Rice 45, Southern Miss. 40

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	32	26
Total Yards	573	586
Passing	461	444
Rushing	112	142
Penalties	9-85	7-78
3rd Down Conversions	9-19	7-14
4th Down Conversions	2-2	0-0
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	26:52	33:08

Air/Ground Leaders
Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Davis 32/61 461 4 0 Team 0/1 0 0 0	Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clement 30/43 444 6 1 Casey 0/1 0 0 0
Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Fletcher 17 120 1 32 Harrison 5 16 1 6	Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ugokwe 17 90 0 35 Casey 6 32 0 11
Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Brown 12 221 4 54 Nelson 6 71 0 18	Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Dillard 7 141 3 51 Dixon 7 118 1 28

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				USM	RICE
	TD	10:11	Jarett Dillard 17 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	0	7
	TD	08:19	Tory Harrison 6 Yd Run (Pat Blocked)	6	7
SECOND QUARTER				USM	RICE
	FG	10:55	Clark Fangmeier 36 Yd	6	10
	TD	08:24	James Casey 26 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	6	17
	TD	00:04	Deandre Brown 8 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	12	17
THIRD QUARTER				USM	RICE
	TD	12:16	Jarett Dillard 51 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	12	24
	TD	11:51	Toren Dixon 28 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	12	31
	TD	03:25	Damion Fletcher 3 Yd Run (Britt Barefoot Kick)	19	31
FOURTH QUARTER				USM	RICE
	TD	14:52	Deandre Brown 16 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Britt Barefoot Kick)	26	31
	TD	11:45	Jarett Dillard 44 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	26	38
	TD	06:48	James Casey 26 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	26	45
	TD	04:16	Deandre Brown 42 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Britt Barefoot Kick)	33	45
	TD	00:17	Deandre Brown 17 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Britt Barefoot Kick)	40	45

HOUSTON -- Chase Clement threw for 444 yards and six touchdowns, including three to NCAA record-holder Jarrett Dillard to help Rice hold off Southern Miss in a 45-40 win Saturday.

The Golden Eagles kept their hopes alive after Austin Davis hit DeAndre Brown for his fourth touchdown catch with 17.2 seconds left, but Rice recovered the ensuing onside kick.

Dillard, who pushed his NCAA record for career touchdowns to 54, caught seven passes for 141 yards. The Owls (4-3, 3-1 Conference USA) moved to 3-0 at home and have won two of three after a two-game slide.

Southern Miss (2-5, 0-3) has lost four straight.

Davis was 32-of-61 for 461 yards and threw all four of his touchdown passes to Brown, who had 221 yards receiving. Damion Fletcher had a game-high 120 yards rushing on 17 carries.

After Clement hit Dillard for a 44-yard score to make it 38-26 with 11:45 left, Rice got its final touchdown when James Casey scooped up a fumble from teammate Patrick Randolph and ran it 26 yards to the end zone.

The Owls led 17-12 at halftime behind Clement, who finished the game completing 30 of his 43 passes.