Week 16
Final
RICE
USM1Q 12:26
0 - 7
J. Caston 19-yard TD catch from T. Lowe III.
Touchdown
Made XP
2nd & 10
2Q 10:25
0 - 14
F. Gore Jr. 64-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 15
2Q 06:10
3 - 14
C. VanSickle 34-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & 6
2Q 02:45
3 - 17
B. Bourgeois 18-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & Goal
3Q 11:18
10 - 17
I. Esdale 26-yard TD catch from AJ Padgett.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
3Q 10:13
17 - 17
I. Esdale 32-yard TD catch from AJ Padgett.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
3Q 05:13
24 - 17
B. Rozner 18-yard TD catch from AJ Padgett.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
3Q 04:01
24 - 24
T. Mims 18-yard TD catch from F. Gore Jr..
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 15
4Q 14:26
24 - 31
J. Brownlee 26-yard TD catch from T. Lowe III.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
4Q 03:10
24 - 38
F. Gore Jr. 55-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
Top Performers
Pass Yds
295
Padgett
RICE
Rush Yds
329
Gore Jr.
USM
Rec Yds
94
Caston
USM
Scrim TD
2
Esdale
RICE
Matchup
Pass Rush Rec
2022 Conference USA
RICE USM
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 UTSA | 11 | 3 | .786 |
 Western Kentucky | 9 | 5 | .643 |
 Middle Tennessee | 8 | 5 | .615 |
 UAB | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 North Texas | 7 | 7 | .500 |
 UTEP | 5 | 7 | .417 |
 Florida Atlantic | 5 | 7 | .417 |
 Rice | 5 | 8 | .385 |
 FIU | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 Charlotte | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Louisiana Tech | 3 | 9 | .250 |
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 Troy | 12 | 2 | .857 |
 South Alabama | 10 | 3 | .769 |
 JMU | 8 | 3 | .727 |
 Coastal Carolina | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Marshall | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Southern Miss | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 Appalachian State | 6 | 6 | .500 |
 Louisiana | 6 | 7 | .462 |
 Georgia Southern | 6 | 7 | .462 |
 Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 Texas State | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 Georgia State | 4 | 8 | .333 |
 Old Dominion | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Arkansas State | 3 | 9 | .250 |
Game Summary
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles emerged victorious over the Rice Owls, 38 to 24, in the LendingTree Bowl on December 17, 2022.
Game Info
December 17, 2022
Hancock Whitney Stadium
Mobile, Alabama
49°
9 mph NNW
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AJ Padgett #12 | 19/37 | 295 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 5-26 | 145.1 |
S. Itraish #15 | 1/2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | -16.4 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Lowe III #8 | 7/16 | 170 | 10.6 | 2 | 0 | 2-6 | 174.3 |
F. Gore Jr. #21 | 2/3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 229.9 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Montgomery #1 | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | 57 |
B. Walker #81 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
Q. Jackson #10 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 |
J. Otoviano #8 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
L. McCaffrey #12 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
U. West #20 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
I. Esdale #9 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
AJ Padgett #12 | 10 | -6 | -0.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F. Gore Jr. #21 | 21 | 329 | 15.7 | 2 | 64 |
J. Dean #28 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 |
J. Caston #15 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
T. Lowe III #8 | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | 18 |
K. Clay #5 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 |
A. Willis #11 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Esdale #9 | 3/7 | 83 | 27.7 | 2 | 32 |
L. McCaffrey #12 | 7/9 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | 20 |
Q. Jackson #10 | 2/2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 34 |
B. Rozner #2 | 3/10 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 18 |
B. Groen #14 | 3/6 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 14 |
J. Bradley #87 | 1/1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
J. Otoviano #8 | 1/1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
C. Montgomery #1 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Caston #15 | 4/4 | 94 | 23.5 | 1 | 55 |
J. Brownlee #17 | 3/7 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 27 |
T. Mims #1 | 1/1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 |
L. Jones #17 | 1/4 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
D. Jones #26 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Cavallo #97 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
J. Bradley #87 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
I. Enechukwu #91 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
M. Morrison #33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
G. Nyakwol #20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
T. Lowe III #8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
F. Gore Jr. #21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
M. Shorts #9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Morrison #33 | 7-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Pearcy #5 | 7-5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Chamberlain #17 | 7-5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Conti #11 | 6-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I. Floyd #50 | 5-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
G. Taylor #26 | 5-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
I. Enechukwu #91 | 4-1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
G. Nyakwol #20 | 3-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Orji #10 | 2-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Schuman #7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Williams #4 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Q. Titre #92 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Carroll #52 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. McCord #13 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Anigbogu #7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Dunbar #25 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Horn #15 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Boenisch #75 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Thompson #11 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Awe #27 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U. West #20 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Gill #14 | 11-4 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Latham #6 | 7-3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Shorts #9 | 7-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Harrell #29 | 4-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Knight #4 | 3-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Stanley #21 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TQ Newsome #35 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Habas #46 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Booth #94 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Williams #96 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Brooks #18 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Scott Jr. #12 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Quewon #7 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Daniel #11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J. Jones #5 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Toles #0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Ratcliff #93 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Dean #28 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Cooley #97 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Lewis #36 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Mahaffey #99 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Clemons #8 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C. VanSickle #31 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6 | 34 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Bourgeois #40 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 8 | 18 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Hunt #23 | 7 | 271 | 38.7 | 53 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Hunt #16 | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 51 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Thompson #11 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Mims #1 | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Thompson #11 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Brooks #18 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AJ Padgett #12 | 19/37 | 295 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 5-26 | 145.1 |
S. Itraish #15 | 1/2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | -16.4 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Montgomery #1 | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | 57 |
B. Walker #81 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
Q. Jackson #10 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 |
J. Otoviano #8 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
L. McCaffrey #12 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
U. West #20 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
I. Esdale #9 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
AJ Padgett #12 | 10 | -6 | -0.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Esdale #9 | 3/7 | 83 | 27.7 | 2 | 32 |
L. McCaffrey #12 | 7/9 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | 20 |
Q. Jackson #10 | 2/2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 34 |
B. Rozner #2 | 3/10 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 18 |
B. Groen #14 | 3/6 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 14 |
J. Bradley #87 | 1/1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
J. Otoviano #8 | 1/1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
C. Montgomery #1 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
J. Bradley #87 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
I. Enechukwu #91 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
M. Morrison #33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
G. Nyakwol #20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Morrison #33 | 7-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Pearcy #5 | 7-5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Chamberlain #17 | 7-5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Conti #11 | 6-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I. Floyd #50 | 5-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
G. Taylor #26 | 5-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
I. Enechukwu #91 | 4-1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
G. Nyakwol #20 | 3-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Orji #10 | 2-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Schuman #7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Williams #4 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Q. Titre #92 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Carroll #52 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. McCord #13 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Anigbogu #7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Dunbar #25 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Horn #15 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Boenisch #75 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Thompson #11 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Awe #27 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U. West #20 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C. VanSickle #31 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6 | 34 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Hunt #23 | 7 | 271 | 38.7 | 53 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Thompson #11 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Thompson #11 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Lowe III #8 | 7/16 | 170 | 10.6 | 2 | 0 | 2-6 | 174.3 |
F. Gore Jr. #21 | 2/3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 229.9 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F. Gore Jr. #21 | 21 | 329 | 15.7 | 2 | 64 |
J. Dean #28 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 |
J. Caston #15 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
T. Lowe III #8 | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | 18 |
K. Clay #5 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 |
A. Willis #11 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Caston #15 | 4/4 | 94 | 23.5 | 1 | 55 |
J. Brownlee #17 | 3/7 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 27 |
T. Mims #1 | 1/1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 |
L. Jones #17 | 1/4 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
D. Jones #26 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Cavallo #97 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
T. Lowe III #8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
F. Gore Jr. #21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
M. Shorts #9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Gill #14 | 11-4 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Latham #6 | 7-3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Shorts #9 | 7-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Harrell #29 | 4-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Knight #4 | 3-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Stanley #21 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TQ Newsome #35 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Habas #46 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Booth #94 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Williams #96 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Brooks #18 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Scott Jr. #12 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Quewon #7 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Daniel #11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J. Jones #5 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Toles #0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Ratcliff #93 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Dean #28 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Cooley #97 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Lewis #36 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Mahaffey #99 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Clemons #8 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Bourgeois #40 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 8 | 18 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Hunt #16 | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 51 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Mims #1 | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Brooks #18 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Touchdown
6 plays,
75 yd,
02:400-7
Punt
6 plays,
14 yd,
02:440-7
Punt
5 plays,
14 yd,
02:410-7
Fumble
6 plays,
54 yd,
03:180-7
Punt
8 plays,
26 yd,
03:570-7
Punt
5 plays,
5 yd,
03:500-7
Touchdown
1 play,
64 yd,
00:360-14
Field Goal
8 plays,
64 yd,
04:103-14
Field Goal
8 plays,
68 yd,
03:243-17
Punt
3 plays,
-5 yd,
00:343-17
Fumble
2 plays,
16 yd,
00:283-17
Punt
3 plays,
6 yd,
00:493-17
End of Half
1 play,
9 yd,
00:493-17
Touchdown
7 plays,
80 yd,
03:4810-17
Fumble
2 plays,
-1 yd,
00:5910-17
Touchdown
1 play,
32 yd,
00:0517-17
Punt
5 plays,
12 yd,
03:0217-17
Touchdown
5 plays,
88 yd,
02:0024-17
Touchdown
4 plays,
62 yd,
01:1424-24
Punt
6 plays,
32 yd,
02:3024-24
Touchdown
5 plays,
113 yd,
02:0424-31
Downs
9 plays,
51 yd,
04:1324-31
Punt
4 plays,
18 yd,
02:2824-31
Punt
3 plays,
-14 yd,
01:4724-31
Fumble
3 plays,
19 yd,
01:0324-31
Punt
3 plays,
-4 yd,
01:3724-31
Touchdown
1 play,
55 yd,
00:1324-38
Interception
6 plays,
22 yd,
01:1324-38
End of Game
3 plays,
0 yd,
01:4424-38
399
Total Yds
544
277
Pass Yds
183
122
Rush Yds
361
14
Total Drives
15
75
Total Plays
59
5.3
Yards Per Play
9.2
6.3
Yards Per Pass
8.7
3.9
Yards Per Rush
9.5
32:38
Possession
27:22
7
Biggest Lead
14
21
1st Downs
22
13
Passing 1st Downs
7
7
Rushing 1st Downs
13
1
1st Downs from Penalties
2
5/15
3rd Down
2/9
0/2
4th Down
0/0
7
Punts
4
2
Turnovers
3
1
Interceptions Thrown
0
1
Fumbles Lost
3
9
Penalties
6
2.0
Sacks
5.0
3
Tackles For Loss
4
0
D/ST TD
0
