Houston Cougars vs. Rice Owls - Box Score - September 02, 2006 - ESPN

Scores

Final

Houston 31

(1-0, 1-0 C-USA)

Rice 30

(0-1, 0-1 C-USA)

Alerts

9:00 PM ET, September 2, 2006

Rice Stadium, HOUSTON, TX

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	14	0	3	14	31
RICE	0	27	3	0	30

Top Performers

Passing: K. Kolb (HOU) - 233 YDS, 3 TD

Rushing: Q. Smith (RICE) - 18 CAR, 108 YDS, 2 TD

Receiving: Q. Smith (RICE) - 2 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TD

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	TD	12:20	JERON HARVEY 6 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (T.J. LAWRENCE KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 24 yards.	7	0
	TD	2:25	JACKIE BATTLE 7 YD RUN (T.J. LAWRENCE KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 93 yards.	14	0
SECOND QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	TD	14:47	JARETT DILLARD 13 YD PASS FROM CHASE CLEMENT (LUKE JUIST KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 77 yards.	14	7
	TD	10:42	QUINTON SMITH 80 YD PASS FROM CHASE CLEMENT (LUKE JUIST KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 80 yards.	14	14
	TD	6:40	QUINTON SMITH 7 YD RUN (LUKE JUIST KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 45 yards.	14	21
	TD	0:21	QUINTON SMITH 1 YD RUN (BLOCKED XP) Drive info: 9 plays, 45 yards.	14	27
THIRD QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	FG	6:19	LUKE JUIST 44 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, -4 yards.	14	30
	FG	2:04	T.J. LAWRENCE 20 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 1 yards.	17	30
FOURTH QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	TD	13:41	VINCENT MARSHALL 8 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (T.J. LAWRENCE KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 37 yards.	24	30
	TD	10:28	ANTHONY ALRIDGE 8 YD PASS FROM KEVIN KOLB (T.J. LAWRENCE KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 49 yards.	31	30

Team Stat Comparison

	HOU	RICE
1st Downs	17	14
3rd down efficiency	3-12	5-13
4th down efficiency	0-1	0-1
Total Yards	329	283
Passing	233	152
Comp-Att	22-35	12-26
Yards per pass	6.0	5.6
Rushing	96	131
Rushing Attempts	28	31
Yards per rush	3.4	4.2
Penalties	10-88	1-5
Turnovers	0	2
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Possession	30:35	29:25

Houston Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Kevin Kolb	22/35	233	6.7	3	0
Team	22/35	233	6.0	--	--

Rice Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Chase Clement	12/26	152	5.8	2	1
Team	12/26	152	5.6	--	--

Houston Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Jackie Battle	14	74	5.3	1	17
Roshawn Pope	2	31	15.5	0	20
Roy Otis	2	8	4.0	0	7
Anthony Alridge	1	1	1.0	0	1
Justin Laird	1	-7	-7.0	0	0
Kevin Kolb	8	-11	-1.4	0	11
Team	28	96	3.4	--	--

Rice Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Quinton Smith	18	108	6.0	2	52
Chase Clement	10	27	2.7	0	10
Joel Armstrong	3	-4	-1.3	0	0
Team	31	131	4.2	--	--

Houston Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Donnie Avery	6	66	11.0	0	15
Vincent Marshall	6	44	7.3	1	20
Jeron Harvey	5	50	10.0	1	16
Roshawn Pope	2	42	21.0	0	24
Anthony Alridge	2	21	10.5	1	13
Biren Ealy	1	10	10.0	0	10
Team	22	233	6.0	--	--

Rice Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Jarett Dillard	4	34	8.5	1	13
Mike Falco	3	17	5.7	0	13
Quinton Smith	2	87	43.5	1	80
Will Moss	1	5	5.0	0	5
Evan Fentriss	1	5	5.0	0	5
Joel Armstrong	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	12	152	5.6	--	--

Houston Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Ernest Miller	1	10	0
Team	1	10	--

Rice Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
No Interceptions
Team	0	0	--

Houston Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Anthony Alridge	3	105	35.0	76	0
Donnie Avery	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	4	105	26.3	--	--

Rice Kickoff Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Brandon King	3	56	18.7	23	0
Team	3	56	18.7	--	--

Houston Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vincent Marshall	3	25	8.3	18	0
Team	3	25	8.3	--	--

Rice Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Brandon King	4	41	10.3	12	0
Team	4	41	10.3	--	--

Houston Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Justin Laird	6	245	40.8	60
Team	6	245	40.8	--

Rice Punting
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jared Scruggs	6	245	40.8	61
Team	6	245	40.8	--