Saturday, October 29
Houston, Texas
1 p.m.
Rice University
vs
Charlotte
Photo by: Maria Lysaker | Rice Athletics
Game 8: Rice vs. Charlotte
10/28/2022 7:57:00 PM | Football
Owls Host 49ers for 102nd Homecoming
Game #8
Who: Rice (4-3, 1-1 CUSA) vs. Charlotte (1-7, 0-4 CUSA)
When: Saturday 1:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television; ESPN3 David Saltzman (PxP), Shea Walker (Analyst)
Where to Find the Game: Watch
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst), Jason Metko (sidelines)
Audio Streaming: RiceOwls.com, Rice Game Day App, Varsity Network
Live Stats: Riceowls.com
Digital Game Program: Game 8: Rice vs. Charlotte
Series Information: Rice leads 2-1
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
• This is the fourth meeting between the two schools with the Owls leading the series 2-1.
• Charlotte forced overtime with 10 points in the last four minutes and then defeated Rice 31-24 to post the 49ers first win in the series.
• Rice took the first meeting between the two, 27-7 at Rice Stadium in 2015, breaking open a scoreless tie with 27 straight points in the second half to win on Senior Day for the eighth consecutive year.
• Rice lost a bid for its first shutout since 1995 when the 49ers scored on a 56-yard pass play with 2:16 left in the game.
• In their first meeting in Charlotte in 2016, the Owls spotted the 49ers a 21-0 led in the first half before rallying to win 22-21 thanks to a pair of Tyler Stehling touchdown runs in the second half while the Rice defense shut out Charlotte.
• The win was the first for Rice in the state of North Carolina…. The Owls are 1-7-1 all time in the state (1-1 at Charlotte, 0-3 at Duke; 0-1-1at Wake Forest; 0-2 at East Carolina).
• Rice is 5-3 vs. those teams when playing at Rice Stadium and also owns a win over North Carolina in the Cotton Bowl.
Homecoming 102
After playing in front of the assembled alumni who returned to their alma maters to see the Owls as the opposition for Homecoming, Rice will hold its 102nd Homecoming game on Saturday. While it began playing football in 1912, the tradition of Homecoming did not make its first appearance at Rice until 1919 when the Owls trounced Arkansas 40-7 to cap the first eight-win season in school history (8-1). The first 10 Homecoming games were held on Thanksgiving Day. There was not a designated game in 1930. Beginning in 1931. the football game was the centerpiece of the annual alumni gathering over the next 90 succeeding falls until 2020 when the event was held virtually due to the pandemic. The Owls have posted a 47-51-3 record in Homecoming games, including wins in 10 of the last 15 games.
Pressurized
Ikenna Enechuckwu, Josh Pearcy and Trey Schuman have combined for 55 quarterback pressures this year according to PFF. Enechukwu leads the team with 22 on 177 pass rushes, Schuman has 17 on 87 rushes and Pearcy 16 on 149 plays. The trio combined for eight pressures on Saturday night vs. FAU. Pearcy leads the team with career-high 4.5 sacks (including two on the final three plays vs. UAB) while Enechukwu is one shy of his career-best of 4.5 (3.5) and Schuman has tied his career-best with three.
Two if By Air
• Luke McCaffrey and Bradley Rozner have each topped 100 yards in receiving in three of the first seven games. The last time Rice had six 100-yard receiving games was in games 2014 (Jordan Taylor 4; Mario Hull and Dennis Parks 1).
• They are the first receiving duo to each have three 100-yard games in a season since James Casey had seven and Jarett Dillard four in 2008 (the Owls had a total of 15 games that season, with Toren Dixon and Corbin Smiter each adding a pair to the total.
• McCaffrey has done it three times in seven career games as a wide receiver while Rozner has a total of seven in 20 career games, the most since Jordan Taylor had eight in 41 games from 2011-14.
• They are tied for the team lead with five touchdown receptions, the first teammates at Rice to do so since Mario Hull had eight and Jordan Taylor had seven in 2014
• Rozner has scored on plays of 78 and 75 yards this year and is the first Owl with two scoring receptions of at least 70 yards since Taylor in 2013.
Working the Numbers
• Rice rushed for 279 yards vs. LA Tech, the most since they ran for 304 at UTEP in 2017 and the 11th-best rushing total for the Owls in C-USA competition.
• Saturday's win was the first for Rice in a game the Owls were -3 in fumbles since at least 2000 and the first with three fumbles in a game since the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl.
• TJ McMahon contributed 62 of those rushing yards on a fourth-quarter scoring dash, the longest run by a Rice quarterback since Nate German scored on a 66-yard run vs. Wagner in 2015.
• Rice leads C-USA with 2.71 sacks per game (18 total). The Owls have nine sacks in each half, but seven of their nine second-half sacks have come in the fourth quarter.
• The Owls' overtime win snapped a four-game losing streak in extra quarters to improve to 7-9 all-time. The last 10 overtime games have been in C-USA action (4-6). `
• The Owls have held opposing offenses to 317.5yards in total offense per game over the last six games, including an average of 147 yards per game through the air in the last six contests.
• Rice has opened 3-0 at Rice Stadium for the first time since 2013 when it won all six games played at HRS.
• The Owls have won four straight at home dating back to last season, their longest streak since winning the last three in 2014 and the season opener in 2015. The last time Rice won more than four in a row at Rice Stadium was a nine-game stretch in 2012 and 2013 that began with a 34-14 win over UTSA then an independent) in the Rice Centennial game through their 41-24 win over Marshall in the 2013 C-USA Championship game.
Up Next
A quick turnaround for the Owls, who will host UTEP on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with coverage by CBS SN.
Who: Rice (4-3, 1-1 CUSA) vs. Charlotte (1-7, 0-4 CUSA)
When: Saturday 1:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television; ESPN3 David Saltzman (PxP), Shea Walker (Analyst)
Where to Find the Game: Watch
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst), Jason Metko (sidelines)
Audio Streaming: RiceOwls.com, Rice Game Day App, Varsity Network
Live Stats: Riceowls.com
Digital Game Program: Game 8: Rice vs. Charlotte
Series Information: Rice leads 2-1
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
• This is the fourth meeting between the two schools with the Owls leading the series 2-1.
• Charlotte forced overtime with 10 points in the last four minutes and then defeated Rice 31-24 to post the 49ers first win in the series.
• Rice took the first meeting between the two, 27-7 at Rice Stadium in 2015, breaking open a scoreless tie with 27 straight points in the second half to win on Senior Day for the eighth consecutive year.
• Rice lost a bid for its first shutout since 1995 when the 49ers scored on a 56-yard pass play with 2:16 left in the game.
• In their first meeting in Charlotte in 2016, the Owls spotted the 49ers a 21-0 led in the first half before rallying to win 22-21 thanks to a pair of Tyler Stehling touchdown runs in the second half while the Rice defense shut out Charlotte.
• The win was the first for Rice in the state of North Carolina…. The Owls are 1-7-1 all time in the state (1-1 at Charlotte, 0-3 at Duke; 0-1-1at Wake Forest; 0-2 at East Carolina).
• Rice is 5-3 vs. those teams when playing at Rice Stadium and also owns a win over North Carolina in the Cotton Bowl.
Homecoming 102
After playing in front of the assembled alumni who returned to their alma maters to see the Owls as the opposition for Homecoming, Rice will hold its 102nd Homecoming game on Saturday. While it began playing football in 1912, the tradition of Homecoming did not make its first appearance at Rice until 1919 when the Owls trounced Arkansas 40-7 to cap the first eight-win season in school history (8-1). The first 10 Homecoming games were held on Thanksgiving Day. There was not a designated game in 1930. Beginning in 1931. the football game was the centerpiece of the annual alumni gathering over the next 90 succeeding falls until 2020 when the event was held virtually due to the pandemic. The Owls have posted a 47-51-3 record in Homecoming games, including wins in 10 of the last 15 games.
Pressurized
Ikenna Enechuckwu, Josh Pearcy and Trey Schuman have combined for 55 quarterback pressures this year according to PFF. Enechukwu leads the team with 22 on 177 pass rushes, Schuman has 17 on 87 rushes and Pearcy 16 on 149 plays. The trio combined for eight pressures on Saturday night vs. FAU. Pearcy leads the team with career-high 4.5 sacks (including two on the final three plays vs. UAB) while Enechukwu is one shy of his career-best of 4.5 (3.5) and Schuman has tied his career-best with three.
Two if By Air
• Luke McCaffrey and Bradley Rozner have each topped 100 yards in receiving in three of the first seven games. The last time Rice had six 100-yard receiving games was in games 2014 (Jordan Taylor 4; Mario Hull and Dennis Parks 1).
• They are the first receiving duo to each have three 100-yard games in a season since James Casey had seven and Jarett Dillard four in 2008 (the Owls had a total of 15 games that season, with Toren Dixon and Corbin Smiter each adding a pair to the total.
• McCaffrey has done it three times in seven career games as a wide receiver while Rozner has a total of seven in 20 career games, the most since Jordan Taylor had eight in 41 games from 2011-14.
• They are tied for the team lead with five touchdown receptions, the first teammates at Rice to do so since Mario Hull had eight and Jordan Taylor had seven in 2014
• Rozner has scored on plays of 78 and 75 yards this year and is the first Owl with two scoring receptions of at least 70 yards since Taylor in 2013.
Working the Numbers
• Rice rushed for 279 yards vs. LA Tech, the most since they ran for 304 at UTEP in 2017 and the 11th-best rushing total for the Owls in C-USA competition.
• Saturday's win was the first for Rice in a game the Owls were -3 in fumbles since at least 2000 and the first with three fumbles in a game since the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl.
• TJ McMahon contributed 62 of those rushing yards on a fourth-quarter scoring dash, the longest run by a Rice quarterback since Nate German scored on a 66-yard run vs. Wagner in 2015.
• Rice leads C-USA with 2.71 sacks per game (18 total). The Owls have nine sacks in each half, but seven of their nine second-half sacks have come in the fourth quarter.
• The Owls' overtime win snapped a four-game losing streak in extra quarters to improve to 7-9 all-time. The last 10 overtime games have been in C-USA action (4-6). `
• The Owls have held opposing offenses to 317.5yards in total offense per game over the last six games, including an average of 147 yards per game through the air in the last six contests.
• Rice has opened 3-0 at Rice Stadium for the first time since 2013 when it won all six games played at HRS.
• The Owls have won four straight at home dating back to last season, their longest streak since winning the last three in 2014 and the season opener in 2015. The last time Rice won more than four in a row at Rice Stadium was a nine-game stretch in 2012 and 2013 that began with a 34-14 win over UTSA then an independent) in the Rice Centennial game through their 41-24 win over Marshall in the 2013 C-USA Championship game.
Up Next
A quick turnaround for the Owls, who will host UTEP on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with coverage by CBS SN.
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