HOUSTON - Dean Connors rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns and Rice's defense limited Navy to 260 total yards in a 24-10 win Saturday after a combined five hours and six minutes of weather delays at Rice Stadium.
The result made a winner of interim head coach Pete Alamar in his first game in that role as the Owls snapped a two-game slide.
Connors staked Rice to a 7-0 lead on the Owls' second possession with his 4-yard run, and E.J. Warner found Matt Sykes for a 17-yard TD late in the first quarter to build a 14-0 cushion.