| 1st Quarter | | RICE | SMU |
| Rice at 15:00 | RICE | SMU |
| | Brandon Yelovich kickoff for 70 yards for a touchback. | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Methodist at 15:00 | RICE | SMU |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 20 | Kyle Padron pass complete to Zach Line for 7 yards to the SMU 27, tackled by Travis Bradshaw. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 3 at SMU 27 | Kyle Padron pass complete to Terrance Wilkerson for 3 yards to the SMU 30 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 30 | Kyle Padron rush for no gain to the SMU 30, tackled by Alex Lowry and Michael Smith. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at SMU 30 | Kyle Padron pass complete to Cole Beasley for 9 yards to the SMU 39, tackled by Max Anyiam. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at SMU 39 | Kyle Padron pass complete to Emmanuel Sanders for 4 yards to the SMU 43 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 43 | Shawnbrey McNeal rush for 10 yards to the Rice 47, tackled by Chris Jones for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 47 | Shawnbrey McNeal rush for 6 yards to the Rice 41, tackled by Travis Bradshaw. | | |
| 2nd and 4 at RICE 41 | Kyle Padron sacked by Travis Bradshaw for a loss of 10 yards, fumbled, recovered by SMU N/A at the Rice 41. | | |
| 3rd and 6 at RICE 43 | Kyle Padron pass complete to Emmanuel Sanders for 36 yards to the Rice 7, tackled by Phillip Gaines for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and Goal at RICE 7 | Shawnbrey McNeal rush for 7 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 0 | 6 |
| | Matt Szymanski extra point GOOD. | 0 | 7 |
| | Matt Szymanski kickoff for 66 yards returned by Kevin Gaddis, tackled by Bennie Thomas for 15 yards to the Rice 19, tackled by Bennie Thomas. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: SMU drive: 10 plays 80 yards, 06:04 SMU TD |
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| Rice at 8:50 | RICE | SMU |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 19 | Charles Ross rush for 9 yards to the Rice 28, tackled by Chris Banjo. | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd and 1 at RICE 28 | Jeramy Goodson rush for 1 yard to the Rice 29, tackled by Chris Banjo for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 29 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Jeramy Goodson for 1 yard, fumbled, forced by Ja'Gared Davis, recovered by SMU Chase Kennemer at the Rice 30. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: RICE drive: 3 plays 11 yards, 00:40 RICE FUMB |
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| Southern Methodist at 8:10 | RICE | SMU |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 30 | E.J. Drewery pass complete to Terrance Wilkerson for no gain, fumbled, recovered by SMU Chase Kennemer at the Rice 30. | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd and 10 at RICE 30 | Zach Line rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Rice 31. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: SMU drive: 3 plays -1 yards, 00:46 SMU INT |
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| Rice at 7:24 | RICE | SMU |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 20 | Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to N/A. | 0 | 7 |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 20 | Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Patrick Randolph. | | |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 25 | Tyler Smith rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Rice 23, tackled by Pete Fleps. | | |
| 2nd and 12 at RICE 23 | Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to N/A. | | |
| 3rd and 7 at RICE 23 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Taylor Wardlow for 21 yards to the Rice 44, tackled by Rock Dennis for a 1ST down. | | |
| 3rd and 7 at RICE 23 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Taylor Wardlow for 21 yards to the Rice 44, tackled by Rock Dennis for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at RICE 44 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Patrick Randolph for 5 yards to the Rice 49, tackled by Youri Yenga. | | |
| 2nd and 5 at RICE 49 | Charles Ross rush for no gain to the SMU 35, tackled by Youri Yenga and Pete Fleps, SMU penalty 16 yard personal foul accepted for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 35 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Taylor Wardlow for 16 yards to the SMU 19 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 19 | Jeramy Goodson rush for a loss of 1 yard to the SMU 20, tackled by Youri Yenga. | | |
| 2nd and 11 at SMU 20 | Charles Ross rush for 6 yards to the SMU 14, tackled by Rock Dennis. | | |
| 3rd and 5 at SMU 14 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Taylor Wardlow for 5 yards to the SMU 9, tackled by Rock Dennis and Taylor Reed for a 1ST down. | | |
| 2nd and Goal at SMU 11 | Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Patrick Randolph. | | |
| 2nd and Goal at SMU 11 | Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Patrick Randolph. | | |
| 3rd and Goal at SMU 11 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Patrick Randolph for 11 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 7 | 7 |
| | Clark Fangmeier extra point GOOD. | 7 | 7 |
| | Brandon Yelovich kickoff for 70 yards returned by Bryan McCann, tackled by Justin Hill for 20 yards to the SMU 20, tackled by Justin Hill. | | |
| Southern Methodist at 2:39 | RICE | SMU |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 20 | Zach Line rush for 2 yards to the SMU 22, tackled by Alex Lowry. | 7 | 7 |
| 2nd and 8 at SMU 22 | Kyle Padron sacked by Scott Solomon for a loss of zero, fumbled, recovered by Rice Kevin Gaddis at the SMU 33. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: SMU drive: 2 plays 13 yards, 00:00 SMU FUMB |
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| Rice at 2:31 | RICE | SMU |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 33 | Nick Fanuzzi pass incomplete to Jeramy Goodson, broken up by Marquis Frazier. | 7 | 7 |
| 2nd and 10 at SMU 33 | Nick Fanuzzi pass complete to Patrick Randolph for 33 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 13 | 7 |
| | Clark Fangmeier extra point BLOCKED. | | |
| | Brandon Yelovich kickoff for 70 yards returned by Bryan McCann, tackled by Travis Bradshaw for 26 yards to the SMU 26, tackled by Travis Bradshaw. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: RICE drive: 2 plays 33 yards, 00:14 RICE TD |
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| Southern Methodist at 1:24 | RICE | SMU |
| 1st and 10 at SMU 26 | Kyle Padron rush for 6 yards to the SMU 32, tackled by Travis Bradshaw. | 13 | 7 |
| 2nd and 4 at SMU 32 | Kyle Padron pass complete to Cole Beasley for 15 yards to the SMU 47, tackled by Kevin Gaddis for a 1ST down. | | |
| | End of 1st Quarter | | |
Rice 28, 
Southern Methodist 31