Western Kentucky 46-14 Rice (2 Sep, 2016) Box Score

Rice Owls

0-1, 0-1 Conference

	1	2	3	4	T
RICE	0	7	7	0	14
WKU	16	14	6	10	46

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

1-0, 1-0 Conference

Rice Passing


Tyler Stehling#10
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT		QBR
23/38	186	4.9	0	2		56.6
23/38	186	4.9	0	2		--

Western Kentucky Passing


Mike White#14
Tyler Ferguson#7
Nacarius Fant#1
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
25/31	517	16.7	3	98.1
1/3	35	11.7	0	45.1
0/1	0	0.0	0	0.9
26/35	552	15.8	3	--

Rice Rushing


Tyler Stehling#10
Darik Dillard#1
Samuel Stewart#24
Jowan Davis#3
Austin Walter#27
Team
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	85	7.7	1	22
9	19	2.1	0	8
3	14	4.7	0	7
6	10	1.7	1	3
3	1	0.3	0	2
1	-24	-24.0	0	0
33	105	3.2	2	22

Western Kentucky Rushing


Anthony Wales#20
Quinton Baker#3
Nicholas Norris#15
D'Andre Ferby#32
Marquez Trigg#5
Team
Nacarius Fant#1
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	58	3.9	2	17
9	42	4.7	0	39
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	1	1.0	0	1
2	1	0.5	0	2
1	-2	-2.0	0	0
1	-5	-5.0	0	0
30	97	3.2	2	39

Rice Receiving


Parker Smith#11
James Mayden#2
Nate Rai German#13
Zach Wright#17
Jowan Davis#3
Lance Wright#5
Temi Alaka#12
Samuel Stewart#24
Darrion Pollard#8
Darik Dillard#1
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	60	20.0	26
4	56	14.0	22
3	25	8.3	14
3	16	5.3	8
1	15	15.0	15
1	8	8.0	8
2	4	2.0	5
1	3	3.0	3
3	0	0.0	5
2	-1	-0.5	3
23	186	8.1	26

Western Kentucky Receiving


Taywan Taylor#2
Nicholas Norris#15
Lucky Jackson#11
Nacarius Fant#1
Anthony Wales#20
Shaquille Johnson#18
Will Bush#13
Kylen Towner#81
Steve Donatell#87
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	165	33.0	0	45
7	147	21.0	2	87
1	54	54.0	0	54
5	44	8.8	1	16
4	44	11.0	0	26
1	35	35.0	0	35
1	35	35.0	0	35
1	17	17.0	0	17
1	11	11.0	0	11
26	552	21.2	3	87

Rice Fumbles


Darrion Pollard#8
Tyler Stehling#10
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
2	0	0

Western Kentucky Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Western Kentucky Fumbles

Rice Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Rice Interceptions

Western Kentucky Interceptions


De'Andre Simmons#23
A.J. Jackson#36
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0
2	0	0

Rice Kick Returns


Austin Walter#27
Samuel Stewart#24
Connor Cella#87
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	46	15.3	18
2	33	16.5	22
1	10	10.0	10
6	89	14.8	22

Western Kentucky Kick Returns


Kylen Towner#81
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	111	37.0	54	0
3	111	37.0	54	0

Rice Punt Returns


V.J. Banks#19
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	2	2.0	2	0
1	2	2.0	2	0

Western Kentucky Punt Returns


Nacarius Fant#1
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	-4	-2.0	-1	0
2	-4	-2.0	0	0

Rice Kicking


Haden Tobola#18
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Western Kentucky Kicking


Ryan Nuss#37
Skyler Simcox#88
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	31	2/2	8
1/1	100.0	29	3/3	6
3/4	75.0	31	5/5	14

Rice Punting


Jack Fox#2
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	313	44.7	0	0	53
7	313	44.7	0	0	53

Western Kentucky Punting


Jake Collins#49
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	95	47.5	0	0	56
2	95	47.5	0	0	56

Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium

1:00 AM, 2 September 2016

Bowling Green, KY

Attendance: 19,286

Team	CONF	OVR
Army	7-0	9-0
Tulane	7-0	9-2
Navy	5-2	7-3
Memphis	5-2	9-2
East Carolina	4-2	6-4
South Florida	3-3	5-5
UTSA	3-3	5-5
Charlotte	2-4	3-7
North Texas	2-4	5-5
Rice	2-4	3-7
Temple	2-4	3-7
UAB	1-5	2-8
Tulsa	1-5	3-7
Florida Atlantic	0-6	2-8

Team	CONF	OVR
Jacksonville State	6-0	7-3
Western Kentucky	5-1	7-3
Sam Houston	5-1	8-2
Liberty	4-2	7-2
Louisiana Tech	3-4	4-6
Florida International	2-4	3-7
Middle Tennessee	2-4	3-7
UTEP	2-5	2-8
New Mexico State	1-5	2-8
Kennesaw State	1-5	1-9

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