HOUSTON (AP) — E.J. Warner completed 25 of 39 for 347 yards passing with two touchdowns, including an 18-yard scoring strike to Matt Sykes with 4 seconds left, and ran for a 5-yard TD to help Rice beat UTSA 29-27 Saturday night and snap a three-game skid.
Owen McCown threw two of his three touchdown passes in the final six minutes for UTSA: a 6-yarder to Devin McCuin with 5:40 remaining and a 38-yarder to Houston Thomas that gave the Roadrunners a 27-23 lead with 2:06 to play. But Quinton Jackson returned the ensuing kickoff 30 yards and Rice (2-4, 1-2 American Athletic Conference) followed with an eight-play, 65-yard drive — overcoming an offensive pass interference penalty made it second-and-25 from the UTSA 32 — that culminated when Sykes made a phenomenal catch in the back of the end zone to cap the scoring.