Houston tops Rice for sixth-straight Bayou Bucket win
HOUSTON -- — Clayton Tune completed 22 of 30 passes for 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Alton McCaskill rushed for two TDs and caught a third as Houston walloped crosstown rival Rice 44-7 on Saturday night.
The victory marked Houston's sixth straight in the Bayou Bucket game, the longest win streak by either team in the long-running series.
McCaskill opened the scoring by pulling in a 35-yard pass from Tune at 10:08 of the first quarter. After a 38-yard Dalton Witherspoon field goal, Tune found Jake Herslow from 11 yards out as the Cougars (1-1) staked themselves a 17-0 lead with 2:19 left in the opening frame.
Rice (1-1) answered with an 11-play, 81-yard drive capped by Luke McCaffrey's 5-yard pass to Jordan Myers. But Houston scored the next four touchdowns to win going away.
McCaskill had TD runs of 1 and 2 yards, Chandler Smith added a 14-yard touchdown run, and Alex Hogan returned an interception 91 yards into the end zone as time expired.
McCaffrey finished 9-for-19 passing for 86 yards with three interceptions that led to 13 Houston points. He was sacked three times for a loss of 26 yards. Khalan Griffin led the Owls with 86 of their 126 yards rushing.
The teams marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with special uniforms that had a red, white and blue color scheme.
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2024 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
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BYU | 6-1 | 9-1 |
Colorado | 6-1 | 8-2 |
Arizona State | 5-2 | 8-2 |
Iowa State | 5-2 | 8-2 |
Baylor | 4-3 | 6-4 |
Kansas State | 4-3 | 7-3 |
TCU | 4-3 | 6-4 |
Texas Tech | 4-3 | 6-4 |
West Virginia | 4-3 | 5-5 |
Cincinnati | 3-4 | 5-5 |
Kansas | 3-4 | 4-6 |
Houston | 3-4 | 4-6 |
UCF | 2-5 | 4-6 |
Arizona | 2-5 | 4-6 |
Utah | 1-6 | 4-6 |
Oklahoma State | 0-7 | 3-7 |
2024 American Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
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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 |