Rice Renews Southwest Conference Rivalry with Texas

Game #3
What: No. 12 Texas (1-1) @ Rice (0-2)
When: Saturday, September 14
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: NRG Stadium (72,220)
Television: CBS SN Carter Blackburn (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), Jenny Dell (sideline)
Where to Find the Game: CBS SN
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst), Matt Pederson (sidelines & postgame).
Audio Streaming: Stretch Internet, Rice Game Day App, TuneIn app
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Texas leads 72-21-1

O17, 1914   L   41-0   Austin
O16, 1915   L   59-0   Austin
O7, 1916   L   16-2   Austin
O27, 1917   W   13-0   Austin
O16, 1918   L   14-0   Austin
N1, 1919   L   32-7   Austin
O30, 1920   L   21-0   Houston
O29, 1921   L   56-0   Austin
N4, 1922   L   29-0   Houston
N3, 1923   L   27-0   Austin
N1, 1924   W   19-6   Houston
O24, 1925   L   27-6   Austin
O23, 1926   L   20-0   Houston
O22, 1927   L   27-0   Austin
O27, 1928   L   13-6   Houston
O26, 1929   L   39-0   Austin
O25, 1930   W   6-0   Houston
O10, 1931   W   7-0   Austin
O22, 1932   L   18-6   Houston
O28, 1933   L   18-0   Austin
O27, 1934   W   20-9   Houston
O26, 1935   W   28-19   Austin
O24, 1936   W   7-0   Houston
O23, 1937   W   14-7   Austin
O22, 1938   W   13-7   Houston
O28, 1939   L   26-12   Austin
O26, 1940   W   13-0   Houston
O25, 1941   L   40-0   Austin
O24, 1942   L   12-7   Houston
O23, 1943   L   58-0   Austin
O28, 1944   W   7-0   Houston
O27, 1945   W   7-6   Austin
O26, 1946   W   18-13   Houston
O25, 1947   L   12-0   Austin
O23, 1948   L   20-7   Houston
O22, 1949   W   17-15   Austin
O28, 1950   L   35-7   Houston
O27, 1951   L   14-6   Austin
O25, 1952   L   20-7   Houston
O24, 1953   W   18-13   Austin
O23, 1954   W   13-7   Houston
O22, 1955   L   32-14   Austin
O27, 1956   W   28-7   Houston
O26, 1957   L   19-14   Austin
O25, 1958   W   34-7   Houston
O24, 1959   L   28-6   Austin
O22, 1960   W   7-0   Houston
O28, 1961   L   34-7   Austin
O27, 1962   T   14-14   Houston
O26, 1963   L   10-6   Austin
O24, 1964   L   6-3   Houston
O23, 1965   W   20-17   Austin
O22, 1966   L   14-6   Houston
O28, 1967   L   28-6   Austin
O26, 1968   L   38-14   Houston
O25, 1969   L   31-0   Austin
O24, 1970   L   45-21   Houston
O23, 1971   L   39-10   Austin
O28, 1972   L   45-9   Houston
O27, 1973   L   55-13   Austin
O26, 1974   L   27-6   Houston
O25, 1975   L   41-9   Austin
O2, 1976   L   42-15   Houston
O1, 1977   L   72-15   Austin
S16, 1978   L   34-0   Houston
O6, 1979   L   26-9   Austin
O4, 1980   L   41-28   Houston
S12, 1981   L   31-3   Austin
O2, 1982   L   34-7   Houston
O1, 1983   L   42-6   Austin
O6, 1984   L   38-13   Houston
O5, 1985   L   44-16   Austin
O4, 1986   L   17-14   Houston
O3, 1987   L   45-26   Austin
O1, 1988   L   20-13   Houston
O7, 1989   L   31-30   Austin
O6, 1990   L   26-10   Houston
O5, 1991   L   28-7   Austin
O3, 1992   L   23-21   Houston
O2, 1993   L   55-38   Austin
O16, 1994   W   19-17   Houston
O7, 1995   L   37-13   Austin
O27, 1997   L   38-31   Houston
S26, 1998   L   59-21   Austin
S18, 1999   L   18-13   Austin
S20, 2003   L   48-7   Reliant Stadium
S25, 2004   L   35-13   Austin
S17, 2005   L   51-10   Austin
S16, 2006   L   52-7   Reliant Stadium
S22, 2007   L   58-14   Austin
S20, 2008   L   52-20   Austin
S4, 2010   L   34-17   Reliant Stadium
S3, 2011   L   34-9   Austin
S12, 2015   L   42-28   Austin

Series Notes
• This is the 95th meeting between the two schools in a series that began on October 17, 1914 when Texas blanked Rice 41-0 in Austin.

• Texas leads the all-time series 72-21-1, including a 28-13-1 mark in Houston and 3-0 at NRG Stadium. Texas has won 13 straight in the overall series.

• Rice's last win over Texas came in 1994 at Rice Stadium (19-17) in a game moved to a Sunday night broadcast on ESPN to fill a slot vacated by the cancellation of the remainder of the 1994 season because of the strike by players.

• The two schools played continuously through the end of Southwest Conference in 1995. The series resumed on an intermittent basis in 1997, playing eight times in Austin, three times at Reliant Stadium and once at Rice Stadium (1997). They have met 12 times in a non-conference setting since then, with Texas winning all 12.

Milestones
In addition to joining all of college football in celebrating the sport's 150th birthday, Rice will also celebrate several other milestones in 2019. This season will be the 70th in Rice Stadium and the Owls game with Marshall on November 2 will be the 100th Homecoming at Rice. The Owls will also celebrate the 25th anniversary of their earning a share of the Southwest Conference title and win over Texas when the Owls host the Longhorns at NRG Stadium on Saturday.

Playing Down the Street
Saturday's game will the the 10th time the Owls have played at NRG Stadium since it opened in 2002. They made their debut with a 37-20 win over LA Tech on 10/5/02 and have posted a 3-6 mark in the stadium. Their last win at NRG came in the 2008 Texas Bowl when they defeated Western Michigan. Rice and Houston also met 11 times at NRG's next door neighbor, The Astrodome, from 1973-94.

C-USA to Honor Dillard and Graham
Two-time All-American Jarett Dillard and Hall of Fame baseball coach Wayne Graham will be honored during Saturday's game by Conference USA in recognition of their selection to C-USA's inaugural Hall of Fame class. Rice's third member of the class (Anthony Rendon) will not be able to attend. Dillard was one of three football standouts among the 25 members of the class, joining with Case Keenum of Houston and DeAngelo Williams of Memphis. He was the dominant receiver in Conference USA in the Owls' first four seasons in the league, his final two with Tom Herman as his OC. He led Rice to its first bowl appearance in 45 years as a sophomore in 2006 and its first bowl victory in 54 years in 2008. He smashed the conference and NCAA record with 60 career touchdown receptions and with a touchdown reception in 13 consecutive games in 2006. He ended his career as C-USA's career leader with 4,136 yards and his 60 career touchdowns tied the conference record. He was a two-time All-America selection in addition to earning all-conference honors in three consecutive seasons and being named a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award in 2006. He was inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. Graham led the Rice baseball team to conference regular season and/or tournament titles in 11 of the 13 seasons the Owls were members of C-USA while representing the conference in three College World Series, five NCAA Super Regionals and 12 regionals. He compiled a 215-99-2 record in 13 seasons of C-USA action and was a five-time C-USA Coach of the Year.

Debuts
15 players have seen their first action at the collegiate level in the Owls first two games. 11 are true freshmen (Jake Bailey, Adrian Bickham, Jack Bradley, De'Braylon Carroll, Tre'shon Devones, Izeya Floyd, Hunter Henry, E.J. Lahlou, Joshua Landrum, Kirk Lockhart and Josh Pearcy). Two are redshirt freshmen (August Pitre III and Cameron Valentine) and two are redshirt sophomores (Austin Conrad, Jonathan Sanchez). Landrum and Devones made their debuts on the Owls kickoff coverage team at Army and combined on a tackle on their first play. In his first 15 games as the Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach, Mike Bloomgren has seen true freshmen gain 136 games of experience.

Getting Into the Action
Fullback Reagan Williams played 33 games (32 at Stanford and one with Rice) before his first career carry. He rushed for 16 yards on four carries vs. Wake Forest. His four carries matched the most by an Owl fullback dating back to 2005. Geo Gentosi carried four times vs. ODU last year and John Wall carried four times at Florida State in 2006. His 16 yards were the most by a fullback since Wall rushed for 67 vs. Houston in the final game of the 2005 season (the final game for Ken Hatfield's triple option offense).

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