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Rice Owls |
Brigham Young Cougars © |
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Played November 9, 1996 at Cougar
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
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PCT |
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T |
PCT |
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| Rice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brigham Young © | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Rice |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brigham Young |
0 |
21 |
21 |
7 |
49 |
The 5-3 Rice Owls of coach Ken Hatfield came to Provo with a 4-game winning streak to meet the 12th ranked, 9-1 Brigham Young Cougars of coach Lavell Edwards. They left with a healthy respect for the Cougars. Brigham Young’s All-WAC QB Steve Sarkisian threw 2 touchdowns passes, including an 87-yard connection to RB Dustin Johnson, while the defense held Rice to 0 completions & 1 interception in 5 passing attempts on their way to a 49-0 rout of the Owls. Neither team scored in the opening quarter but the Cougars took control of the game with a 21-point 2nd quarter. Sarkisian & Johnson hooked up for the lenghty first score with 10:23 left in the half. Just over a minute later, Sarkisian found WR K.O. Kealaluhi open for a 5-yard touchdown pass to push the lead to 14-0. When RB Brian McKenzie scored on a 2-yard run, Brigham Young seemed ready for the rout. Cougars' WR James Dye squashed any hopes Rice may have had of a rally when he returned the Owls’ first punt of the 2nd half 67 yards for a touchdown & 28-0 Brigham Young lead. McKenzie followed with his second touchdown coming on a 37-yard run before RB Mark Atuaia scored on a 1-yard touchdown run giving the Cougars a 42-0 lead heading into the 4th quarter. Brigham Young’s final points came on a 4-yard touchdown pass from QB Paul Shoemaker to WR Tyler Bolli. Sarkisian finished completing 10 of 13 pass attempts for 206 yards with 2 touchdowns, RB Ronney Jenkins added 109 yards rushing, & Johnson finished with 3 catches for 105 yards with his touchdown. Brigham Young finished the season 14-1; WAC Champions, ranked 5th nationally while the Owls finished 7-4. Rice has not played for The Belt again.
