| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| Houston Touchdown - 25-yard pass from David Piland to Larry McDuffey. (Matt Hogan kick). 9:01 Remaining. |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Houston Touchdown - 31-yard pass from David Piland to Daniel Spencer. (Matt Hogan kick). 2:47 Remaining. |
| 3rd Quarter |
| Houston Touchdown - 3-yard run by Charles Sims. (Matt Hogan kick). 10:27 Remaining. |
| Houston Touchdown - 47-yard run by Charles Sims. (Matt Hogan kick). 7:39 Remaining. |
| Rice Touchdown - 24-yard pass from Driphus Jackson to Sam McGuffie. (Chris Boswell kick). 4:30 Remaining. |
| 4th Quarter |
| Houston Touchdown - 16-yard run by Charles Sims. (Matt Hogan kick). 11:15 Remaining. |
| Rice Touchdown - 88-yard pass from Driphus Jackson to Sam McGuffie. (Chris Boswell kick). 6:50 Remaining. |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | Houston | Rice |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 30 | 17 |
| By Rushing | 12 | 6 |
| By Passing | 17 | 9 |
| By Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 10-15-67.0 | 5-16-31.0 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 608 | 343 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 87 | 70 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 7.0 | 4.9 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 247 | 69 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 44 | 34 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 5.6 | 2.0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 361 | 274 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 0-0 | 5-42 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 43-26-1 | 36-18-0 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 4-46.0 | 10-40.2 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 15 | -3 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 5-15 | 1--3 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 1-29 | 6-97 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 8-69 | 6-55 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 5 | 2 |
| Rushing | 3 | 0 |
| Passing | 2 | 2 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 5-5 | 2-2 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 35 | 14 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 29:13 | 30:47 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| Houston | Rice |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Piland | 43 | 26 | 361 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 43 | 26 | 361 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | INTERCEPTIONS | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
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| M.Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| R.Leone | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 2 | 62 | | | | | | | | | Total | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 2 | 62 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| C.Boswell | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 1 | 53 | | T.Cook | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 2 | 42 | | Total | 10 | 402 | 40.2 | 3 | 53 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Peace | 5 | 15 | 8 | 0 | | Total | 5 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Parks | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
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| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| L.McDuffey | 1 | 29 | 29 | 0 | | | | | | | | Total | 1 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| M.Hogan | 0/2 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | | Total | 0/2 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| C.Boswell | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | | Total | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 |
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