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Rice Owls at UTEP Miners

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3-8, 1-5 Away
Final
28 - 38
7-4, 5-1 Home

Hardison's career-high leads UTEP past Rice 38-28

Hardison completed 23 of 35 passes and threw for two touchdowns. Jacob Cowling caught a career-high 11 passes for 170 yards.

After trailing 21-14 at halftime, UTEP (7-4, 4-3 Conference USA) took control with a short field goal followed by a succession of 1-yard touchdown runs by Calvin Brownholtz, Quardraiz Wadley and again by Brownholtz.

Jake Constantine threw two touchdown passes as the Owls scored 21 points in the second quarter to build their halftime lead. Constantine completed 14 of 25 passes for the Owls (3-8, 2-5), who have lost four in a row.

UTEP snapped a three-game losing streak.

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Scoring Summary

UTEP TD 1st Period 10:08 Jacob Cowing 7 Yd pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle Kick)
RICE TD 2nd Period 10:13 Ari Broussard 1 Yd Run (Christian VanSickle Kick)
UTEP TD 2nd Period 8:22 Justin Garrett 14 Yd pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle Kick)
RICE TD 2nd Period 1:03 Jack Bradley 6 Yd pass from Jake Constantine (Christian VanSickle Kick)
RICE TD 2nd Period 0:12 Cedric Patterson III 33 Yd pass from Jake Constantine (Christian VanSickle Kick)
UTEP FG 3rd Period 5:51 Gavin Baechle 22 Yd Field Goal
UTEP TD 3rd Period 2:30 Calvin Brownholtz 1 Yd Run (Gavin Baechle Kick)
UTEP TD 4th Period 12:54 Quardraiz Wadley 1 Yd Run (Gavin Baechle Kick)
UTEP TD 4th Period 9:02 Calvin Brownholtz 1 Yd Run (Gavin Baechle Kick)
RICE TD 4th Period 5:42 Luke McCaffrey 2 Yd Run (Christian VanSickle Kick)

Statistics

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22 1st Downs 23
4-16 3rd down efficiency 4-11
2-4 4th down efficiency 1-1
390 Total Yards 488
230 Passing 366
19/38 Comp/Att 23/35
6.1 Yards per pass 10.5
160 Rushing 122
34 Rushing Attempts 32
4.7 Yards per rush 3.8
3-35 Penalties 10-78
0 Turnovers 1
0 Fumbles lost 0
0 Interceptions thrown 1
28:50 Possession 31:10

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