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Williams helps carry UTSA to 34-24 win over Rice
UTSA Roadrunners

Williams helps carry UTSA to 34-24 win over Rice

Published Nov. 21, 2015 10:47 p.m. ET

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Jarveon Williams rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns and UTSA beat Rice 34-24 on Saturday night.

Williams exceeded 1,000 yards for the season, a UTSA first, while tying the single-season rushing touchdown record with eight.

Dalton Sturm threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another for UTSA (3-8, 3-4 Conference USA). David Morgan II made his school-record fifth TD catch this season.

The Roadrunners won their second straight. The Owls (4-7, 2-5) dropped their fourth straight.

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Driphus Jackson was 23 of 40 for 359 yards, two touchdowns plus two interceptions that ended his streak of 145 attempts without a pick. Jackson went over 2,000 yards passing in a season for the second time. Nate German had 138 yards receiving and a TD.

Sturm's TD 23-yard pass to Kerry Thomas Jr., Williams' 78-yard scoring run and Sturm's 1-yard score - all in the second quarter - gave the Roadrunners 28-17 halftime lead.

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