Overview
- Quinton Jackson delivered career highs with 256 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns, including a 23-yard winner in the second overtime.
- Jackson broke free for a 73-yard rushing score and a 75-yard receiving touchdown in the second quarter, then added rushing TDs in both overtimes.
- The victory ended Rice’s three-game skid and moved the Owls to 4-4, while UConn fell to 5-3 with all three losses coming in overtime on the road.
- UConn quarterback Joe Fagnano threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns, but the Huskies were outgained on the ground roughly 300 yards to 105.
- In worsening rain, UConn kicker Chris Freeman set a program record with his 12th straight made field goal before slipping on a late 46-yard try, then converting from 41 yards in the second overtime.