2006 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

2006

TROJANS CLAIM FIRST BOWL VICTORY

NEW ORLEANS, La. - The talk around Troy practice all week leading up to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl was about being the first team in school history to win a bowl game.

The Trojans made sure their first trip to represent the Sun Belt Conference in New Orleans was a memorable one by jumping on the Rice Owls with 21 first quarter points and never looking back in a 41-17 victory in front of 24,791 fans at the Louisiana Superdome.

Junior quarterback Omar Haugabook showed why he was named Sun Belt Player of the Year by running and passing for five touchdowns in earning game Most Valuable Player honors in unanimous fashion.

Haugabook rushed for 92 yards and one score and completed 14 of 28 passes for 217 yards and a New Orleans Bowl record four touchdowns. The Trojans finished the 2006 season with an 8-5 record while Rice closed its year at 7-6.

Defensively, the Trojans held Rice to just 39 rushing yards and 344 yards of total offense. Junior Elbert Mack recorded two of the Trojans’ five interceptions in the game, just days after the death of his father in California.

Junior Leodis McKelvin led the game with 11 total tackles. Troy piled up 11 tackles for loss in the game, including four sacks.

Scoring Summary

TROY - Haugabook 2-yard run (Whibbs kick), 10:41, 1st TROY - Banks 3-yard pass from Haugabook (Whibbs kick), 9:50, 1st RICE - Falco 11-yard pass from Armstrong (Fangmeier kick), 5:12, 1st TROY - Terry 56-yard pass from Haugabook (Whibbs kick), 0:02, 1st RICE - Fangmeier 43-yard FG, 12:05, 2nd TROY - Davis 7-yard pass from Haugabook, 9:41, 2nd TROY - Whibbs 25-yard FG, 3:31, 3rd TROY - Whibbs 26-yard FG, 9:16, 4th

10-34 RICE - Dillard 1-yard pass from Armstrong (Fangmeier kick), 4:58, 4th 17-34 TROY - Rutledge 5-yard pass from Haugabook (Whibbs kick), 1:56, 4th 17-41

Team Statistics

First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Att-Comp-Int Total Offense Plays-Yards

RICE

19 21-39 305 54-35-5 75-344

TROY

15 33-148 228 29-15-1 62=376

RUSHING - (TROY) Haugabook 14-92 (TD), Cattouse 12-36, Jones 5-18, Bray 1-4, Chandler 1-(-2); (RICE) Armstrong 16-35, Smith 5-4

PASSING - (TROY) Haugabook 14-28-1-217 (4 TD), Bray 1-1-0-11; (RICE) Armstrong 35-54-5-305 (2 TD)

RECEIVING - (TROY) Terry 2-96 (TD), Davis 2-35 (TD), Cattouse 2-19, Banks 2-8 (TD), Hampton 1-28, Jones 1-20, Haugabook 1-11, Rutledge 1-5 (TD), Williams 1-4, East 1-2, Marcus 1-0; (RICE) Dillard 9-71 (TD), Smith 8-75, Falco 6-49 (TD), Smiter 4-48, Dixon 3-22, Henderson 2-10, Wardlow 1-30