Owls Host Huskies on Corridor of Fame Weekend

Game #8
Who: Rice (3-4) vs. UConn (5-2) 2:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Television: ESPN+ Ted Emrich (Play by Play),  Charles Arbuckle  (Analyst), Smacker Miles (Sidelines)
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst), Jason Metko (Sidelines)
Audio Streaming: RiceOwls.com, Rice Game Day App, Varsity Network
Live Stats: Sidearm
Digital Game Program: Game 8 UConn
Series Information: UConn leads 2-0

2025 Rice Football Fact Book
Full Game Notes

Series Notes

•This is the third assembly between the colleges in a collection that started at Rice Stadium in 2023.

•UConn has received each earlier video games, every by seven factors, with Rice scoring first in every sport.

•Rice took a 10-0 lead within the first quarter within the inaugural sport in 2023, however the Huskies scored 20 factors within the second quarter and held off the Owls within the second half to win 38-31.

•Last season, Rice opened the scoring on a 23-yard area objective by Tim Horn late within the first quarter, and that lead held till halfway within the third earlier than the Huskies took the lead on a 68-yard run by Durell Robinson.

•Down 17-7 with 3:28 left, Rice lower the margin to seven on Quinton Jackson’s school-record 100-yard kickoff return.

•UConn head coach Jim Mora earned his first profession collegiate teaching win at Rice Stadium in 2012, as UCLA opened the season with a 49-24 win.

•Rice slot receiver Aaron Turner started his faculty profession at UConn and compiled 90 receptions for 759 yards and three touchdowns earlier than transferring to Cincinnati for the 2023 season.

 

Rice is…

•194-221-7 all-time at Rice Stadium, 74-68-3 vs. non-conference opponents for the reason that stadium opened in 1950.

•6-3 since 2021 in non-conference video games at Rice Stadium.

•Looking to go 3-1 vs non-conference opponents for the primary time since 2001 when the Owls defeated Houston, Duke, and Navy and misplaced to Nebraska…. The Owls’ non-conference opponents are 18-10 this season (Louisiana 2-5, Houston 6-1, Prairie View 5-2, UConn 5-2).

•Coming off its first bye week after opening with seven straight video games, the longest stretch of consecutive weeks to open a season for the Owls since 2012, once they performed the primary 9 weeks of the season.

•3-2 this 12 months when the opponent scores first, 0-2 when scoring first.

•+2 in turnover margin via seven video games… the final time the Owls had been optimistic in turnover margin in a full season was 2014 (+8).

Up Next

Rice shall be again in motion at Rice Stadium on Halloween Night, internet hosting Memphis at 6 p.m. with nationwide protection on ESPN2.