Baylor Hayes throws for 3 touchdowns and Tulsa tops Rice 38-17

HOUSTON -- , Baylor Hayes threw three touchdown passes and Tulsa defeated Rice 38-17 on Saturday. Hayes completed 20 of 27 passes for 249 yards, Trequan Jones rushed for 77 yards, and Oran Singleton Jr . had 87 receiving yards for the Golden Hurricane (4-3, 1-2 American Conference). Tulsa scored three second-quarter touchdowns, two of them coming on short throws by Hayes, and the Golden Hurricane led 21-17 at halftime. Tulsa added a field goal in the third quarter then broke it open in the fourth with a short touchdown pass by Hayes and a 45-yard scoring run by Jones. Rice quarterback Jacurri Brown had touchdown runs of 50 and 78 yards, but the Owls (1-6, 0-3) were shut out over the final 40 minutes and 59 seconds. Brown had a career-high tying 154 yards rushing in Rice's ground-oriented offense (289 yards), but he completed only 2 of 6 passes for 47 yards.