Rice 56, UTEP 48

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	26
Total Yards	422	558
Passing	373	395
Rushing	49	163
Penalties	9-61	6-49
3rd Down Conversions	7-19	9-18
4th Down Conversions	0-3	2-2
Turnovers	3	7
Possession	30:52	29:08

Air/Ground Leaders
UTEP Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Vittatoe 30/57 373 5 0	Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clement 32/58 395 6 3
UTEP Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Thomas 19 51 1 21 Sam 7 24 0 14	Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Clement 14 103 2 59 Hill 15 58 0 14
UTEP Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Rouse 5 100 1 76 Sam 9 86 0 15	Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Dillard 11 168 2 60 Armstrong 5 49 0 223

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UTEP	RICE
	TD	14:41	Toren Dixon 11 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	0	7
	FG	07:16	Jose Martinez 39 Yd	3	7
	TD	04:52	Tommy Henderson 13 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	3	14
SECOND QUARTER				UTEP	RICE
	FG	14:56	Jose Martinez 33 Yd	6	14
	TD	09:47	Marcus Thomas 7 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	13	14
	TD	02:40	Jake Sears 5 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	20	14
	TD	00:46	Jarett Dillard 2 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	20	21
THIRD QUARTER				UTEP	RICE
	TD	11:20	Fred Rouse 76 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	27	21
	TD	09:10	Marcus Thomas 2 Yd Run (Lorne Sam Run For Two-Point Conversion)	35	21
	TD	04:50	Chase Clement 8 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	35	28
	TD	01:10	Jeff Moturi 11 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	42	28
FOURTH QUARTER				UTEP	RICE
	TD	14:44	Joe West 23 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Pat Blocked)	48	28
	TD	11:15	Tommy Henderson 8 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	48	35
	TD	07:18	Toren Dixon 6 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	48	42
	TD	06:19	Jarett Dillard 6 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	48	49
	TD	03:38	Chase Clement 9 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	48	56

HOUSTON (AP) -- Chase Clement threw for six touchdowns and ran for two more and Rice scored the final 28 points in a 56-48 victory against Texas-El Paso on Saturday.

Clement, who set a Conference USA record by accounting for eight touchdowns, completed 32 of 58 passes for 395 yards and ran for 103 yards. The six passing touchdowns set a Rice record and tied the conference mark, and his 498 total yards were a school record.

The Owls (2-7, 2-3 C-USA) trailed 48-28 when Clement threw three touchdown passes in a span of five minutes, the last a 6-yarder to Jarett Dillard that put Rice ahead 49-48 with 6:19 remaining. Clement capped the scoring on a 9-yard run that finished a four-play, 74-yard drive.

The Miners (4-5, 2-3) had two chances to score in the final 3 1/2 minutes, but a Rice defense that allowed 422 yards stiffened.

UTEP's Trevor Vittatoe nearly matched Clement by passing for five touchdowns, but the Miners lost three fumbles in the second half to boost Rice's rally.

Dillard, a junior, became Rice's career leader in receiving yards with 2,524 after catching 11 passes for 168 yards. David Houser had held the record of 2,358 since 1978.

UTEP special teams player Brandon Jordan, a redshirt freshman from the Houston area, was taken off the field on a stretcher in the first quarter after taking a knee to the helmet. After the game, he was walking around wearing a neck brace.