UTEP at Rice

Saturday, November 3, 2007 Share

Rice beat UTEP 56–⁠48. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Rice led the series 6–⁠5.

AwayUTEP4–⁠8 in 2007

HomeRice3–⁠9 in 2007

Final at Rice Stadium, HoustonAttendance 12,313

At kickoff: 81°F, mostly cloudy, wind 6 mph from the northwestWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU), 15 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
UTEP	3	17	22	6	48
Rice	14	7	7	28	56

PassingTrevor Vittatoe30 of 57, 373 yards, 5 TDUTEP
RushingChase Clement14 carries, 103 yards, 2 TDRice
ReceivingJarett Dillard11 catches, 168 yards, 2 TDRice3rd-best receiving day of Week 10
DefenseQuintin Demps1 INTUTEP

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UTEPRice

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Trevor Vittatoe	30/57	373	5	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	TD	Long
Marcus Thomas	19	51	1	21
Lorne Sam	7	24	0	14
Terrell Jackson	3	5	0	3

Receiving	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Fred Rouse	5	100	1	76
Lorne Sam	9	86	0	15
Marcus Thomas	4	69	1	33
Jeff Moturi	4	35	1	11

Interceptions	Int	Yds
Quintin Demps	1	3
Cornelius Brown	1	20
Jason Boyce	1	0

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Chase Clement	32/58	395	6	3

Rushing	Car	Yds	TD	Long
Chase Clement	14	103	2	59
Justin Hill	15	58	0	14
James Casey	4	3	0	6

Receiving	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Jarett Dillard	11	168	2	60
Joel Armstrong	5	49	0	23
Toren Dixon	4	48	2	26
James Casey	5	48	0	20

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Our ratings going in

UTEP 54% to win. Rice won as Elo’s underdog.

Rice leads 16–⁠9 in 25 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.