USF Football Rolls To Senior Night Win Over Rice, 52-3

Bulls submit fourth undefeated dwelling season in program historical past
 
TAMPA, FLA. Nov. 29, 2025 – South Florida (9-3, 6-2 American) scored the primary 28 factors of the sport behind dynamic quarterback Byrum Brown, who accounted for 5 touchdowns on the evening, and rolled to a 52-3 victory over Rice (5-7; 2-6) on Senior Night at Raymond James Stadium.
 
The Bulls posted simply the fourth undefeated dwelling season in program historical past and the primary since 2002 as they received all six dwelling video games by 27 factors or extra. South Florida additionally logged simply the sixth nine-win season in program historical past and a sixth convention win in a season for simply the fourth time. The Bulls honored 30 seniors previous to kickoff, a number of of whom have remaining eligibility and may return.
 
Quarterback Byrum Brown, among the many seniors honored, continued his excellent marketing campaign as he continued his march towards a number of program data and have become simply the 12^th participant in Football Bowl Subdivision historical past to submit 3,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards dashing in a season. On the evening, Brown went 16-of-24 for 275 yards and 4 touchdowns passing and ran for 104 yards and a landing. He broke his personal season landing document, reaching 28, and posted the 11^th 1,000-yard dashing season in program historical past and the third 4,000 complete yard season.
 
Keshaun Singleton posted his second 100-yard receiving sport on the 12 months, catching six passes for 125 yards and two touchdowns as he moved into third all-time in season receiving yards with 877 on the 12 months. The Bulls defensive effort was led by senior linebackers Jhalyn Shuler and Mac Harris who posted seven and 5 tackles, respectively, and helped maintain Rice to 257 complete yards.
 
The Bulls jumped out 14-0 within the first quarter following two Brown landing passes to Singleton. The first was a five-yard strike to complete a 68-yard drive. The second Brown floated over the secondary to an open Singleton who made two tacklers miss and raced 47-yards for the rating.
 
The Bulls made it 21-0 when Brown hit Mudia Reuben huge open down the left aspect and the 6-2, 210-pound receiver broke a deal with after which raced up the sideline for a 60-yard landing. The landing cross, Brown’s third of the sport, broke his personal single season landing cross mark and likewise made him the USF profession chief in 50-yard cross performs along with his 19^th.
 
South Florida made it 28-0 when Nykahi Davenport completed a 67-yard drive with a two-yard plunge. Brown’s 22-yard run and 34-yard cross to Singleton accounted for a lot of the yards on the drive. Brown went 8-of-13 for 193 yards and three touchdowns within the first half.
 
Rice obtained on the board with a 44-yard subject aim to make it 28-3 on the half.
 
The Bulls used a pretend punt and a acquire of 15 yards on the play by freshman Tray Kinkle to increase their opening drive of the second half and took a 35-3 lead when Brown hit Jeremiah Koger with seven-yard landing cross.
 
It was all Bulls the remainder of the way in which as they capped the scoring when Gaston Moore, in for Brown at quarterback, hit former walk-on Christian Helms with a three-yard landing cross to mark the senior first profession catch in his final sport.
 
KEY STATS
• The Bulls opened the sport scoring the primary 28 factors, marking their eighth scoring streak of 26 factors or extra on the 12 months, all coming in one in all their 9 wins.
• South Florida recorded its eighth 500-yard or higher sport in its final 9 outings. The Bulls have logged 6,020 yards on the 12 months, the third -best season complete in program historical past. The program document is 6,650 in 2016.
• South Florida handed for 281 yards on the evening, elevating their season complete to three,315, the second-best complete in program historical past behind 3,494 posted in 2023.
 
NOTABLES
• QB Byrum Brown logged his eighth straight 300-plus yard complete offense sport with 379 complete yards and 5 touchdowns. He now has 42 touchdowns accounted for on the 12 months, tying the USF season document set by Quinton Flowers in 2016.
• WR Keshaun Singleton posted his second 100-yard receiving sport on the 12 months catching six passes for 125 yards and two touchdowns. His 877 yards on the 12 months are the third-best complete in program historical past, whereas his eight touchdowns are the second most.
• WR Mudia Reuben caught 5 passes for 90 yards and a landing.
 
UP NEXT
USF waits to be taught its bowl vacation spot. The Bulls shall be making their third straight bowl look and can look to log a 3rd straight bowl win for simply the second time in program historical past.  
 
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF soccer program first took the sphere in 1997 and accomplished its twenty eighth season in 2024 with its second-straight bowl victory within the Hawai’i Bowl. Head coach Alex Golesh posted a program-best six-game turnaround and a Boca Raton Bowl victory in his first season in 2023. USF accomplished development on a brand new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $340-million on-campus stadium and soccer operations heart broke floor within the fall of 2024 and is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 17 profitable seasons, earned 16 All-America picks (together with two consensus picks, the final coming in 2021), in addition to 33 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 gamers chosen within the NFL Draft and the Bulls have made 12 bowl sport appearances (going 8-4), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and making 4 straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. USF posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016, whereas ending each seasons ranked within the Top 25. USF spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked within the Top 25 throughout the 2016 and 2017 campaigns and reached as excessive as No. 2 within the Associated Press rankings throughout the 2007 season.
 

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