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McCoy also has been named the AT&T All-America Player of the Week and joins Chris Hall and sophomore Earl Thomas as selections to the American Football Coaches Association All-America team.

Officially, the season is over for Rice , and the shock of allowing the third-most points in school history probably won't subside for weeks, maybe months.

Rice's Tyler Smith, right, finds it impossible to get past Houston's Brandon Brinkley in Saturday's 73-14 rout by UH.

Charles Ross scored on a one-yard run with 7:45 left in the game to give the Rice Owls a 30-29 win over the Texas-El Paso Miners in Conference USA action.

Rice scored on a pair of quick-strike possessions to take a 21-14 lead over Tulane heading into the fourth quarter.

Finally, the offense resembled an offense, and the defense actually stopped the opposition.

SMU senior linebacker Chase Kennemer flung the football into the student section in celebration.

All it took was 13 seconds. Maybe that's far too simplistic. Surely, Rice's season-long, two-month slide has been more gradual, and certainly more time-consuming, but the latest setback - a 49-7 whipping Saturday by Central Florida at Rice Stadium in front of an announced figure of 10,196 that was surely inflated by several thousand - was all but ...

It was progress, but it was still a loss. For the first time in recent memory, Rice's offense had some rhythm and moved the ball effectively for prolonged stretches Saturday in the second half of a 49-13 loss to East Carolina at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

It was an entirely different era of Rice football when the Owls beat East Carolina with a late field goal in 2006, but kicker Clark Fangmeier is one of the constants.

Moments after Navy's resounding 63-14 rout of Rice, Bill the Goat, the costumed and human version of the academy's mascot, bounded into the football offices at Rice Stadium on Saturday.

HOUSTON a ' Tulsa has captured control and takes a 20-10 lead over Rice into the fourth quarter of Saturday nighta TMs Conference USA contest.

Dez Bryant caught nine passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns from Zac Robinson, as 16th-ranked Oklahoma State bounced back from a tough loss last weekend with a 41-24 win over Rice.

He entered Saturday's game having completed only 54.7 percent of his passes this season, but Oklahoma State's Zac Robinson was precise and effective during the first half against Rice.

Senior free safety Against Oklahoma State, Sendejo makes his 38th career start. No other Owl has a current total of more than 24.

RICE TTU TD 07:47 0 7 TD 01:18 0 14 RICE TTU FG 10:27 Clark Fangmeier 45 Yd 3 14 RICE TTU TD 08:51 3 21 TD 06:34 3 28 TD 02:34 3 35 RICE TTU TD 14:51 3 41 TD 11:02 10 41 TD 09:10 10 48 TD 04:33 10 55 LUBBOCK, Texas -- Taylor Potts threw seven touchdowns to lead Texas Tech past Rice 55-10 Saturday.

Bryant Turner knew his defense needed a big play. Rice had taken the first drive of last Saturday's opening game to the UAB six-yard line where Clark Fangmeier was going to attempt a 23-yard field goal to give the Owls the early lead.

It's a rout, UAB up, 27-3, at the half. The difference? This shouldn't be a surprise - it's Joe Webb.

IRVING, Texas a ' A pair of Conference USA players have been named to the preseason watch list for the Lou Groza Award, given to the nationa TMs top placekicker.