College Football
BOXSCORE
Western Kentucky 46, Rice 14
When: 8:00 PM   ET ,  Thursday, September 1, 2016
Where: Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Attendance: 19286
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Rice 0 7 7 0 14
Western Kentucky 16 14 6 10 46
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:24
Western Kentucky   S  Western Kentucky 2 - Rice 0
Punt blocked by out of bounds in end zone for a safety
1st Quarter - 4:00
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 9 - Rice 0
Anthony Wales 5 yd. run (Ryan Nuss kick)
1st Quarter - 1:31
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 16 - Rice 0
Nicholas Norris 87 yd. pass from Mike White (Skyler Simcox kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:24
Rice   TD  Western Kentucky 16 - Rice 7
Jowan Davis 2 yd. run (Hayden Tobola kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:37
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 23 - Rice 7
Nacarius Fant 6 yd. pass from Mike White (Ryan Nuss kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:03
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 30 - Rice 7
Anthony Wales 1 yd. run (Skyler Simcox kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:24
Western Kentucky   FG  Western Kentucky 33 - Rice 7
Skyler Simcox 29 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 4:31
Western Kentucky   FG  Western Kentucky 36 - Rice 7
Ryan Nuss 26 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:10
Rice   TD  Western Kentucky 36 - Rice 14
Tyler Stehling 22 yd. run (Hayden Tobola kick)
4th Quarter - 14:01
Western Kentucky   TD  Western Kentucky 43 - Rice 14
Nicholas Norris 19 yd. pass from Mike White (Skyler Simcox kick)
4th Quarter - 5:12
Western Kentucky   FG  Western Kentucky 46 - Rice 14
Ryan Nuss 31 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Rice Western Kentucky
W‑L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Rice Western Kentucky
Score 14 46
1st Downs 20 23
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-14
50%		 3-for-10
30%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%		 0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 291 649
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 33-105 30-97
Average/Rush 3.2 3.2
Passing
Comp-Att 23-38 26-35
Passing Yards 186 552
Average/Pass Play 4.9 15.8
Penalties-Yards 10-62 8-77
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Time of Possession 27:45 32:15
PLAYER STATS
Rice (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Stehling 23/38 186 0 2
Western Kentucky (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. White 25/31 517 3 0
T. Ferguson 1/3 35 0 0
N. Fant 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
T. Stehling 11 85 7.7 1
D. Dillard 9 19 2.1 0
S. Stewart 3 14 4.7 0
J. Davis 6 10 1.7 1
A. Walter 3 1 0.3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Wales 15 58 3.9 2
Q. Baker 9 42 4.7 0
N. Norris 1 2 2.0 0
M. Trigg 2 1 0.5 0
D. Ferby 1 1 1.0 0
N. Fant 1 -5 -5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
P. Smith 3 60 20.0 0
J. Mayden 4 56 14.0 0
N. German 3 25 8.3 0
Z. Wright 3 16 5.3 0
J. Davis 1 15 15.0 0
L. Wright 1 8 8.0 0
T. Alaka 2 4 2.0 0
S. Stewart 1 3 3.0 0
D. Pollard 3 0 0.0 0
D. Dillard 2 -1 -0.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
T. Taylor 5 165 33.0 0
N. Norris 7 147 21.0 2
L. Jackson 1 54 54.0 0
N. Fant 5 44 8.8 1
A. Wales 4 44 11.0 0
S. Johnson 1 35 35.0 0
W. Bush 1 35 35.0 0
K. Towner 1 17 17.0 0
S. Donatell 1 11 11.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Jackson 1 0 0
D. Simmons 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Ibe 6 2
J. Blasingame 3 1
C. Bertrand 3 2
V. Banks 3 3
D. Ellis 2 0
J. Thompson 2 0
T. McGaskey 2 3
A. Lyons 2 5
N. Ellerbe 2 6
G. Schantz 1 0
B. Douglas 1 0
F. Corbett 1 0
R. Wilkins 1 0
N. Uretsky 1 0
D. Brown 1 1
D. White 1 1
B. Padgett 1 4
D. Dillard 0 1
B. Wright 0 1
B. Womac 0 2
C. Thompson 0 2
C. Henessee 0 3
Z. Abercrumbia 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Brown 6 1
T. McCollum 5 7
J. Iyiegbuniwe 2 0
D. Duclos 2 1
C. Johnson 2 2
D. Overstreet 2 3
B. Leston 2 3
R. Nuss 1 0
J. Johnson 1 1
L. Johnson 1 1
B. Holt 1 1
D. Davis 1 2
O. Bryant 1 3
D. Mobley 1 3
T. Reeves 1 5
M. Ward 0 1
D. Farris 0 1
D. Simmons 0 1
N. Roush 0 2
D. Bertram 0 3
K. Brown 0 5
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
T. McGaskey 1.0 5.0
J. Thompson 1.0 5.0
R. Wilkins 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
O. Bryant 1.5 6.0
J. Brown 1.0 1.0
J. Iyiegbuniwe 1.0 1.0
D. Overstreet 0.5 2.0
K. Brown 0.5 2.0
T. Reeves 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Stehling 1
D. Pollard 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles