Oct 24, 2009 - 8:54 PM
0 shoutsHOUSTON(AP) -- Brett Hodges was 8 of 13 passing for 145 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score Saturday in Central Florida's 49-7 victory over Rice.
A.J. Guyton finished with four catches for 113 yards and a touchdown; he also threw a touchdown pass. Rob Calabrese threw for 71 yards and two touchdowns on 3-of-4 passing.
Ronnie Weaver finished with 58 yards and a score on five carries to lead the Knights (4-3, 2-2 C-USA) back into the Conference USA East race and give them their 50th road win in school history.
Hodges found Guyton for a 76-yard touchdown pass 20 seconds into the game, and Central Florida never looked back. Hodges ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 3:27 left in the first quarter to cap a 14-play, 87-yard drive and make it 14-0.
Weaver tacked on a 27-yard touchdown run with 2:02 left in the first before Guyton found Kamar Aiken for a 36-yard scoring strike on a halfback pass to extend the lead to 28-0 at the half.
After UCF extended the lead to 42-0 with Josh Robinson's interception return for a touchdown and Calabrese's touchdown pass to Jamar Newsome, Rice (0-8, 0-4) got on the board with a 1-yard touchdown run by Charles Ross.
Nick Fanuzzi finished 17 of 26 for 116 yards, and Ross had 63 yards and a touchdown on seven carries to lead Rice on the ground. Toren Dixon caught six passes for 54 yards.
From the Bleachers
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CENTRAL FLORIDA: 49
RICE: 7
Final
Oct 24 6:21 PM -
CENTRAL FLORIDA: 49
RICE: 7
End of Regulation
Oct 24 6:21 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 49
RICE 7 3:01 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Oct 24 6:14 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 42
RICE 7 11:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Oct 24 5:54 PM -
CENTRAL FLORIDA: 42
RICE: 0
End of 3rd
Oct 24 5:47 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 42
RICE 0 0:26 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Oct 24 5:44 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 35
RICE 0 7:32 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Oct 24 5:28 PM -
CENTRAL FLORIDA: 28
RICE: 0
Halftime
Oct 24 4:51 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 28
RICE 0 1:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Oct 24 4:44 PM -
CENTRAL FLORIDA: 21
RICE: 0
End of 1st
Oct 24 4:08 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 21
RICE 0 2:02 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Oct 24 3:59 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 14
RICE 0 3:29 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Oct 24 3:52 PM -
NCAAF
UCF 7
RICE 0 14:40 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Oct 24 3:39 PM
