Navy Stays Unbeaten With 21-13 Win Towards Rice

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Blake Horvath ran for 2 touchdowns and Navy’s protection managed the road of scrimmage because the Midshipmen defeated Rice 21-13 on Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Horvath capped a 75-yard opening drive with a 2-yard keeper and added an 8-yard rating early within the second quarter as Navy (4-0, 3-0 American) constructed a 14-0 halftime lead. Luke Hutchison additionally scored on a 2-yard run within the first quarter, and Navy completed with 283 speeding yards, led by Horvath’s 110 and Alex Tecza’s 104 .

Rice (3-2, 1-1) received on the board late within the third quarter with Enock Gota’s 35-yard area purpose and closed inside 21-10 on Chase Jenkins’ 3-yard landing go to Drayden Dickmann with 7:05 left. Gota added a 44-yarder within the ultimate minute, however Navy recovered the following onside kick to seal it.

The Owls managed simply 120 speeding yards towards Navy’s entrance, although Jenkins threw for 114 yards with out an interception. Quinton Jackson led Rice with 60 speeding yards, whereas Dickmann caught three passes for 45 yards and the lone landing .

Marc-Antony Parker paced Navy’s protection with 13 tackles, two tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry.