Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Rice Owls
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Zappe throws 5 TDs, Western Kentucky wallops Rice, 42-21
With two games left in Hilltoppers reguar season and leading Conference USA, Zappe leads the nation with 42 touchdown passes. He has thrown at least three touchdown passes in every game this season and has thrown five or more scores in a game four times.
Kye Robichaux capped a seven-play, 97-yard first-quarter drive with a 2-yard run for the score and the game's first touchdown and Zappe threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter, including a 65-yard strike to Mitchell Tinsley.
Zappe completed 34 of 42 passes for 482 yards and was picked off once for WKU (6-4, 5-1). Tinsley finished with 10 catches for 198 yards and Jerreth Sterns caught seven for 92.
Jake Constantine was 28 of 50 for 380 yards for Rice (3-7, 2-4), but was picked off four times. August Pitre III had nine catches for 133 yards.
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Scoring Summary
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TD | 1st Period 2:56 | Kye Robichaux 2 Yd Run (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 10:12 | Kye Robichaux 13 Yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 7:36 | Mitchell Tinsley 65 Yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 6:19 | Dalvin Smith 7 Yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
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TD | 3rd Period 3:16 | Cedric Patterson III 23 Yd pass from Jake Constantine (Christian VanSickle Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 14:56 | Mitchell Tinsley 9 Yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 11:44 | Khalan Griffin 7 Yd Run (Christian VanSickle Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 8:18 | Joey Beljan 5 Yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 0:55 | Juma Otoviano 2 Yd Run (Christian VanSickle Kick) |
Statistics
 WKU |
 RICE |
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|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1st Downs | 25 |
| 4-10 | 3rd down efficiency | 7-16 |
| 0-0 | 4th down efficiency | 1-3 |
| 587 | Total Yards | 504 |
| 495 | Passing | 380 |
| 35/47 | Comp/Att | 28/50 |
| 10.5 | Yards per pass | 7.6 |
| 92 | Rushing | 124 |
| 25 | Rushing Attempts | 35 |
| 3.7 | Yards per rush | 3.5 |
| 7-75 | Penalties | 8-80 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Fumbles lost | 1 |
| 2 | Interceptions thrown | 4 |
| 24:20 | Possession | 35:40 |
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