Rice Owls vs. Northwestern Wildcats - Box Score - November 12, 2011 - ESPN

Scores

Final

Rice 6

(3-7, 2-4 C-USA)

Northwestern 28

(5-5, 2-4 Big Ten)

Alerts

Coverage: Big Ten Network

12:00 PM ET, November 12, 2011

Ryan Field, EVANSTON, IL

	1	2	3	4	T
RICE	0	0	0	6	6
NW	7	14	0	7	28

Top Performers

Passing: D. Persa (NW) - 372 YDS, 4 TD, 2 INT

Rushing: T. Smith (RICE) - 21 CAR, 84 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving: J. Ebert (NW) - 7 REC, 208 YDS, 2 TD

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER				RICE	NW
	TD	04:15	Jeremy Ebert 90 Yd Pass From Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien Kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				RICE	NW
	TD	04:26	Jeremy Ebert 17 Yd Pass From Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien Kick)	0	14
	TD	00:23	Demetrius Fields 15 Yd Pass From Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien Kick)	0	21
FOURTH QUARTER				RICE	NW
	TD	13:12	Kain Colter 3 Yd Pass From Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien Kick)	0	28
	TD	04:16	Tyler Smith 9 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	6	28

Team Stat Comparison

	RICE	NW
1st Downs	13	22
3rd down efficiency	4-13	7-15
4th down efficiency	0-0	1-2
Total Yards	254	533
Passing	135	397
Comp-Att	14-26	27-34
Yards per pass	5.2	11.7
Rushing	119	136
Rushing Attempts	30	39
Yards per rush	4.0	3.5
Penalties	2-5	3-30
Turnovers	1	3
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	1	2
Possession	26:12	33:48

Rice Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
N. Fanuzzi	13/25	92	3.7	0	1
J. Taylor	1/1	43	43.0	0	0
Team	14/26	135	5.2	0	1

Northwestern Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
D. Persa	25/32	372	11.6	4	2
K. Colter	1/1	14	14.0	0	0
T. Siemian	1/1	11	11.0	0	0
Team	27/34	397	11.7	4	2

Rice Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
T. Smith	21	84	4.0	1	16
T. Petersen	5	19	3.8	0	10
N. Fanuzzi	3	14	4.7	0	6
J. Eddington	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	30	119	4.0	1	16

Northwestern Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
K. Colter	9	39	4.3	0	23
A. Smith	7	37	5.3	0	10
J. Schmidt	8	27	3.4	0	6
T. Jones	4	16	4.0	0	7
T. Green	4	15	3.8	0	6
V. Mark	1	5	5.0	0	5
D. Persa	3	0	0.0	0	5
A. Daniel	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
-. Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	39	136	3.5	0	23

Rice Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
A. Gautreaux	2	52	26.0	0	43
T. Smith	4	21	5.3	0	9
R. Kitchens	3	20	6.7	0	9
V. McDonald	1	14	14.0	0	14
J. Taylor	1	12	12.0	0	12
D. Moore	1	9	9.0	0	9
T. Petersen	1	6	6.0	0	6
T. Cook	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	14	135	9.6	0	43

Northwestern Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Ebert	7	208	29.7	2	90
D. Fields	2	65	32.5	1	50
D. Dunsmore	7	59	8.4	0	20
K. Colter	5	27	5.4	1	6
J. Schmidt	2	20	10.0	0	12
M. Jensen	1	11	11.0	0	11
C. Jones	1	5	5.0	0	5
T. Green	1	2	2.0	0	2
C. Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	27	397	14.7	4	90

Rice Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
C. Frazier	1	0	0
B. Callahan	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Northwestern Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
T. Scott	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Rice Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
A. Gautreaux	2	35	17.5	22
B. Hotard	2	17	8.5	9
Team	4	52	13.0	22

Northwestern Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
V. Mark	1	20	20.0	20
J. Ebert	1	7	7.0	7
Team	2	27	13.5	20

Rice Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
C. Boswell	0/1	0.0	--	0/1	0
Team	0/1	0.0	--	0/1	0

Northwestern Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
J. Budzien	0/0	0.0	--	4/4	4
Team	0/0	0.0	--	4/4	4

Rice Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
K. Martens	8	327	40.9	1	3	54
Team	8	327	40.9	1	3	54

Northwestern Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
B. Williams	2	88	44.0	0	2	49
Team	2	88	44.0	0	2	49

ATTENDANCE: 26,886