Rice 56, Houston 42

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	27	30
Total Yards	634	591
Passing	494	393
Rushing	140	198
Penalties	3-28	5-44
3rd Down Conversions	8-16	8-14
4th Down Conversions	2-3	0-1
Turnovers	2	0
Possession	26:27	33:33

Air/Ground Leaders
Houston Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Keenum 30/54 494 5 1	Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clement 28/41 381 5 0 Goodson 1/1 9 0 0
Houston Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Beall 17 88 1 25 Kohn 5 31 0 17	Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ugokwe 18 110 0 47 Clement 13 58 1 14
Houston Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Castile 5 144 3 53 Johnson 6 142 1 43	Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Casey 12 172 3 32 Dixon 6 57 1 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	TD	11:56	James Casey 1 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	0	7
	TD	10:15	L.J. Castile 43 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	7	7
	TD	03:46	Chase Clement 8 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	TD	14:56	Bryce Beall 2 Yd Run (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	14	14
	TD	13:41	Taylor Wardlow 53 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	14	21
	TD	11:56	James Casey 2 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	14	28
	TD	05:26	James Casey 23 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	14	35
	TD	01:06	Kierrie Johnson 3 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	21	35
THIRD QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	TD	11:34	James Casey 9 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	21	42
	TD	09:13	L.J. Castile 22 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	28	42
	TD	05:39	Toren Dixon 15 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	28	49
FOURTH QUARTER				HOU	RICE
	TD	14:56	Taylor Wardlow 3 Yd Pass From James Casey (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	28	56
	TD	12:09	Tyron Carrier 34 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	35	56
	TD	02:34	L.J. Castile 17 Yd Pass From Case Keenum (Jordan Mannisto Kick)	42	56

HOUSTON -- Chase Clement threw for 381 yards and five touchdowns for Rice in a 56-42 win over Houston on Saturday to deny the Cougars a chance at the Conference USA championship.

Needing a win to clinch the West in Conference USA, Houston instead quickly fell behind and lost to the Owls (9-3, 7-1) for the first time in the series since 2004.

The loss by Houston (7-5, 6-2) means that Tulsa and East Carolina will play for the conference title next week. Tulsa got the nod over Rice after beating the Owls head-to-head.

James Casey caught three touchdown passes from Clement, scored another on a 1-yard plunge and threw a 3-yard touchdown pass for the Owls. His 104 catches this season are a single-season conference record.

Houston's Case Keenum threw for 494 yards and five touchdowns, and set a Football Bowl Subdivision record with 25 straight pass completions. Keenum finished 30-of-54, and he is one game shy of tying the NCAA record of 14 consecutive 300-yard passing games.

L.J. Castile led Houston with five catches for 144 yards and three touchdowns.

C.J. Ugokwe rushed for 110 yards on 18 carries for the Owls.