Rice 42, Tulane 17

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	20
Total Yards	398	374
Passing	168	340
Rushing	230	34
Penalties	2-15	3-28
3rd Down Conversions	5-10	6-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	2-4
Turnovers	1	3
Possession	30:36	29:24

Air/Ground Leaders
Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clement 20/25 168 2 1	Tulane Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kemp 14/20 201 2 0 Moore 9/20 136 0 2
Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ugokwe 18 111 1 21 Clement 8 57 2 20	Tulane Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Austin 13 25 0 7 King 1 13 0 13
Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Casey 6 51 2 17 Dillard 4 41 0 17	Tulane Receiving   REC YDS TD LG King 7 103 0 25 Austin 5 73 0 49

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				RICE	TULN
	TD	02:58	James Casey 7 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	7	0
	TD	00:28	Chase Clement 9 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	14	0
	TD	00:14	James Casey 17 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	21	0
SECOND QUARTER				RICE	TULN
	TD	13:30	Chase Clement 6 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	28	0
	TD	00:00	Chris Jones 55 Yd Return Of Blocked Field Goal (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	35	0
THIRD QUARTER				RICE	TULN
	FG	12:11	Ross Thevenot 42 Yd	35	3
	TD	05:21	Casey Robottom 42 Yd Pass From Joe Kemp (Ross Thevenot Kick)	35	10
	TD	02:48	C.J. Ugokwe 8 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	42	10
FOURTH QUARTER				RICE	TULN
	TD	06:45	Albert Williams 18 Yd Pass From Joe Kemp (Ross Thevenot Kick)	42	17

NEW ORLEANS -- Chase Clement passed for two touchdowns and ran for two as Rice routed Tulane 42-17 on Saturday.

Clement was 20 of 25 for 168 yards, including touchdowns of 7 and 17 yards to James Casey. Clement also had eight carries for 57 yards and touchdown runs of 9 and 6 yards.

C.J. Ugokwe gained 111 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries for Rice (5-3, 4-1 Conference USA).

Tulane lost its third straight to fall to 2-5, 1-3.

Rice's Jarett Dillard, the NCAA career touchdown reception leader with 54, did not catch a touchdown pass, ending a streak of 11 consecutive games with at least one. He caught four passes for 41 yards.

The game was scoreless before Rice scored three touchdowns in a span of less than five minutes late in the first quarter and early in the second.

The scoring began when Clement threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Casey with 2:58 left in the first quarter. Clement ran 9 yards for a touchdown with 28 seconds left in the quarter.

Tulane lost a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, and on the next play, Clement threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Casey for a 21-0 lead.

Terrance Garmon intercepted the Green Wave's Kevin Moore on the next possession, setting up Clement's 6-yard touchdown run for a 28-0 lead with 13:30 left in the second quarter.

Tulane's Ross Thevenot tried a 40-yard field goal with two seconds left in the half, but it was blocked and Chris Jones ran 55 yards for a touchdown and a 35-0 halftime lead.

It was the latest in a series of special teams breakdowns for the Green Wave, who allowed a punt return for a touchdown and a blocked punt for a touchdown against Alabama and a blocked field goal return for a touchdown against East Carolina.

Tulane finally scored when Thevenot made a 42-yard field goal on the first possession of the third quarter.

Joe Kemp's 42-yard touchdown pass to Casey Robottom got the Green Wave within 35-10 with 5:21 left in the third quarter.

The Owls came right back with an 8-yard touchdown run by Ugokwe to increase the lead to 42-10 with 2:48 left in the third quarter.

Kemp threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Albert Williams to make it 42-17 with 6:45 left in the game.