UTEP

Clear 55F Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX

Head to Head

31.8	Points Scored Per Game	21.2
31.3	Points Allowed Per Game	29.8
219.8	Pass Yards Per Game	224
201.3	Rush Yards Per Game	148.5
250.8	Pass Yards Allowed Per Game	246
193.167	Rush Yards Allowed Per Game	194.167
24	Takeaways (Season)	19
19	Giveaways (Season)	23
2020.6	Average Time of Possession	1773.3
6	Penalties Per Game	5
6-6	Record	3-3

Team Leaders

Rice

		Team Leaders
QB	McHargue	2178 PASS YDS, 11 TD, 5 INT
RB	Ross	131 CAR, 743 YDS, 4 TD
RB	McHargue	154 CAR, 628 YDS, 11 TD
WR	Taylor	48 REC, 673 YDS, 0 TD
WR	McGuffie	49 REC, 523 YDS, 5 TD

UTEP

QB	Lamaison	1686 PASS YDS, 12 TD, 9 INT
RB	Jeffery	184 CAR, 897 YDS, 7 TD
RB	Sullivan	59 CAR, 240 YDS, 2 TD
WR	Leslie	51 REC, 973 YDS, 6 TD
WR	Edwards	51 REC, 820 YDS, 8 TD

Rice defeats UTEP 33-24 to become bowl-eligible

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Charles Ross ran for 154 yards and two touchdowns and Rice became bowl-eligible with a 33-24 win over UTEP Saturday night.

Ross scored on a 9-yard run to give Rice a 26-21 lead in the fourth quarter and after UTEP answered with a field goal, Jeremy Eddington returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Eddington also ran for another score for the Owls (6-6, 4-4 Conference USA), who have won four in a row. Taylor McHargue threw for 207 yards to help give Rice a chance to go to its first postseason game since the 2008 Texas Bowl.

Nick Lamaison threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Miners (3-9, 2-6). The game was the final one for UTEP's Mike Price, who is retiring after 31 years as a college head coach.

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Rice defeats UTEP 33-24 to become bowl-eligible

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