Rice Owls @ UTSA Roadrunners

4-6, 2-4 American

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rice RICE	0	7	0	7	14
UTSA UTSA	3	7	21	3	34

UTSA RoadrunnersUTSAUTSA

7-3, 6-0 American

Carpenter's punt return score sparks UTSA to 34-14 victory over Rice

Nov 11, 2023, 11:21 pm

SAN ANTONIO -- — Chris Carpenter returned a punt 50 yards for a touchdown in the middle of a 21-point third quarter and UTSA pulled away in the second half to beat Rice 34-14 on Saturday night.

Chase Allen kicked a 26-yard field goal in the first quarter and Frank Harris had a 6-yard touchdown toss to Joshua Cephus with 57 seconds left before halftime to give UTSA (7-3, 6-0 American Athletic Conference) a 10-0 lead. However, AJ Padgett needed just four plays before connecting with Luke McCaffrey for a 27-yard touchdown 35 seconds later and Rice (4-6, 2-4) trailed by three at halftime.

The Roadrunners broke the game open in the third quarter. Robert Henry capped a nine-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to put UTSA up 17-7. Carpenter followed with his punt return, Rocko Griffin ran it in from a yard out and UTSA took a 31-7 lead into the final quarter.

Freshman Tate Sandell kicked his first career field goal — a 47-yarder with 5:09 left to play to complete the scoring for UTSA. Padgett connected with Landon Ransom-Goelz for a 22-yard touchdown with 1:11 remaining for the Owls.

Harris completed 15 of 24 passes for 175 yards for the Roadrunners. Griffin carried 12 times for 81 yards.

Padgett totaled 182 yards on 17-of-28 passing for the Owls.

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Game Information

San Antonio, TX

ESPNU

FBS

American Conference	CONF	OVR
Tulane	7-1	11-3
North Texas	7-1	12-2
Navy	7-1	11-2
East Carolina	6-2	9-4
South Florida	6-2	9-4
Army	4-4	7-6
Memphis	4-4	8-5
UTSA	4-4	7-6
Temple	3-5	5-7
Florida Atlantic	3-5	4-8
Rice	2-6	5-8
UAB	2-6	4-8
Tulsa	1-7	4-8
Charlotte	0-8	1-11

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