Rice Outlasts Navy 24-10 After Five-Hour Delay

HOUSTON - Dean Connors rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns and Rice's defense limited Navy to 260 total yards in a 24-10 win Saturday after a combined five hours and six minutes of weather delays at Rice Stadium.

The result made a winner of interim head coach Pete Alamar in his first game in that role as the Owls snapped a two-game slide.

Connors staked Rice to a 7-0 lead on the Owls' second possession with his 4-yard run, and E.J. Warner found Matt Sykes for a 17-yard TD late in the first quarter to build a 14-0 cushion.

The margin was enough for a Rice defense that had an interception and forced two punts on Navy's first three drives before the Midshipmen got on the board on Blake…