Vandy shuts out Rice after halftime, moves to 3-0

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	22
Total Yards	407	344
Passing	299	71
Rushing	108	273
Penalties	3-15	3-35
3rd Down Conversions	7-14	5-10
4th Down Conversions	2-3	0-0
Turnovers	2	0
Possession	29:07	30:53

Air/Ground Leaders
Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Clement 25/39 299 1 1 Casey 0/1 0 0 0	Vanderbilt Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Nickson 7/16 71 0 0
Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ugokwe 13 63 0 12 Clement 15 27 1 8	Vanderbilt Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hawkins 20 107 1 14 Nickson 13 85 2 17
Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Casey 12 115 0 31 Dillard 7 105 1 30	Vanderbilt Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Walker 4 40 0 17 Barden 2 22 0 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				RICE	VAN
	TD	09:47	Jarett Dillard 26 Yd Pass From Chase Clement (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	7	0
	TD	04:22	Sean Walker 5 Yd Run (Bryant Hahnfeldt Kick)	7	7
	TD	01:23	Chase Clement 3 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	14	7
SECOND QUARTER				RICE	VAN
	TD	08:20	Chris Nickson 14 Yd Run (Bryant Hahnfeldt Kick)	14	14
	TD	03:19	James Casey 2 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	21	14
	TD	00:15	Jared Hawkins 7 Yd Run (Bryant Hahnfeldt Kick)	21	21
THIRD QUARTER				RICE	VAN
	TD	11:41	Jamie Graham 27 Yd Run (Bryant Hahnfeldt Kick)	21	28
	FG	03:43	Bryant Hahnfeldt 48 Yd	21	31
FOURTH QUARTER				RICE	VAN
	TD	10:00	Chris Nickson 1 Yd Run (Bryant Hahnfeldt Kick)	21	38

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jared Hawkins rushed for 107 yards and the Vanderbilt defense held Rice scoreless in the second half for a 38-21 victory on Saturday night.

The Commodores snapped a 21-21 halftime tie on Jamie Graham's 27-yard touchdown run with 11:41 left in the third quarter.

A third-quarter field goal and Chris Nickson's 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter helped Vanderbilt pull away.

Vanderbilt improved to 3-0 for only the third time since 1984.

Vanderbilt's D.J. Moore had 138 yards in return yardage, including a 67-yard punt return to the Rice 1-yard line to set up the final touchdown.

The teams combined for six touchdowns and 447 yards of offense in the first half.

Rice's Chase Clement, who passed for 207 yards, gave Rice (2-1) a 7-0 lead when he hit Jarett Dillard on a 26-yard touchdown pass.

Vanderbilt tied the game at 7-all on Sean Walker's 5-yard run.

The Owls raced ahead again at 14-7 late in the first quarter on Clement's 3-yard touchdown run.

The Commodores again answered on Nickson's 14-yard touchdown run, making it 14-all.

A 2-yard scoring run by James Casey late in the first half pushed Rice ahead 21-14, but the Commodores again tied the game with 15 seconds left before halftime on a 7-yard touchdown run by Hawkins.