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    Rice 28, Memphis 6


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    HOUSTON (AP) - Taylor McHargue threw for 170 yards and a touchdown, and Turner Petersen rushed for two touchdowns as Rice defeated Memphis 28-6 Saturday.

    Petersen's 1-yard touchdown run with 5:34 left in the first quarter capped a 9-play, 69-yard drive to give the Owls (2-3, 1-1 Conference USA) a 7-0 lead. Petersen, who finished with 32 yards rushing, also scored from 1 yard with 4:57 left in the third quarter to make it 28-3.

    McHargue was 15 of 22 and rushed for 44 yards. He found Luke Willson for a 15-yard touchdown before halftime to extend the lead to 14-3. Tyler Smith rushed 14 times for 97 yards, and Willson had five catches for 58 yards to lead Rice.

    Tannar Rehrer had 11 catches for 89 yards for the Tigers (1-5, 0-2).

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    Scoring Summary
    RICETurner Petersen 1 yd run (Chris Boswell kick)
    MEMPaulo Henriques 50 yd FG
    RICELuke Willson 15 yd pass from Taylor McHargue (Chris Boswell kick)
    RICEJared Williams 47 yd interception return (Chris Boswell kick)
    RICETurner Petersen 1 yd run (Chris Boswell kick)
    MEMPaulo Henriques 30 yd FG
     
    Team Stats
     MEMRICE
    First Downs1714
    Third Down Efficiency3-167-16
    Fourth Down Efficiency0-01-2
    Plays-Net Yards72-30767-350
    Rushes-Yds29-7045-180
    Passing Yds237170
    Kick Return Yds6076
    Punt Return Yds0121
    Passes24-43-215-22-2
    Punts10-4717-310
    Fumbles-Lost1-11-1
    Penalties-Yds3-174-25
    Time of Poss.29:5430:6
     
    Individual Stats
    RUSHING
    MEM: Taylor Reed 8-29, Jerrell Rhodes 7-29, Billy Foster 7-20, Artaves Gibson 3-9, Joe Price 1-2, Andy Summerlin 3--19
    RICE: Tyler Smith 14-97, Taylor McHargue 14-44, Turner Petersen 11-32, Sam McGuffie 1-5, Jeremy Eddington 4-3, Team 1--1
    PASSING
    MEM: Taylor Reed 15-30-100-2, Andy Summerlin 9-13-137-0
    RICE: Taylor McHargue 15-22-170-2
    RECEIVING
    MEM: Tannar Rehrer 11-89, Kevin Wright 4-82, Keiwone Malone 2-34, Jerrell Rhodes 2--2, Billy Foster 1-12, Marcus Rucker 1-9, Cam Baker 1-7, Andrew Ene-Ita 1-5, Reggie Travis 1-1
    RICE: Luke Willson 5-58, Vance McDonald 3-26, Sam McGuffie 3-24, Turner Petersen 1-51, Tyler Smith 1-6, Jeremy Eddington 1-3, Donte Moore 1-2