Tulsa Erases 10-Point Deficit, Beats Rice 38-17
Rice ran 54 times for 289 yards and threw for 62. It lost by 21. Jacurri Brown put up 154 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries, and the Owls still ended the day at 1-6, because Tulsa scored the last 31 points. The final was 38-17.
The first half looked nothing like the second. Brown ran 50 yards for a touchdown on Rice's opening possession, Tommy Bauchiero kicked a 32-yard field goal, and Damari Alston answered for Tulsa with a 4-yard run. Brown then broke a 78-yard touchdown run with 10:59 left in the half, and Rice led 17-7, its biggest lead of the game and the last time it scored. Tulsa answered with two Baylor Hayes touchdown passes, an 11-yarder to Javon Ross with 2:48 left in the half and an 8-yarder to Oran Singleton with 33 seconds left, and went to the break ahead 21-17. That was the only lead change.
From there it was all Tulsa. Owen Carey kicked a 35-yard field goal in the third quarter, Hayes threw a 6-yard touchdown to Sevion Morrison early in the fourth (the extra point failed, 30-17), and Trequan Jones broke a 45-yard touchdown run with 3:39 left. The two-point try worked, and that made it 38-17.
Tulsa gained 399 yards to Rice's 351 and did not turn the ball over. Rice lost one fumble (Brown's). Tulsa is 4-3. For fantasy, Brown topped the board with 29.3 points even on the losing side, and Hayes was a near second at 28.3 on 20 of 27 passing and three touchdowns.