Saturday, 10/27/12
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Miss | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Rice | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 44 |
| Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Attendance | 14,927 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Southern Miss - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Southern Miss kicks off. Blasingame returns 33 yards to the Rice43. | |
| Rice - 14:50 | ||
| 1-10, Rice45 | 14:50 | Ross rush for 3 yards to the Rice48. |
| 2-7, Rice48 | 14:23 | Rice penalized -5 yards. |
| 2-12, Rice43 | 14:00 | McHargue pass completion to the right to Ross for 4 yards to the Rice47. |
| 3-8, Rice47 | 13:33 | McHargue incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-8, Rice47 | 13:20 | Boswell punts. No return. Ball on SouMis33. |
| Southern Miss - 13:00 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis33 | 13:00 | Favor pass completion to the right to Lampley for 14 yards to the SouMis47. |
| 1-10, SouMis47 | 12:34 | Richard rush middle for 5 yards to the Rice48. |
| 2-5, Rice48 | 12:10 | Johnson rush for 3 yards to the Rice45. |
| 3-2, Rice45 | 11:43 | Favor incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-2, Rice45 | 11:30 | Boehme punts. Parks returns 0 yards. |
| Rice - 11:29 | ||
| 1-10, Rice6 | 11:29 | McHargue incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Rice6 | 11:11 | Ross rush for 2 yards to the Rice8. |
| 3-8, Rice8 | 11:00 | McHargue rush for 3 yards to the Rice11. |
| 4-5, Rice11 | 10:30 | Cook punts. No return. Ball on Rice44. |
| Southern Miss - 10:20 | ||
| 1-10, Rice44 | 10:20 | Favor incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Rice44 | 10:00 | Favor rush for -1 yard to the Rice45. |
| 3-11, Rice45 | 9:41 | Favor rush for 5 yards to the Rice40. |
| 4-6, Rice40 | 9:11 | Boehme rush middle for -9 yards to the Rice49. Fumble, Kutzler of Rice recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Rice - 9:00 | ||
| 1-10, Rice49 | 9:00 | Taylor rush for 6 yards to the SouMis45. |
| 2-4, SouMis45 | 8:33 | Petersen rush for 4 yards to the SouMis41. |
| 1-10, SouMis41 | 8:12 | Petersen rush for 6 yards to the SouMis35. |
| 2-4, SouMis35 | 7:45 | McHargue pass completion to the right to Parks for 35 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 7:22 | Boswell PAT - GOOD. | |
| 7:22 | Rice kicks off. Touchback. Ball on SouMis25. | |
| Southern Miss - 7:22 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis25 | 7:22 | Southern Miss penalized -5 yards. |
| 1-15, SouMis20 | 7:11 | Johnson rush middle for 5 yards to the SouMis25. |
| 2-12, SouMis23 | 6:56 | Rice penalized 5 yards. |
| 2-7, SouMis28 | 6:40 | Favor rush middle for 6 yards to the SouMis34. |
| 3-1, SouMis34 | 6:20 | Richard rush middle for 1 yard to the SouMis35. |
| 1-10, SouMis35 | 5:55 | Johnson rush middle for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, SouMis35 | 5:30 | Favor pass completion to the right to Burdette for 1 yard to the SouMis36. |
| 3-9, SouMis36 | 5:00 | Favor pass completion to the right to Lampley for 20 yards to the Rice44. |
| 1-10, Rice44 | 4:44 | Favor rush middle for -1 yard to the Rice45. |
| 2-11, Rice45 | 4:13 | Weeks rush for 9 yards to the Rice36. |
| 3-2, Rice36 | 3:49 | Reed rush middle for 7 yards to the Rice29. |
| 1-10, Rice29 | 3:18 | Johnson rush middle for 4 yards to the Rice25. |
| 2-6, Rice25 | 2:54 | Johnson rush for -2 yards to the Rice27. |
| 3-8, Rice27 | 2:22 | Hester rush middle for -7 yards to the Rice34. Hester fumbles, Hester of Southern Miss recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| 4-14, Rice33 | 2:05 | Acosta 50 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 0:57 | Southern Miss kicks off. Blasingame returns 48 yards to the SouMis47. | |
| Rice - 0:50 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis47 | 0:50 | Jackson rush for 1 yard to the SouMis46. |
| 2-9, SouMis46 | 0:11 | McHargue pass completion to the left to Taylor for 9 yards to the SouMis37. |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rice - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis38 | 15:00 | Jackson pass completion to the middle to Petersen for 38 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 14:53 | Boswell PAT - GOOD. | |
| 14:53 | Rice kicks off. Touchback. Ball on SouMis25. | |
| Southern Miss - 14:53 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis25 | 14:53 | Hester rush middle for 2 yards to the SouMis27. |
| 2-8, SouMis27 | 14:24 | Favor pass completion to the middle to Llanos for 19 yards to the SouMis46. |
| 1-10, SouMis46 | 14:00 | Favor pass completion to the middle to Lampley for 39 yards to the Rice15. |
| 1-10, Rice15 | 13:40 | Bracken rush for 14 yards to the Rice1. |
| 1-1, Rice1 | 13:18 | Hester rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 13:09 | Acosta PAT - GOOD. | |
| 13:09 | Southern Miss kicks off. Blasingame returns 3 yards to the Rice13. | |
| Rice - 13:00 | ||
| 1-10, Rice13 | 13:00 | Petersen rush for 12 yards to the Rice25. |
| 1-10, Rice25 | 12:34 | Petersen rush middle for 7 yards to the Rice32. |
| 2-3, Rice32 | 12:13 | McHargue rush for 2 yards to the Rice34. |
| 3-1, Rice34 | 11:56 | McHargue rush middle for 4 yards to the Rice38. |
| 1-10, Rice39 | 11:35 | McHargue incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Rice39 | 11:11 | McHargue pass completion to the middle to Taylor for 5 yards to the Rice44. |
| 3-5, Rice44 | 10:50 | McHargue pass completion to the middle to McHargue for 0 yards. |
| 4-5, Rice44 | 10:30 | Cook punts. No return. Ball on SouMis19. |
| Southern Miss - 10:14 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis19 | 10:14 | Richard rush middle for 5 yards to the SouMis24. |
| 2-5, SouMis24 | 10:00 | Favor rush middle for 33 yards to the Rice43. |
| 1-10, Rice43 | 9:28 | Favor incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Rice43 | 9:11 | Lampley rush for -5 yards to the Rice48. |
| 3-15, Rice48 | 8:40 | Favor pass completion to the middle to Sims for 19 yards to the Rice29. |
| 1-10, Rice29 | 8:17 | Favor incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Rice29 | 8:10 | Richard rush for 2 yards to the Rice27. |
| 3-8, Rice27 | 7:47 | Rice penalized 10 yards. |
| 1-10, Rice17 | 7:30 | Favor rush middle for 2 yards to the Rice15. |
| 2-8, Rice15 | 7:11 | Johnson rush for -1 yard to the Rice16. |
| Rice16 | 6:46 | Southern Miss time out. |
| 3-9, Rice16 | 6:46 | Favor sacked by Covington for -8 yards to the Rice24. |
| 4-17, Rice24 | 6:20 | 42 yard field goal attempt by Acosta is NO GOOD. |
| Rice - 6:06 | ||
| 1-10, Rice24 | 6:06 | Turner rush for 2 yards to the Rice26. |
| 2-8, Rice26 | 5:55 | Turner rush for -3 yards to the Rice23. |
| 3-11, Rice23 | 5:24 | McHargue pass completion to the right to McGuffie for 19 yards to the Rice42. |
| 1-10, Rice42 | 4:44 | McHargue rush for 5 yards to the Rice47. |
| 2-5, Rice47 | 4:29 | Petersen rush for 6 yards to the SouMis47. |
| 1-10, SouMis47 | 4:00 | Petersen rush middle for 4 yards to the SouMis43. |
| 2-6, SouMis43 | 3:18 | McHargue incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-6, SouMis43 | 3:15 | McHargue pass completion to the right to Cook for 8 yards to the SouMis35. |
| 1-10, SouMis35 | 2:55 | Jackson pass completion to the middle to Taylor for 23 yards to the SouMis12. |
| 1-9, SouMis9 | 2:22 | Moore rush for 9 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 1:36 | Boswell PAT - GOOD. | |
| 1:36 | Rice kicks off. Touchback. Ball on SouMis25. | |
| Southern Miss - 1:36 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis25 | 1:36 | Johnson rush for 1 yard to the SouMis26. |
| SouMis26 | 1:30 | Rice time out. |
| 2-9, SouMis26 | 1:30 | Favor pass completion to the middle to Sullivan for 34 yards to the Rice40. |
| 1-10, Rice40 | 1:15 | Favor incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Rice40 | 1:09 | Favor rush middle for 5 yards to the Rice35. |
| Rice35 | 1:01 | Southern Miss time out. |
| Rice35 | 1:01 | Rice time out. |
| 3-5, Rice35 | 1:01 | Favor rush for -10 yards to the Rice45. Favor fumbles, Radcliffe of Rice recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Rice - 0:53 | ||
| 1-10, Rice45 | 0:53 | McHargue sacked by Thomas for -9 yards to the Rice36. McHargue fumbles, Nunez-Roches of Southern Miss recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Southern Miss - 0:44 | ||
| 1-10, Rice29 | 0:44 | Favor pass to the middle intercepted by White. No return. |
| Rice - 0:39 | ||
| 1-10, Rice15 | 0:39 | Petersen rush middle for 2 yards to the Rice17. |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rice - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Rice kicks off. Richard returns 20 yards to the SouMis21. | |
| Southern Miss - 14:51 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis21 | 14:51 | Favor pass completion to the middle to Sims for 4 yards to the SouMis25. |
| 2-6, SouMis25 | 14:29 | Johnson rush for 1 yard to the SouMis26. |
| 3-5, SouMis26 | 14:00 | Favor sacked by Bauer for -16 yards to the SouMis10. |
| 4-21, SouMis10 | 13:33 | Boehme punts. Parks returns 8 yards to the SouMis47. |
| Rice - 13:11 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis47 | 13:11 | Turner rush for -1 yard to the SouMis48. |
| 2-11, SouMis48 | 12:50 | McHargue incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-11, SouMis48 | 12:34 | McHargue rush for 12 yards to the SouMis36. |
| 1-10, SouMis36 | 12:08 | McHargue rush for 5 yards to the SouMis31. |
| 2-5, SouMis31 | 11:42 | Petersen rush for 3 yards to the SouMis28. |
| 3-2, SouMis28 | 11:11 | McHargue rush for 1 yard to the SouMis27. |
| 4-1, SouMis27 | 10:51 | Boswell 45 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 10:30 | Rice kicks off. Richard returns 35 yards to the SouMis38. | |
| Southern Miss - 10:20 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis38 | 10:20 | Favor pass completion to the middle to Lampley for 27 yards to the Rice35. |
| 1-10, Rice35 | 9:55 | Richard rush middle for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, Rice35 | 9:11 | Favor rush for 6 yards to the Rice29. |
| 3-4, Rice29 | 8:52 | Favor pass to the middle intercepted by Porras and returned 76 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| Rice - 8:42 | ||
| 8:42 | Boswell PAT - GOOD. | |
| 8:42 | Rice kicks off. Richard returns 0 yards. | |
| Southern Miss - 8:36 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis29 | 8:36 | Weeks pass completion to the middle to Burdette for 7 yards to the SouMis36. |
| 2-3, SouMis36 | 8:18 | Hester rush middle for 3 yards to the SouMis39. |
| 1-10, SouMis39 | 7:45 | Weeks pass completion to the middle to Sims for 3 yards to the SouMis42. |
| 2-7, SouMis42 | 7:11 | Hester rush middle for 10 yards to the Rice48. |
| 1-10, Rice48 | 6:43 | Weeks rush middle for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, Rice48 | 6:21 | Weeks pass completion to the right to Briggs for 12 yards to the Rice36. |
| 1-10, Rice36 | 5:55 | Weeks incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Rice36 | 5:45 | Weeks rush middle for 0 yards. Weeks fumbles, Hester of Southern Miss recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| 3-11, Rice37 | 5:30 | Weeks pass to the middle intercepted by Nwosu and returned 19 yards. |
| Rice - 5:24 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis40 | 5:24 | Jackson rush middle for 3 yards to the SouMis37. |
| 2-7, SouMis37 | 5:00 | Petersen rush middle for 12 yards to the SouMis25. |
| 1-10, SouMis25 | 4:44 | Jackson pass completion to the middle to Moore for 25 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 4:14 | Boswell PAT - GOOD. | |
| 4:14 | Rice kicks off. Touchback. Ball on SouMis25. | |
| Southern Miss - 4:14 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis25 | 4:14 | Rice penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, SouMis40 | 4:10 | Weeks incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, SouMis40 | 4:00 | Weeks incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-10, SouMis40 | 3:50 | Weeks incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-10, SouMis40 | 3:45 | Boehme punts. No return. Ball on Rice32. |
| Rice - 3:40 | ||
| 1-10, Rice32 | 3:40 | Petersen rush middle for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, Rice32 | 3:18 | Jackson sacked by Collins for -13 yards to the Rice19. Jackson fumbles, Wilson of Southern Miss recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Southern Miss - 3:08 | ||
| 1-10, Rice19 | 3:08 | Favor incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Rice19 | 3:00 | Favor rush for 3 yards to the Rice16. |
| 3-7, Rice16 | 2:40 | Favor incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-7, Rice16 | 2:30 | Favor rush for 16 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 2:16 | Acosta PAT - GOOD. | |
| 2:16 | Southern Miss kicks off. Touchback. Ball on Rice25. | |
| Rice - 2:16 | ||
| 1-10, Rice25 | 2:16 | Jackson pass completion to the right to Moore for 4 yards to the Rice29. |
| 2-6, Rice29 | 1:55 | Petersen rush for 4 yards to the Rice33. |
| 3-2, Rice33 | 1:23 | Petersen rush middle for 9 yards to the Rice42. |
| 1-10, Rice42 | 1:00 | Hamilton rush for 3 yards to the Rice45. |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rice - 15:00 | ||
| 2-7, Rice45 | 15:00 | Petersen rush for 5 yards to the 50. |
| 3-2, 50 | 14:30 | Jackson incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-2, 50 | 14:20 | Cook punts. Touchback. Ball on SouMis20. |
| Southern Miss - 14:10 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis20 | 14:10 | Favor incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, SouMis20 | 14:00 | Favor rush for 2 yards to the SouMis22. |
| 3-8, SouMis22 | 13:33 | Favor rush for 7 yards to the SouMis29. |
| 4-1, SouMis29 | 13:00 | Hester rush for 2 yards to the SouMis31. |
| 1-10, SouMis31 | 12:34 | Favor sacked by Williams for -11 yards to the SouMis20. |
| 2-21, SouMis20 | 12:12 | Favor rush middle for 10 yards to the SouMis30. |
| 3-11, SouMis30 | 11:39 | Favor rush for 9 yards to the SouMis39. |
| 4-2, SouMis39 | 11:11 | Favor rush for 1 yard to the SouMis40. |
| Rice - 10:54 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis40 | 10:54 | Petersen rush for 7 yards to the SouMis33. |
| 2-3, SouMis33 | 10:21 | Petersen rush middle for 2 yards to the SouMis31. |
| 3-1, SouMis31 | 10:00 | Jackson rush for 2 yards to the SouMis29. |
| 1-10, SouMis29 | 9:28 | Jackson incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, SouMis29 | 9:11 | Jackson rush for 17 yards to the SouMis12. |
| 1-10, SouMis12 | 8:54 | Jackson rush for 5 yards to the SouMis7. Rice penalized -10 yards. |
| 2-14, SouMis16 | 8:10 | Petersen rush for -2 yards to the SouMis18. |
| 3-16, SouMis18 | 7:30 | Hamilton rush for -4 yards to the SouMis22. Hamilton fumbles, Reed of Southern Miss recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Southern Miss - 7:11 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis35 | 7:11 | Favor pass completion to the left to Sims for 2 yards to the SouMis37. |
| 2-8, SouMis37 | 6:50 | Favor incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-8, SouMis37 | 6:30 | Favor incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-8, SouMis37 | 6:16 | Boehme punts. No return. Ball on Rice28. |
| Rice - 5:55 | ||
| 1-10, Rice28 | 5:55 | Petersen rush for 14 yards to the Rice42. |
| 1-10, Rice42 | 5:15 | Jackson rush for 14 yards to the SouMis44. |
| 1-10, SouMis44 | 4:44 | Petersen rush middle for 34 yards to the SouMis10. |
| 1-8, SouMis8 | 4:08 | Petersen rush for 8 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 3:37 | Boswell PAT - FAILED. | |
| 3:37 | Rice kicks off. Touchback. Ball on SouMis25. | |
| Southern Miss - 3:30 | ||
| 1-10, SouMis25 | 3:30 | Hester rush middle for 2 yards to the SouMis27. |
| 2-8, SouMis27 | 3:18 | Hester rush for 3 yards to the SouMis30. |
| 3-5, SouMis30 | 2:45 | Weeks pass completion to the right to Thompson for 54 yards to the Rice16. |
| 1-10, Rice16 | 2:22 | Richard rush middle for 1 yard to the Rice15. |
| 2-9, Rice15 | 2:00 | Hardy rush middle for 0 yards. Hardy fumbles, Winship of Rice recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Rice - 1:45 | ||
| 1-10, Rice15 | 1:45 | Turner rush middle for 2 yards to the Rice17. |
| 2-8, Rice17 | 1:00 | Turner rush for 7 yards to the Rice24. |










