Louisiana Tech defeated Rice 42-17. LA Tech improves to 6-3 on the season and remains atop the Western Division in Conference USA at 4-1. With the victory, LA Tech becomes bowl eligible for the fourth time in five years. Quarterback Jeff Driskel threw for a career-high 4 touchdowns and 320 yards as LA Tech scored 28 unanswered points. The LA Tech defense held Rice to just 19 rushing yards in the first half and seven first half points.

1. GAME NOTES: LOUISIANA TECH 42 – RICE 17
POST-GAME NOTES
• LA Tech moves to 6-3 on the season and 4-1 in conference. Louisiana Tech remains atop the
Western Division in Conference USA.
• With the victory Louisiana Tech is bowl eligible for the fourth time in five years.
• This is the fourth time since moving to FBS that Louisiana Tech is bowl eligible in October.
• With the victory, the Bulldogs snapped a three game losing streak on Friday games.
• LA Tech has reeled off four consecutive wins in the state of Texas. The Bulldogs improve to 38-
36-1 all-time in Texas.
• Prior to tonight, the Bulldogs had never won at Rice Stadium.
• Skip Holtz claimed his 107th
victory.
• The Bulldogs have won four of the last five meetings with the Owls. Those four wins have come
by an average of 32 points.
• LA Tech captains were Kentrell Brice, Vernon Butler, Kenneth Dixon and Jeff Driskel
• LA Tech wins the coin toss and defers. Rice will receive and defend the north end zone.
• Louisiana Tech scored 28 unanswered points stretching from 7:35 in the first quarter to 5:17 in
the third quarter.
• Tonight’s announced attendance: 18,010
• Rice had not lost back-to-back home conference games since 2012.
OFFENSE
• Kenneth Dixon made his first start since the UL-Lafayette game.
• With two touchdowns in the game, Kenneth Dixon moved into a tie for third with Keenan
Reynold and Ricky Williams for third all-time with 75 total touchdowns scored in his career.
• With his two rushing touchdowns Kenneth Dixon moved into a tie with Anthony Thompson and
Cedric Benson for fifth all-time with 64 career rushing touchdowns.
• Driskel tossed a career-high 4 touchdowns in the contest.
• Louisiana Tech becomes just the seventh team in Rice’s last 40 games, to score on the opening
drive.
• Louisiana Tech has registered over 400 yards in every game so far this season. The nine straight
games marks a program record. The previous record was eight held by the 2012 Bulldog football
team.
• Louisiana Tech outscored Rice 14-0 in the second quarter. The Bulldogs have outscored
opponents 139-46 in the second quarter this season.
• Louisiana Tech has scored a touchdown on it’s opening drive in five out of nine games this
season.
• Trent Taylor’s 142 receiving yards allowed the junior to eclipse the 1,000 yard mark with 1,003
receiving yards through nine games.

2. • Trent Taylor hauled in a career high 63 yard pass to set up another score for the Bulldogs with
just under a minute remaining in the first half.
• Carlos Henderson recorded two touchdown receptions for the first time in his career. Coming
into the game, he had one touchdown reception on the season prior to tonight.
• Jeff Driskel has thrown a touchdown pass in every game this season.
• Jeff Driskel threw for 320 yards and is averaging 304 yards a game.
• Kenneth Dixon has scored a touchdown in 35 career games. The NCAA record is 38 by Tim
Tebow (Florida, 2006-09)
• With his touchdown reception in the first quarter, Carlos Henderson has a touchdown reception
in consecutive games for the first time in his career.
• On the opening drive, Driskel connected with Taylor for a 47 yard touchdown reception on a
third and 11, breaking a tackle on his way to the end zone.
• Driskel connects with Carlos Henderson for a 14 yard touchdown reception to give the Bulldogs
a 14-7 lead with five minutes remaining in the first quarter.
• Dixon runs the ball in from the two yard line out of the T-formation to give the Bulldogs a 21-7
lead over the Owls.
• Driskel finds Carlos Henderson in the corner of the end zone for a 24 yard touchdown reception,
giving LA Tech a 35-7 lead over the Owls.
• Trent Taylor hauled in his second receiving touchdown of the game to push the Bulldog lead out
to 42-10 with 8:56 remaining in the fourth quarter.
DEFENSE
• Jaylon Ferguson has a sack in every game he has started this season. The sack moves his season
total to six.
• Rice entered the game averaging 4.2 yards per carry, but the Bulldogs held the Owls to just 3.1
yards per carry.
• Jaylon Ferguson recorded multiple tackles for loss, three against Rice, for the fourth consecutive
games. Ferguson also registered a quarterback hurry for the fourth consecutive game. His
season total is up six.
• The Bulldog defense allowed a score on the opening drive for just the third time this season.
• LA Tech held Rice to just 19 yards rushing in the first half.
• The Bulldogs held Rice to just seven points in the first half. The LA Tech defense has held
opponents to 10 or less points in the first half, in seven of nine games so far this season.
• Kentrell Brice recorded a season high and tied a career high with seven solo tackles.
• Bryson Abraham registered two pass breakups for the second consecutive game.
• Vernon Butler registered a season high two tackles for loss in the victory.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• Carlos Henderson’s 57 yard kick return in the first quarter was a season high.

3. • Gerald Shouse boomed a 56 yard punt which was downed at the Rice two yard line to start the
fourth quarter.
• Louisiana Tech did not attempt a field goal for the first time this season.
• Gerald Shouse downed at least three punts inside the 20 for the fourth time in five games.