Game 12: Rice Closes Non-Conference Schedule at 10th-Ranked LSU

Game #12
What: Rice (1-10, 0-7 C-USA) at 10/10 LSU (8-2, 5-2 SEC)
When: Saturday, November 17
Where: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Stadium: Tiger Stadium (102-321)
Television: ESPNU: Mike Couzins (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst)
Where to Find the Game: DirecTV 208; DISH 141; U-Verse 605
Rice Radio: SportsMap 94.1 FM. JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst).
Audio Streaming: Stretch Internet, Rice Game Day App, TuneIn app
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: LSU leads 37-13-5

N17, 1915               W            6-0           Houston
N24, 1916               T              7-7           Baton Rouge
O18, 1924               L              12-0         Houston
N7, 1925                 L              6-0           Baton Rouge
O1, 1932                 W            10-8         Houston
S30, 1933               L              13-0         Baton Rouge
S29, 1934               T              9-9           Houston
S28, 1935               W            10-7         Baton Rouge
S26, 1936               L              20-7         Baton Rouge
O9, 1937                 L              13-0         Houston
O8, 1938                 L              3-0           Baton Rouge
O14, 1939               L              7-0           Baton Rouge
O12, 1940               W            23-0         Houston
O18, 1941               L              27-0         Baton Rouge
O3, 1942                 W            27-14       Houston
O2, 1943                 L              20-7         Baton Rouge
O7, 1944                 W            14-13       Houston
S29, 1945               L              42-0         Baton Rouge
S28, 1946               L              7-6           Houston
S27, 1947               L              21-14       Baton Rouge
O2, 1948                 L              26-13       Houston
O1, 1949                 L              14-7         Baton Rouge
O7, 1950                 W            35-20       Houston
O6, 1951                 L              7-6           Baton Rouge
O4, 1952                 L              27-7         Houston
O1, 1955                 T              20-20       Houston
O6, 1956                 W            23-14       Houston
S21, 1957               W            20-14       Baton Rouge
S20, 1958               L              26-6         Houston
S19, 1959               L              26-3         Baton Rouge
S23, 1961               W            16-3         Houston
S29, 1962               T              6-6           Baton Rouge
S28, 1963               W            21-12       Houston
S26, 1964               L              3-0           Houston
S26, 1965               L              42-14       Baton Rouge
S24, 1966               W            17-15       Houston
S23, 1967               L              20-14       Baton Rouge
S28, 1968               L              21-7         Houston
S27, 1969               L              42-0         Houston
S26, 1970               L              24-0         Baton Rouge
O2, 1971                 L              38-3         Baton Rouge
O7, 1972                 L              12-6         Houston
S29, 1973               L              24-9         Baton Rouge
S28, 1974               T              10-10       Houston
S27, 1975               L              16-13       Shreveport
S25, 1976               L              31-0         Baton Rouge
S24, 1977               L              77-0         Baton Rouge
S30, 1978               L              37-7         Houston
S22, 1979               L              45-3         Baton Rouge
S27, 1980               W            17-7         Houston
S26, 1981               L              28-14       Baton Rouge
S25, 1982               L              52-13       Baton Rouge
S17, 1983               L              24-10       Houston
S19, 1987               L              49-16       Baton Rouge
S23, 1995               L              52-7         Baton Rouge

Series Notes
This 56th meeting between the two schools,, but the first since 1995.
• LSU leads the series 37-13-5 (23-2-2 at Tiger Stadium; 1-0 in Shreveport; 12-11-3 in Houston; 8-6-2 at Rice Stadium)
• The 55 games with LSU are the most against any non-conference opponent for Rice.
• Saturday's game will be played 103 years to the day when the schools first met at West End Park in Houston, with Rice winning 6-0. The schools met in Baton Rouge for the first time the following year, tying 7-7.
• The two schools met continuously from 1932-52 and then again from 1955-83.
• Rice's last win in the series came in 1980 when the Owls snapped an 11-game losing streak by scoring twice in the last eight minutes of the game to win 17-7. Rice trailed 7-3 entering the final quarter, with those three points coming when starting tight end Robert Hubble kicked a 52-yard field goal at the end of half. Hubble set a school record with his only career field goal, which was also the first by an Owl from 50+ yards.
• Rice's last win over ranked LSU squad came in the opener to the 1961 season in front of a Rice Stadium record crowd of 73,00 as the Owls downed the 5th ranked Tigers, 16-3.
• Rice's last win at Tiger Stadium came in 1957 as the Owls rallied from a 14-0 deficit to win 20-14, driving 63 yards in the last 4:57 to score the game winner.

Vs. Ranked teams
Rice' s last win over a team ranked in the AP poll was on Nov. 11, 1997 when the Owls downed No. 21 BYU, 27-14, at Rice Stadium (28 games). The Owls' last win over a ranked team on the road was on Oct. 12, 1991 when Fred Goldsmith's Owls edged No. 8 Baylor in Waco (31 games).

Ranked in the Series
This is the 17th game between LSU and Rice in which at least one team was ranked in the AP poll. Rice was the ranked team in each of the first two.   Rice's lone win over a ranked LSU team came in the opener to the 1961 season as Rice beat #5 LSU 16-3 at Rice Stadium.
                O 4         1952       #17 Rice               LSU                        L              27-7
                O 1         1955       #13 Rice               LSU                        T              0-0
                S 19        1959       Rice @#1 LSU              L              26-3
                S 23        1961       Rice                      #5 LSU                 W            16-3
                S 29        1962       Rice                      @#5 LSU              T              6-6
                S 25        1965       Rice @#7 LSU              L              42-14
                S 28        1968       Rice #14 LSU                 L              21-7
                O 2         1971       Rice #16 LSU           L              38-3
                O 7         1972       Rice 8 LSU               L              12-6
                S 29        1973       Rice #10 LSU               L              24-9
                S 28        1974       Rice 17 LSU           T              10-10
                S 25        1976       Rice                        @#15 LSU L              31-0
                S 30        1978       Rice                        #11 LSU             L              37-7
                S 19         1987 Rice                        @#4 LSU L              49-16
                S 23        1995 Rice                        @#18 LSU L              52-7

Reliable Target
Austin Trammel has caught 22 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns in the last three games to vault into the Owls' season top ten. He has 59 receptions this season (third in C-USA) ranks seventh in school history. James Sykes is sixth with 76 in 1976. Trammell caught eight for 112 yards and two touchdowns vs. UTEP, reaching the century mark for the first time.

Reliable Targets
In addition to Austin Trammell's 59 receptions, Austin Walter (40) and Aaron Cephus (40) have also reached career-highs this season and give the Owls their first trio of receivers with more than 40 catches since 2008 when James Casey set a school record with 111, followed by Jarett Dillard (87) and Toren Dixon (50). Walter has 497 receiving yards this year and needs three to join Trammell (600) and Cephus (565) give the Owls three receivers with at least 500 yards since 2008 (Casey 1, 329; Dillard 1,310 and Dixon 598).

Prudy Picking up the Pace
True freshman Prudy Calderon has started the last six games at strong safety and has picked off four passes along with 22 tackles, a TFL and five PBUs over that time. He picked off two near the goal line at LA Tech last Saturday, becoming the first Owl with multiple interceptions in a game since current Chicago Bear Bryce Callahan (who had an interception of his own on Sunday vs. Detroit) picked off a pair at Kansas in 2012.   He leads the Owls with four interceptions this year, the most by an Owl since current Cleveland Brown Phillip Gaines had four in 2013 and needs one to move into the Owls season top ten. He is the first Rice freshman to have multiple interceptions in a season since Callahan had six as a redshirt freshman in 2011.

Bowlers
Seven teams on Rice's 2018 schedule have already reached bowl eligibility (FIU, Hawai'i, Houston, LA Tech, LSU, North Texas and UAB) while Wake Forest is one win shy and Southern Miss needs two wins. Two of the Owls four nonconference opponents for 2019 (Army and Texas) have reached bowl eligibility while Wake Forest and Baylor are one win away.

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