Houston 56, Rice 48

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	28
Total Yards	441	748
Passing	355	474
Rushing	86	274
Penalties	2-9	7-31
3rd Down Conversions	8-16	7-13
4th Down Conversions	0-0	3-4
Turnovers	2	5
Possession	28:49	31:11

Air/Ground Leaders
Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clement 24/44 355 3 1	Houston Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Joseph 11/18 318 3 1 Keenum 15/18 156 0 1
Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Clement 11 36 0 13 Hill 14 23 1 7	Houston Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Alridge 24 205 4 50 Ganaway 9 46 0 19
Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Dillard 7 133 1 29 Dixon 4 70 0 24	Houston Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Avery 13 346 2 77 Harvey 5 93 1 42

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				RICE	HOU
	TD	11:27	Donnie Avery 77 Yd Pass From Blake Joseph (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 2 plays, 77 yds, :41	0	7
	TD	08:16	Anthony Alridge 7 Yd Run (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 69 yds, 1:11	0	14
	TD	07:25	Marcus Knox 1 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 80 yds, :51	7	14
	TD	06:30	Jarett Dillard 18 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick) Drive: 2 plays, 17 yds, :50	14	14
	TD	03:22	Jeron Harvey 18 Yd Pass From Blake Joseph (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 7 plays, 65 yds, 3:08	14	21
	TD	01:12	Donnie Avery 67 Yd Pass From Blake Joseph (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 1 plays, 67 yds, :08	14	28
SECOND QUARTER				RICE	HOU
	FG	13:27	Clark Fangmeier 41 Yd Drive: 8 plays, 56 yds, 2:45	17	28
	TD	08:06	Taylor Wardlow 5 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick) Drive: 1 plays, 5 yds, :04	24	28
	TD	07:10	James Casey 2 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 14 yds, :47	31	28
	FG	00:47	Clark Fangmeier 46 Yd Drive: 10 plays, 30 yds, 4:42	34	28
THIRD QUARTER				RICE	HOU
	TD	08:54	Tommy Henderson 15 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) Drive: 11 plays, 64 yds, 4:21	40	28
	TD	05:28	Anthony Alridge 8 Yd Run (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 78 yds, 3:21	40	35
	TD	04:23	Justin Hill 7 Yd Run (Chase Clement Pass To Taylor Wardlow For Two-Point Conversion) Drive: 6 plays, 65 yds, 1:05	48	35
FOURTH QUARTER				RICE	HOU
	TD	14:09	Case Keenum 2 Yd Run (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 12 plays, 81 yds, 5:06	48	42
	TD	08:16	Anthony Alridge 33 Yd Run (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 80 yds, 3:37	48	49
	TD	02:20	Anthony Alridge 50 Yd Run (T.J. Lawrence Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 74 yds, 1:37	48	56

HOUSTON (AP) -- Anthony Alridge had 205 rushing yards, Donnie Avery had 346 receiving yards and Houston scored the final 21 points to rally past Rice 56-48 Saturday.

Aldridge scored four touchdowns, including a 33-yard run that put the Cougars (3-3, 2-1 Conference USA) ahead 49-48 with 3:37 remaining. He added a 50-yard TD for the final points two minutes later.

Avery set conference and school records with his receiving total and finished with 427 all-purpose yards. He had two touchdowns.

The Owls (1-5, 1-1) led 48-35 going into the fourth quarter, but Houston quarterback Case Keenum, who replaced starter Black Joseph in the second half, scored on a 2-yard keeper early in the quarter to get the rally going.

Rice trailed 28-24 in the second quarter before outscoring the Cougars 24-7 behind quarterback Chase Clement and receiver Jarett Dillard.

Clement threw for a 355 yards, a career high, and three touchdowns and led the Owls with 52 rushing yards. Dillard had 133 receiving yards and a first-quarter touchdown.

Trailing 34-28 just before halftime, Houston had a chance to take the lead with 16 seconds left, but Joseph committed his second turnover when he fumbled on the Rice 1.

Joseph was 11-of-18 passing for 318 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. Avery had 208 receiving yards in the first quarter, a school record for a quarter.