Navy Holds Off Rice Late; Covers Spread in Week 5
Navy defeated Rice 21-13 on Saturday in Week 5 action. The Midshipmen jumped out to an early lead, scoring seven points in both the first and second quarters before Rice answered with a field goal in the third. Navy added another touchdown in the fourth quarter to secure the victory.
Rice mounted a late comeback attempt, scoring ten points in the final quarter, but fell short. Blake Horvath led Navy's passing attack with 172 yards, while Rice's Ryan Guillo was the team's receiving leader with nine catches. Quinton Jackson rushed for 60 yards for the Owls.
The game featured several pivotal plays, including a 65-yard rushing touchdown by Navy's Alex Tecza in the first quarter and an interception by Rice's Plae Wyatt in the third. Navy's defense made key stops throughout, including a crucial sack in the second quarter that set back Rice's offense.
Despite Navy being favored by 14 points, Rice covered the spread. The game finished under the 46-point over-under total.
AI-generated recap · Aug 13, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rice | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
 Navy | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring Timeline
Drive Chart
Box Score
| Statistic | Rice | Navy |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 12-21 | 8-13 |
| Pass Yards | 114 | 172 |
| Rush Yards | 120 | 283 |
| Total Yards | 234 | 455 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd Down | 4-15 | 7-12 |
| Penalties | 5-35 | 10-85 |
| Possession | 26:31 | 33:29 |
Player Leaders
Player Leaders
Play-by-Play
Blake Horvath run for 5 yds to the NAVY 30
Brandon Chatman run for 22 yds to the RICE 48 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath run for 7 yds to the RICE 41
Blake Horvath pass incomplete to Eli Heidenreich
Blake Horvath pass complete to Alex Tecza for 10 yds to the RICE 31 for a 1ST down
(12:40) Robinson,Charles rush right for 9 yards gain to the Rice22 (Stevenson,Peyton; Clark-Jolivet,Chris) PENALTY Navy Holding (Acevedo,Jaylin) 10 yards from Rice31 to Rice41. NO PLAY.
Blake Horvath run for 5 yds to the RICE 36
Blake Horvath run for 2 yds to the RICE 34
Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 15 yds to the RICE 19 for a 1ST down
Alex Tecza run for 2 yds to the RICE 17
Brandon Chatman run for 12 yds to the RICE 5 for a 1ST down
Eli Heidenreich run for 2 yds to the RICE 3
Alex Tecza run for a loss of 1 yard to the RICE 4
Blake Horvath run for 2 yds to the RICE 2
Luke Hutchison run for 2 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Quinton Jackson run for a loss of 5 yards to the RICE 20
Chase Jenkins run for 4 yds to the RICE 24
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Tyson Thompson
Alex Bacchetta punt for 51 yds, fair catch by Brandon Chatman at the NAVY 25
PENALTY Navy False Start (Chatman,Brandon) 5 yards from Navy25 to Navy20. NO PLAY.
Alex Tecza run for 8 yds to the NAVY 28
Blake Horvath run for a loss of 3 yards to the NAVY 25
Blake Horvath run for 1 yd to the NAVY 26
Jacob Carlson punt for 43 yds
Quinton Jackson run for 3 yds to the RICE 39
Quinton Jackson run for no gain to the RICE 39
Chase Jenkins run for no gain to the RICE 39
Alex Bacchetta punt for 41 yds, fair catch by Brandon Chatman at the NAVY 20
Alex Tecza run for 65 yds to the RICE 15 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath run for 7 yds to the RICE 8
Blake Horvath run for 8 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Nathan Kirkwood kickoff for 48 yds , Tyson Thompson return for 14 yds to the RICE 31
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Braylen Walker for no gain to the RICE 31
Chase Jenkins run for a loss of 1 yard to the RICE 30
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Braylen Walker for 11 yds to the RICE 41 for a 1ST down
Daelen Alexander run for no gain to the RICE 41
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Drayden Dickmann
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Braylen Walker
Alex Bacchetta punt for 45 yds
Blake Horvath run for 8 yds to the NAVY 22
Navy Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the NAVY 17
Blake Horvath run for 4 yds to the NAVY 21
Eli Heidenreich run for 7 yds to the NAVY 28 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath pass complete to Brandon Chatman for 26 yds to the RICE 46 for a 1ST down
PENALTY Navy False Start (Heater,Connor) 5 yards from Rice46 to Navy49. NO PLAY.
Blake Horvath pass complete to Nathan Kent for 15 yds to the RICE 36 for a 1ST down
PENALTY Navy False Start (Crowley,Sean) 5 yards from Rice36 to Rice41. NO PLAY.
Charles Robinson run for 3 yds to the RICE 38
Blake Horvath pass incomplete to Luke Hutchison
Blake Horvath pass incomplete to Eli Heidenreich
Jacob Carlson punt for 28 yds, fair catch by Tyson Thompson at the RICE 25
Daelen Alexander run for 5 yds to the RICE 30
Daelen Alexander run for 1 yd to the RICE 31
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Aaron Turner
Alex Bacchetta punt for 43 yds , Brandon Chatman returns for 5 yds to the NAVY 31
Brandon Chatman run for 1 yd to the NAVY 32
Blake Horvath run for 11 yds to the NAVY 43 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath run for 4 yds to the NAVY 47
Alex Tecza run for 2 yds to the NAVY 49
Alex Tecza run for 15 yds to the RICE 36 for a 1ST down
Alex Tecza run for 3 yds to the RICE 33
Blake Horvath run for 5 yds to the RICE 28
Alex Tecza run for 1 yd to the RICE 27
Eli Heidenreich run for a loss of 2 yards to the RICE 29
Drayden Dickmann run for 1 yd to the RICE 30
Quinton Jackson run for 15 yds to the RICE 45 for a 1ST down
Quinton Jackson run for 11 yds to the NAVY 44 for a 1ST down
Chase Jenkins sacked by Luke Pirris for a loss of 5 yards to the NAVY 49
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Braylen Walker
Quinton Jackson run for 9 yds to the NAVY 40
Quinton Jackson run for 2 yds to the NAVY 38
Blake Horvath pass complete to Alex Tecza for 29 yds to the RICE 33 for a 1ST down
Nathan Kirkwood 43 yd FG MISSED
End of 2nd Quarter
Nathan Kirkwood kickoff for 51 yds , Quinton Jackson return for no gain to the RICE 14
Quinton Jackson run for 8 yds to the RICE 22
Quinton Jackson run for 4 yds to the RICE 26 for a 1ST down
(13:59) PENALTY Rice False Start (Falk,James) 5 yards from Rice26 to Rice21. NO PLAY.
Quinton Jackson run for a loss of 4 yards to the RICE 17
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Aaron Turner for 1 yd to the RICE 18
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Braylen Walker for 11 yds to the RICE 29
Alex Bacchetta punt for 51 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the NAVY 20
(11:44) Shotgun Chatman,Brandon rush left for 9 yards gain to the Navy29 (Porter,Omari), out of bounds PENALTY Navy Holding (Purvis,Ben) 10 yards from Navy20 to Navy10. NO PLAY.
Blake Horvath pass complete to Eli Heidenreich for 29 yds to the NAVY 39 for a 1ST down
Alex Tecza run for 3 yds to the NAVY 42
Blake Horvath run for 2 yds to the NAVY 44
Blake Horvath pass complete to Alex Tecza for 14 yds to the RICE 42 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath pass intercepted Plae Wyatt return for 7 yds to the RICE 35
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. run for 8 yds to the RICE 43
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Semaj Pierre
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. run for 1 yd to the RICE 44
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. run for 7 yds to the NAVY 49 for a 1ST down
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. run for no gain to the NAVY 49
Chase Jenkins run for 4 yds to the NAVY 45
PENALTY Rice False Start 5 yards from Navy45 to Navy50. NO PLAY.
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Braylen Walker for 11 yds to the NAVY 39 for a 1ST down
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. run for 6 yds to the NAVY 33
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. run for no gain to the NAVY 33
Quinton Jackson run for 3 yds to the NAVY 30
Quinton Jackson run for 4 yds to the NAVY 26 for a 1ST down
Quinton Jackson run for 4 yds to the NAVY 22
Quinton Jackson run for 2 yds to the NAVY 20
PENALTY Rice False Start (Long,John) 5 yards from Navy20 to Navy25. NO PLAY.
Chase Jenkins run for 9 yds to the NAVY 16 for a 1ST down
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. run for a loss of 1 yard to the NAVY 17
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Drayden Dickmann
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Drayden Dickmann
Enock Gota 35 yd FG GOOD
Eli Heidenreich run for 6 yds to the NAVY 31
Alex Tecza run for 4 yds to the NAVY 35 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath run for no gain to the NAVY 35
Blake Horvath pass complete to Luke Hutchison for 34 yds to the RICE 31 for a 1ST down
Alex Tecza run for 2 yds to the RICE 29
Blake Horvath pass incomplete to Jackson Gutierrez
PENALTY Navy False Start (Smith II,Hoke) 5 yards from Rice29 to Rice34. NO PLAY.
Blake Horvath run for 19 yds to the RICE 15 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath run for 2 yds to the RICE 13
Blake Horvath run for 11 yds to the RICE 2 for a 1ST down
Blake Horvath run for 2 yds for a TD (Nathan Kirkwood KICK)
Nathan Kirkwood kickoff for 61 yds , Tyson Thompson return for 35 yds to the RICE 39
Quinton Jackson run for 4 yds to the RICE 43
Chase Jenkins run for 16 yds to the NAVY 41 for a 1ST down
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Drayden Dickmann for 36 yds to the NAVY 5 for a 1ST down Navy Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Chase Jenkins run for 2 yds to the NAVY 3
Chase Jenkins run for 1 yd to the NAVY 2
Drayden Dickmann run for a loss of 1 yard to the NAVY 3
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Drayden Dickmann for 3 yds for a TD (Enock Gota KICK)
Blake Horvath run for 8 yds to the NAVY 33
Brandon Chatman run for no gain to the NAVY 33
Eli Heidenreich run for 5 yds to the NAVY 38 for a 1ST down
Jackson Gutierrez run for 4 yds to the NAVY 42
Brandon Chatman run for 1 yd to the NAVY 43
Jackson Gutierrez run for 2 yds to the NAVY 45
Jacob Carlson punt for 55 yds for a touchback
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Drayden Dickmann for 6 yds to the RICE 26
Chase Jenkins sacked by Griffen Willis for a loss of 4 yards to the RICE 22
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Ryan Guillo for 9 yds to the RICE 31 for a 1ST down
Chase Jenkins pass incomplete to Drayden Dickmann
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Aaron Turner for 4 yds to the RICE 35
Chase Jenkins run for 5 yds to the RICE 40
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Aaron Turner for 20 yds to the NAVY 40 for a 1ST down
PENALTY Rice False Start (Long,John) 5 yards from Navy40 to Navy45. NO PLAY.
Chase Jenkins run for 2 yds to the NAVY 43
Chase Jenkins pass complete to Aaron Turner for 2 yds to the NAVY 41
(00:34) No Huddle-Shotgun Jenkins,Chase pass incomplete deep left to Pierre,Semaj thrown to Navy02 PENALTY Navy Pass Interference (Hamilton,Phillip) 15 yards from Navy41 to Navy26, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Enock Gota 44 yd FG GOOD
PENALTY Rice UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Sullivan,Sean) 15 yards from Rice35 to Rice20. NO PLAY.
(00:18) Kneel down by Navy at Rice42 for loss of 1 yard.