING: RICE-Chase Clement 18-32-220- 2, John Shepherd 5-5-59- 0,
James Casey 0-1-0- 0. TEXAS-Colt McCoy 20-29-333- 0. John Chiles
0-2-0- 0.

RECEIVING: RICE-Toren Dixon 5-61, Taylor Wardlow 3-58, John Welch
3-42, Jarett Dillard 3-30, Tommy Henderson 3-26, James Casey 1-16,
Marcus Knox 2-13, Chance Talbert 1-13, Pierre Beasley 1-11, Patrick
Randolph 1-9. TEXAS-Limas Sweed 5-139, Quan Cosby 5-66, Nate Jones
5-63, Chris Ogbonnaya 2-45, Jermichael Finley 3-20.


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AUSTIN, Texas (Ticker) -- Colt McCoy made sure Texas would nothave to sweat out a game for the third straight week.

McCoy threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns to leadseventh-ranked Texas to a dominating 58-14 victory over Rice onSaturday.


Last week, the Longhorns (4-0) trailed in the fourth quarter atCentral Florida before winning the game, 35-32. Texas also hadto rally from a 10-0 third-quarter deficit against TCU the weekbefore.


But Texas pulled away early in this one, as McCoy threw for 295yards and three scores in the first half - leading the Longhornsto a 41-7 lead after two quarters.


"Our guys were ready to play," Texas coach Mack Brown said. "Ithought that was the best I have seen Colt (McCoy). I felt likeit was a very good win for us, in the fashion we need to win,because we haven't really done that as a team yet this year."

It was the ninth straight time Texas has beaten its intrastatefoe. The Longhorns have defeated Rice (0-4) in 37 of their past38 meetings.


McCoy led Texas to another score on their first possession ofthe second half before sitting out the rest of the game withmost of the other offensive starters. He finished 20-of-29without an interception.


"I felt like we executed really well," McCoy said. "Our defensegave us really good field position and gave us a lot ofopportunities to convert short fields, and I felt like we did agood job of that tonight. This is what we were hoping forcoming into the game."


Limas Sweed caught five passes for a career-high 139 yards andtwo touchdowns while Jamaal Charles rushed for 74 yards andthree scores for the Longhorns, who begin Big 12 Conference playnext week against Kansas State.


After Charles fumbled on Texas' first possession, McCoy led theLonghorns down the field on a 13-play, 67-yard drive on theirsecond possession, capped by an 18-yard touchdown pass to QuanCosby.


The sophomore quarterback completed all seven pass attempts onthe drive to give the Longhorns a 7-0 lead with 8:28 left in thefirst quarter.


Texas added three more when Ryan Bailey kicked a 43-yard fieldgoal to make the score 10-0 with 4:34 left in the openingquarter.


Texas scored on its first five possessions of the second quarterto put the game out of reach.


Charles scored on a two-yard run to give the Longhorns a 17-0lead early in the second. After Bailey added a career-long52-yard field goal, McCoy connected with Sweed for a 52-yard TDand Charles added another five-yard plunge to make the score34-0.


Following an interception, McCoy found Sweed in the right cornerof the end zone for a 24-yard score, giving Texas a 41-0advantage with 1:05 left in the half.


"Everybody went out and played hard," Sweed said. "I think thewhole (offensive) line did a great job of blocking andexecuting. Colt (McCoy) did a great job of reading the defense,and the defensive guys went out there and played to a standard.So I definitely think that the team came out and played at thelevel that we're capable of playing."


Charles ran for his third touchdown of the game on a two-yardrun up the middle with 10:17 left in the third quarter to makethe score 48-7. Vondrell McGee added a nine-yard touchdown run,and Bailey made his third field goal of the game - this onefrom 19 yards - at the beginning of the fourth to finish theassault.


"Texas is absolutely the best, most athletic, biggest, fastestand strongest football team we are going to play all year," Ricecoach David Bailiff said.


Rice quarterback Chase Clement hit Toren Dixon for an 18-yardtouchdown with 18 seconds left in the second quarter for theOwls' lone score of the first half.


James Casey scored on a one-yard run midway through the fourthquarter to cap the scoring. Rice was held to minus-11 yardsrushing on 30 carries for the game.


Clement completed 18-of-32 passes for 220 yards, twointerceptions and one touchdown.


"When we did not capitalize on the turnover (Charles fumble), itdefinitely hurt a little bit," Clement said. "We got a turnoverright at the beginning of the game and the momentum was on ourside. We needed to make something happen and come out showingthat we were ready to play. When we did not, it hurt themomentum."