Regular season ·

Rice beat Louisiana Tech

Rice4-342
Louisiana Tech2-541Final
Sat, Oct 22 · Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, La. · Crowd 18,300 · 84°, fairESPN+

Records are after this game.

Rice beat Louisiana Tech by 1 point in overtime.

How the game turned

Rice aheadLouisiana Tech aheadBiggest swingLow: 12%

Q4 0:37 Rice 35, Louisiana Tech 35

Rice 56% to win

Lyddy 19-yd TD pass to Allen, two-point try good, ties it 35-35

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 6:26 · Rice 0, Louisiana Tech 7Rice's win chance fell from 48% to 35%.McNeil 8-yd TD pass to Harris, Louisiana Tech goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q3 1:58 · Rice 21, Louisiana Tech 24Rice's win chance rose from 26% to 38%.McMahon 9-yd TD pass to McCaffrey, cuts it to 24-21
  3. 3Q4 10:30 · Rice 28, Louisiana Tech 27Rice's win chance rose from 37% to 58%.McMahon 64-yd TD run, Rice goes ahead 28-27
  4. 4Q4 0:37 · Rice 35, Louisiana Tech 35Rice's win chance fell from 89% to 56%.Lyddy 19-yd TD pass to Allen, two-point try good, ties it 35-35
  5. 5OT1 · Rice 42, Louisiana Tech 35Rice's win chance rose from 60% to 73%.Otoviano 4-yd TD run, Rice goes ahead 42-35

Rice's lowest chance to win was 12 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 0:37 left in the 4th quarter, Louisiana Tech's chance to win went from 11 percent to 44 percent when Louisiana Tech scored a touchdown.

The score went from Rice 35, Louisiana Tech 27 to Rice 35, Louisiana Tech 35.

The play: Lyddy 19-yd TD pass to Allen, two-point try good, ties it 35-35.

What happened next

  1. Louisiana Tech's next game: L 34-42 at Florida International, Oct 28

    6 days later
  2. Rice's next game: L 23-56 vs Charlotte, Oct 29

    7 days later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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