12-11, 3-7 American

Final/2OT

	1	2	OT	T
North Texas UNT	34	31	18	83
Rice RICE	25	40	21	86

Rice OwlsRiceRICE

10-13, 4-6 American

North Texas Mean Green @ Rice Owls

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Jason Page

Referee:Pat Adams

Referee:R.B. Clyburn

NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

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