Rice Owls @ Northwestern Wildcats

3-7, 0-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rice RICE	0	0	0	6	6
Northwestern NW	7	14	0	7	28

Northwestern WildcatsNorthwesternNW

5-5, 2-2 Home

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

0-yd Run

15:00 - 1st

Tyler Smith rush for no gain to the Rice 26, tackled by Damien Proby.

1st & 10 at RICE 26

2-yd Run

15:00 - 1st

Tyler Smith rush for 2 yards to the Rice 28, tackled by Quentin Williams and Jack DiNardo.

2nd & 10 at RICE 26

Pass Completion

15:00 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Randy Kitchens for 6 yards to the Rice 34, tackled by Jordan Mabin.

3rd & 8 at RICE 28

Punt

15:00 - 1st

Kyle Martens punt for 45 yards to the Nwest 21, no return.

4th & 2 at RICE 34

5-yd Run

12:51 - 1st

Jacob Schmidt rush for 5 yards to the Nwest 26, tackled by John Gioffre.

1st & 10 at NW 21

Pass Completion

12:51 - 1st

Dan Persa pass complete to Drake Dunsmore for 2 yards to the Nwest 28, tackled by Justin Allen and Michael Smith.

2nd & 5 at NW 26

Pass Completion

12:51 - 1st

Dan Persa pass complete to Drake Dunsmore for 4 yards to the Nwest 32, tackled by Cameron Nwosu for a 1ST down.

3rd & 3 at NW 28

Pass Completion

12:51 - 1st

Dan Persa pass complete to Jeremy Ebert for 12 yards to the Nwest 44, tackled by Xavier Webb out-of-bounds for a 1ST down.

1st & 10 at NW 32

Incompletion

12:51 - 1st

Dan Persa pass incomplete to Jeremy Ebert.

1st & 10 at NW 44

Pass Completion

12:51 - 1st

Dan Persa pass complete to Drake Dunsmore for 3 yards to the Nwest 47, tackled by Paul Porras.

2nd & 10 at NW 44

Sack

12:51 - 1st

Dan Persa sacked by Scott Solomon for a loss of 7 yards to the Nwest 40.

3rd & 7 at NW 47

Punt

12:51 - 1st

Brandon Williams punt for 49 yards, fair catch by Mario Hull at the Rice 11.

4th & 14 at NW 40

6-yd Run

9:58 - 1st

Tyler Smith rush for 6 yards to the Rice 17, tackled by Ibraheim Campbell.

1st & 10 at RICE 11

Pass Completion

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Tyler Smith for 2 yards to the Rice 19, tackled by Ibraheim Campbell out-of-bounds.

2nd & 4 at RICE 17

4-yd Run

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi rush for 4 yards to the Rice 23, tackled by Jack DiNardo out-of-bounds for a 1ST down.

3rd & 2 at RICE 19

-1-yd Run

9:58 - 1st

Tyler Smith rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Rice 22, tackled by Brian Peters and Chi Chi Ariguzo.

1st & 10 at RICE 23

Pass Completion

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Vance McDonald for 14 yards to the Rice 36, tackled by Ibraheim Campbell for a 1ST down.

2nd & 11 at RICE 22

Pass Completion

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Turner Petersen for 6 yards to the Rice 42, tackled by Brian Peters.

1st & 10 at RICE 36

Pass Completion

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Jordan Taylor for 12 yards to the Nwest 46 for a 1ST down.

2nd & 4 at RICE 42

Incompletion

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Taylor Cook.

1st & 10 at NW 46

Incompletion

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to N/A.

2nd & 10 at NW 46

Incompletion

9:58 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Jordan Taylor, hurried by Ben Johnson.

3rd & 10 at NW 46

Punt

9:58 - 1st

Kyle Martens punt for 42 yards, downed at the Nwest 4.

4th & 10 at NW 46

4-yd Run

5:33 - 1st

Jacob Schmidt rush for 4 yards to the Nwest 8, tackled by Hosam Shahin.

1st & 10 at NW 4

2-yd Run

5:33 - 1st

Jacob Schmidt rush for 2 yards to the Nwest 10, tackled by Hosam Shahin.

2nd & 6 at NW 8

Pass Completion

4:15 - 1st

Dan Persa pass complete to Jeremy Ebert for 90 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.

3rd & 4 at NW 10

Extra Point Good

4:15 - 1st

Jeff Budzien extra point GOOD.

Kickoff

4:15 - 1st

Steve Flaherty kickoff for 58 yards returned by Andre Gautreaux, tackled by C.J. Bryant for 13 yards to the Rice 25, tackled by C.J. Bryant.

Incompletion

4:15 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Taylor Cook.

1st & 10 at RICE 25

2-yd Run

4:15 - 1st

Jeremy Eddington rush for 2 yards to the Rice 27, tackled by Vince Browne and Collin Ellis.

2nd & 10 at RICE 25

Incompletion

4:15 - 1st

Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Vance McDonald, broken up by Mike Bolden.

3rd & 8 at RICE 27

Punt

4:15 - 1st

Kyle Martens punt for 34 yards, punt out-of-bounds at the Nwest 39.

4th & 8 at RICE 27

4-yd Run

4:15 - 1st

Kain Colter rush for 4 yards to the Nwest 43, tackled by Corey Frazier.

1st & 10 at NW 39

Pass Completion

3:05 - 1st

Kain Colter pass complete to Jeremy Ebert for 14 yards to the Rice 43, tackled by Tanner Leland for a 1ST down.

2nd & 6 at NW 43

-3-yd Run

3:05 - 1st

Kain Colter rush for a loss of 3 yards to the Rice 46, tackled by Cameron Nwosu.

1st & 10 at RICE 43

5-yd Run

3:05 - 1st

Venric Mark rush for 5 yards to the Rice 41, tackled by Bryce Callahan out-of-bounds.

2nd & 13 at RICE 46

Incompletion

3:05 - 1st

Dan Persa pass incomplete to Jacob Schmidt, broken up by Justin Allen.

3rd & 8 at RICE 41

Punt

3:05 - 1st

Brandon Williams punt for 39 yards, downed at the Rice 2.

4th & 8 at RICE 41

2nd Quarter

6-yd Run

0:57 - 1st

Tyler Smith rush for 6 yards to the Rice 8, tackled by Ibraheim Campbell.

1st & 10 at RICE 2

2-yd Run

0:57 - 1st

Tyler Smith rush for 2 yards to the Rice 10, tackled by Damien Proby.

2nd & 4 at RICE 8

3-yd Run

15:00 - 2nd

Turner Petersen rush for 3 yards to the Rice 13, tackled by Brian Peters and Quentin Williams for a 1ST down.

3rd & 2 at RICE 10

16-yd Run

15:00 - 2nd

Tyler Smith rush for 16 yards to the Rice 29, tackled by Brian Peters for a 1ST down.

1st & 10 at RICE 13

Game Information

Evanston, IL

FBS

American Conference	CONF	OVR
Army	0-0	0-0
Charlotte	0-0	0-0
East Carolina	0-0	0-0
Florida Atlantic	0-0	0-0
Memphis	0-0	0-0
Navy	0-0	0-0
North Texas	0-0	0-0
Rice	0-0	0-0
South Florida	0-0	0-0
Temple	0-0	0-0
Tulane	0-0	0-0
Tulsa	0-0	0-0
UAB	0-0	0-0
UTSA	0-0	0-0

FBS

Big Ten Conference	CONF	OVR
Illinois	0-0	0-0
Indiana	0-0	0-0
Iowa	0-0	0-0
Maryland	0-0	0-0
Michigan State	0-0	0-0
Michigan	0-0	0-0
Minnesota	0-0	0-0
Nebraska	0-0	0-0
Northwestern	0-0	0-0
Ohio State	0-0	0-0
Oregon	0-0	0-0
Penn State	0-0	0-0
Purdue	0-0	0-0
Rutgers	0-0	0-0
UCLA	0-0	0-0
USC	0-0	0-0
Washington	0-0	0-0
Wisconsin	0-0	0-0

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