Blazers on Faucet for a hundred and fifth Homecoming Game

Game #10
Who: Rice (4-5/1-4) vs. UAB (3-5/1-3) 1:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Television:  ESPN+  Shawn Kenney (Play by Play), Forrest Conoly (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 10 UAB
Series Information: UAB leads 7-5
 
2025 Rice Football Fact Book
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
•This would be the thirteenth assembly between the 2 colleges (UAB leads 7-5), the sixth at Rice Stadium (UAB leads 4-2), and the second at Protective Field (Rice leads 1-0).
•All 5 of Rice’s wins within the collection had been by lower than seven factors and the common margin of victory is 3.8 factors.
•Three of Rice’s 5 wins within the collection have come on the finish of every recreation (44 seconds in 2010, 3.5 seconds in 2006, and on the final play of extra time in 2013).
•Chase Clement hit Jarett Dillard with a 9-yard scoring move with 3.5 seconds left in 2006 to offer Rice a 34-33 win at Rice Stadium.
•Jeremy Eddington’s 22-yard landing run with 44 seconds left gave the Owls a 28-23 win on Senior Day in 2010.
•Luke Turner’s one-yard run gave Rice a 37-34 win in extra time in 2013, setting the stage for a 17-13 win over Tulane one week later to earn a berth within the C-USA Championship recreation.
•Rice trailed 17-7 at halftime within the final recreation at Rice Stadium (2022) and UAB took a 24-21 lead into the fourth quarter… •The Owls moved in entrance with 9 minutes left and ended the Blazers’ final hopes with three consecutive sacks to finish the sport after UAB had moved to the Rice 35.
 
Rice is…
•196-222-7 all-time at Rice Stadium.
•47-53-3 in Homecoming video games
•10-8 vs. FBS colleges in Alabama (Alabama 3-0; Auburn 2-0; UAB 5-7; Troy 0-1).
•5-5 in American Conference video games at Rice Stadium (going 2-2 in 2023 and 3-1 final yr) and has gained three of its final 5 convention residence video games in addition to 4 of its final seven American video games on residence turf, relationship again to a 24-21 win over Florida Atlantic to finish the 2023 season.
•In the center of a three-game homestand vs. American Conference groups after opening with three of the primary 4 on the street.  
•4-3 this yr when the opponent scores first, 0-2 when scoring first.

Homecoming #105

Rice will maintain its a hundred and fifth Homecoming recreation on Saturday as a part of the annual Alumni Weekend. While it started enjoying soccer in 1912, the custom of Homecoming didn’t make its first look at Rice till 1919, when the Owls trounced Arkansas 40-7 to cap the primary eight-win season in class historical past (8-1). The first ten Homecoming video games had been held on Thanksgiving Day.  After not designating one in 1930 as Homecoming, an Owls’ soccer recreation has served because the centerpiece of the annual alumni gathering over the subsequent 90 succeeding Autumns till 2020, when the occasion was held just about as a result of pandemic.  The Owls have posted a 48-53-3 report in Homecoming video games, together with a 24-10 win over Navy final yr.  

Notable

•As a part of this yr’s Homecoming actions, every Rice participant will put on his Rice school crest on one facet of his helmet.

•Scott Abell wants one win to match Al Conover and Ken Hatfield for the third most wins by a Rice soccer head coach in his first season.

•The Owls have rushed for 1,920 yards this season, their most since they completed 2017 with 2,244.

•True freshmen Cole Principe and Payton Matthews made their first collegiate begins final Saturday, changing into the sixteenth and seventeenth Owls to make their first collegiate begins this yr.   Rice is tied with UTSA and Old Dominion for sixth nationally in first-time starters in 2025.

•Principe turned the primary true freshman to begin for Rice on the offensive line since Issac Klarkowski began the final two video games of the 2019 season.

•Alex Bacchetta’s 12 punts of not less than 50 yards are a profession excessive and probably the most by an Owl since All-Pro punter Jack Fox had 26 in 2018.

•Tyvonn Byars’ 43-yard sprint on his first profession reception gave Rice its fifth participant this season to have one play from scrimmage of not less than 40 years (Quinton Jackson, 3; Daelen Alexander, Byars, Drayden Dickmann, Aaron Turner, 1 every).

•The Owls additionally had 5 gamers with a play of not less than 40 final season, with Dean Connors (4), Kobie Campbell, Quinton Jackson, Elijah Mojarro and Braylen Walker (1 every)  combining for 9. 

 

Up Next

The Owls will take subsequent Saturday off earlier than concluding their 2025 residence schedule by internet hosting North Texas on November 22. The recreation time and broadcast task can be introduced by the American Conference on Monday.