| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER | RICE | UTEP |
 | FG | 9:40 | REAGAN SCHNEIDER 49 YD FG Drive info: 10 plays, 33 yards. | 0 | 3 |
 | TD | 4:37 | TOMMY HENDERSON 17 YD PASS FROM CHASE CLEMENT (CLARK FANGMEIER KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 82 yards. | 7 | 3 |
| TD | 0:53 | JARETT DILLARD 34 YD PASS FROM CHASE CLEMENT (CLARK FANGMEIER KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 67 yards. | 14 | 3 |
| SECOND QUARTER | RICE | UTEP |
| TD | 11:24 | MARCUS THOMAS 25 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (REAGAN SCHNEIDER KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 81 yards. | 14 | 10 |
| TD | 5:28 | QUINTON SMITH 1 YD RUN (CLARK FANGMEIER KICK) Drive info: 16 plays, 80 yards. | 21 | 10 |
| TD | 2:16 | QUINTON SMITH 64 YD PASS FROM CHASE CLEMENT (CLARK FANGMEIER KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 80 yards. | 28 | 10 |
| S | 1:34 | TEAM SAFETY | 30 | 10 |
| THIRD QUARTER | RICE | UTEP |
| TD | 13:05 | DANIEL ROBINSON 28 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (REAGAN SCHNEIDER KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 36 yards. | 30 | 17 |
| TD | 10:09 | QUINTON SMITH 21 YD RUN (CLARK FANGMEIER KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 78 yards. | 37 | 17 |
| TD | 8:09 | JOHNNIE LEE HIGGINS 22 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (REAGAN SCHNEIDER KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 65 yards. | 37 | 24 |
| FOURTH QUARTER | RICE | UTEP |
| TD | 7:30 | DANIEL ROBINSON 26 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (REAGAN SCHNEIDER KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 65 yards. | 37 | 31 |
Rice 37, 
UTEP 31