Saturday, September 11
Houston, Texas
5:30 p.m.
Rice University
vs
Houston
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Who: Rice (0-1, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Houston (0-1, 0-0 AAC)
What: The 40th Bayou Bucket Classic presented by H-E-B
When: 5:30 p.m. CT Saturday, September 11, 2021
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television: CBS Sports Network with Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Aaron Murray (analyst), Desmond Purnell (sidelines)
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play) and Nate Griffin (analyst), Jason Metko (sidelines)
Audio Streaming: Rice mobile (App Store / Google Play). Subscribers of the previous version of the app will be able to upgrade to the new version using the same links. The game will also be available on RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Rice trails 11-31
Game Notes
Revisit some of the great moments and oddities from Rice's past wins over Houston
1972, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010
9.11.2001
Rice and Houston will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the United States on Saturday with a salute to the nation's military but also recognize the members of the 2001 Rice football team, who were the first college football team to fly after the attacks. The 2001 Owls opened the season with a 21-14 win at Houston (becoming the second Rice team to repeat as Bayou Bucket champions) and were slated to play at Nebraska that week. Since both teams were open the following weekend, the game was rescheduled for Thursday, September 20th to kick off the return of college football. Rice went on to finish 8-4, the most wins for the Owls since 1953, but did not receive a bowl bid as the WAC only had two bowl affiliations at that time.
Defensive Streaks
Trevor Cobb became the fourth player to compete for the Bayou Bucket to enter the College Football Hall of Fame when he was inducted in 2018, joining Tommy Kramer of Rice and Wilson Whitley and Andre Ware of Houston.
Who: Rice (0-1, 0-0 CUSA) vs. Houston (0-1, 0-0 AAC)
What: The 40th Bayou Bucket Classic presented by H-E-B
When: 5:30 p.m. CT Saturday, September 11, 2021
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television: CBS Sports Network with Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Aaron Murray (analyst), Desmond Purnell (sidelines)
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play) and Nate Griffin (analyst), Jason Metko (sidelines)
Audio Streaming: Rice mobile (App Store / Google Play). Subscribers of the previous version of the app will be able to upgrade to the new version using the same links. The game will also be available on RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: RiceOwls.com
Series Information: Rice trails 11-31
Game Notes
- The matchup between Mike Bloomgren and Dana Holgerson is the 21st different combination of head coaches in the history of the series and the 20th since the inception of the Bayou Bucket.
- This will be the first time that consecutive games in the series have been played at Rice Stadium since 1976 & 1977. The series began with pair of meetings at Rice Stadium in 1971 & 1972. From 1978 through 2003 the series alternated between home stadiums. Rice's 2004 home game was moved to Reliant (now NRG) Stadium and the series returned there in 2012 &13.
- Last year's game at TDECU Stadium was cancelled due to COVID-19.
- The Owls have won two of the last three played at Rice Stadium to improve the overall mark at home to 5-15.
- Rice is 5-9 when meeting the Cougars in a non-conference game, 4-16 while members of the Southwest Conference and 2-6 as members of C-USA.
- Rice is 11-31 in the series and is looking to break a five-game losing streak in the series
Revisit some of the great moments and oddities from Rice's past wins over Houston
1972, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010
9.11.2001
Rice and Houston will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the United States on Saturday with a salute to the nation's military but also recognize the members of the 2001 Rice football team, who were the first college football team to fly after the attacks. The 2001 Owls opened the season with a 21-14 win at Houston (becoming the second Rice team to repeat as Bayou Bucket champions) and were slated to play at Nebraska that week. Since both teams were open the following weekend, the game was rescheduled for Thursday, September 20th to kick off the return of college football. Rice went on to finish 8-4, the most wins for the Owls since 1953, but did not receive a bowl bid as the WAC only had two bowl affiliations at that time.
Defensive Streaks
- Rice forced punt by Arkansas on its opener possession on Saturday extending their streak of 15 consecutive games without allowing the opponents to score on their first drive of the game. The last team to score on the opening drive against Rice was Texas at NRG Stadium in 2019.
- Rice has stopped opponents on their last eight fourth down conversion attempts dating back to the final game of the 2019 season. The Owls denied UTEP's final offensive attempt in 2019, held the opposition to an 0/6 mark in 2020 and stopped Arkansas on its only fourth down attempt on Saturday.
Trevor Cobb became the fourth player to compete for the Bayou Bucket to enter the College Football Hall of Fame when he was inducted in 2018, joining Tommy Kramer of Rice and Wilson Whitley and Andre Ware of Houston.
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