Saturday, December 12
Houston, TX
12 PM
Rice University
vs
UAB
Photo by: Michael Wade
Owls to Face UAB in Senior Day
12/11/2020 5:35:00 PM | Football
C-USA West to be decided
Game #5
What: Rice (2-2/2-2) @ UAB (4-3/2-1)
When: Saturday, December 12
Where: Houston
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television: ESPN3 Matt Pedersen (PxP), Taylor McHargue (Analyst)
Where to Find the Game: ESPN3
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst),
Audio Streaming: Stretch Internet, Rice Game Day App, TuneIn app
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: This is ninth meeting between the two schools (all as members of C-USA). Marshall leads the overall series 5-3, including wins in the last three. Rice has won two of three in Houston.
Series History
O1, 2005 L 45-26 Birmingham, Ala.
O14, 2006 W 34-33 Houston
S5, 2009 L 44-24 Birmingham, Ala.
N28, 2010 W 28-23 Houston
N21, 2013 W 37-34ot Birmingham, Ala.
N4, 2017 L 52-21 Birmingham, Ala.
O13, 2018 L 42-0 Houston
O5, 2019 L 35-20 Birmingham, Ala.
Series Notes
Ending With A Win at Home
Rice has closed out 11 of the last 12 home schedules with a win, sending the respective senior classes out with a win. The Owls won nine consecutive home finales from 2008-2016 (including a 28-23 win over UAB in 2010) before North Texas defeated Rice 30-14 on Senior Day in 2017. The Owls are 54-50-2 all-time in home finales. (Note, the Owls did not play a home game in their first season of play in 1912).
Having a Say
UAB can advance to the C-USA title game with a win, but a win by Rice would put UTSA into the C-USA Championship game next Friday and return a favor to the Roadrunners. In 2013 after defeating UAB in overtime in Birmingham on a Thursday night, the Owls turned their sights to a Saturday matchup between UTSA and North Texas. The Mean Green and Owls were tied atop the West Division, but UNT held the tiebreaker having defeated the Owls in Denton. UTSA held on to defeat North Texas-stopping the Mean Green at the 1-yard line-21-13 to put the Owls back in the driver's seat. They clinched the West the following weekend with a defeat of Tulane and then went on to blast Marshall and claim their first C-USA football title.
Decemberists
This will Owls mark the second time in school history the Owls have played a pair of regular season games in December. They also played twice in the 12th month in 1939. Rice has played 28 regular season games in December (14-14). The Owls played their first regular season December game in 18 years when they hosted Marshall in the C-USA Championship in 2013. Prior to 2013, the Owls' last December game came on 12/2/1995 when Rice and Houston played the last game in the storied history of the Southwest Conference. In 1941, the Owls closed their season on December 6 with a 6-0 shutout of SMU--one day prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Rice's first game in December came on December 6, 1930 when beat Iowa State, 13-7 at the original Rice Stadium.
Starting With a Stop
The Owls defense has picked up where it left off in 2019, holding their first four opponents scoreless on the game's opening possession. The Owls have held their last 13 opponents off the scoreboard on their first possession of the game. Texas in 2019 was the last team to score on its opening drive.
Clean Starts
Rice has held its first four opponents this season scoreless in the first quarter this year and has not allowed an offensive touchdown over the last 134:01. Praise Amaewhule of UTEP is the last to score a first-quarter touchdown with a fumble recovery in the season finale last year, but the last offensive touchdown scored on the Owls was by UTSA in the seventh games of 2019 (Lowell Narcisse 8-yard pass to Zakhari Franklin with :59 left in the quarter). The Owls have not allowed more than 7 points in the first quarter since Texas scored 14 in the third game of 2019. Rice has outscored the opposition 26-0 this season in the first quarter and 53-6 while winning four of the last six games.
No Flag Zone
Rice once again leads the nation in fewest penalties per game. The Owls lead the nation with an average of 23.8 yards per game in flags and were tops last year with an average of 27.5 per game.
One If By Land
Jordan Myers' one-yard run was Rice's only offensive touchdown in the win over Marshall was also the Owls first rushing touchdown in 2020. The three-game stretch without a rushing TD was the longest stretch by the Owls since 2009 when they did not record a rushing touchdown in consecutive games vs. Tulsa, Navy and East Carolina.
What: Rice (2-2/2-2) @ UAB (4-3/2-1)
When: Saturday, December 12
Where: Houston
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television: ESPN3 Matt Pedersen (PxP), Taylor McHargue (Analyst)
Where to Find the Game: ESPN3
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst),
Audio Streaming: Stretch Internet, Rice Game Day App, TuneIn app
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: This is ninth meeting between the two schools (all as members of C-USA). Marshall leads the overall series 5-3, including wins in the last three. Rice has won two of three in Houston.
Series History
O1, 2005 L 45-26 Birmingham, Ala.
O14, 2006 W 34-33 Houston
S5, 2009 L 44-24 Birmingham, Ala.
N28, 2010 W 28-23 Houston
N21, 2013 W 37-34ot Birmingham, Ala.
N4, 2017 L 52-21 Birmingham, Ala.
O13, 2018 L 42-0 Houston
O5, 2019 L 35-20 Birmingham, Ala.
Series Notes
- UAB blanked the Owls 42-0 in the last meeting in Houston, posting the first shutout of Rice in 216 games overall and 143 games at home.
- The series debuted in 2005 with a 45-26 UAB win in the Owls' debut in Conference USA.
- Rice is 8-6 vs. FBS schools in Alabama (Alabama 3-0; UAB 3-5; Auburn 2-0; Troy 0-1).
- Rice's three wins in the series have come on at the end of each game (44 seconds in 2010, 3.5 seconds in 2006 and on the last play of overtime in 2013).
- Chase Clement hit Jarett Dillard with a 9-yard scoring pass with 3.5 seconds left in 2006 to give Rice a 34-33 win at Rice Stadium.
- Jeremy Eddington's 22-yard touchdown 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 overtime in 2013, setting the stage for a 17-13 win over Tulane one week later to earn a berth in the C-USA Championship game. Highlights
Ending With A Win at Home
Rice has closed out 11 of the last 12 home schedules with a win, sending the respective senior classes out with a win. The Owls won nine consecutive home finales from 2008-2016 (including a 28-23 win over UAB in 2010) before North Texas defeated Rice 30-14 on Senior Day in 2017. The Owls are 54-50-2 all-time in home finales. (Note, the Owls did not play a home game in their first season of play in 1912).
Having a Say
UAB can advance to the C-USA title game with a win, but a win by Rice would put UTSA into the C-USA Championship game next Friday and return a favor to the Roadrunners. In 2013 after defeating UAB in overtime in Birmingham on a Thursday night, the Owls turned their sights to a Saturday matchup between UTSA and North Texas. The Mean Green and Owls were tied atop the West Division, but UNT held the tiebreaker having defeated the Owls in Denton. UTSA held on to defeat North Texas-stopping the Mean Green at the 1-yard line-21-13 to put the Owls back in the driver's seat. They clinched the West the following weekend with a defeat of Tulane and then went on to blast Marshall and claim their first C-USA football title.
Decemberists
This will Owls mark the second time in school history the Owls have played a pair of regular season games in December. They also played twice in the 12th month in 1939. Rice has played 28 regular season games in December (14-14). The Owls played their first regular season December game in 18 years when they hosted Marshall in the C-USA Championship in 2013. Prior to 2013, the Owls' last December game came on 12/2/1995 when Rice and Houston played the last game in the storied history of the Southwest Conference. In 1941, the Owls closed their season on December 6 with a 6-0 shutout of SMU--one day prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Rice's first game in December came on December 6, 1930 when beat Iowa State, 13-7 at the original Rice Stadium.
Starting With a Stop
The Owls defense has picked up where it left off in 2019, holding their first four opponents scoreless on the game's opening possession. The Owls have held their last 13 opponents off the scoreboard on their first possession of the game. Texas in 2019 was the last team to score on its opening drive.
Clean Starts
Rice has held its first four opponents this season scoreless in the first quarter this year and has not allowed an offensive touchdown over the last 134:01. Praise Amaewhule of UTEP is the last to score a first-quarter touchdown with a fumble recovery in the season finale last year, but the last offensive touchdown scored on the Owls was by UTSA in the seventh games of 2019 (Lowell Narcisse 8-yard pass to Zakhari Franklin with :59 left in the quarter). The Owls have not allowed more than 7 points in the first quarter since Texas scored 14 in the third game of 2019. Rice has outscored the opposition 26-0 this season in the first quarter and 53-6 while winning four of the last six games.
No Flag Zone
Rice once again leads the nation in fewest penalties per game. The Owls lead the nation with an average of 23.8 yards per game in flags and were tops last year with an average of 27.5 per game.
One If By Land
Jordan Myers' one-yard run was Rice's only offensive touchdown in the win over Marshall was also the Owls first rushing touchdown in 2020. The three-game stretch without a rushing TD was the longest stretch by the Owls since 2009 when they did not record a rushing touchdown in consecutive games vs. Tulsa, Navy and East Carolina.
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