Saturday, September 10
Houston, Texas
6:30 p.m.
Rice University
vs
McNeese State
Game Two: Rice vs. McNeese
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Game #2
What: Rice (0-1/0-0) vs. McNeese
When: Saturday, September10, 6:30 p.m. (central)
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television: ESPN3 David Saltzman (play by play) 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 2: Rice vs. McNeese
Series Information: This is the first meeting between the schools in football.
SERIES NOTES
HOME OPENERS
Rice opens its 73rd season at Rice Stadium against McNeese on Saturday. Rice is 39-32-1 in home openers since Rice Stadium opened in 1950 and 68-41-1 overall in home openers in Houston. The Owls have lost their last three home openers since defeating Prairie View in Mike Bloomgren's debut in 2018.
NASA SPACE DAY
as part of a three-day commemoration of the 60th anniversary of President John Kennedy's speech at Rice Stadium, the Rice football team will wear a special uniform concept created in partnership with NASA and adidas. The uniform features the Artemis font package that recognizes the future of NASA's mission to develop the moon as a gateway to further explore space, making our way to Mars.
The uniform's unique features include:
• Key excerpts of the JFK speech on the shoulder.
• HOU.TX nameplate in recognition of Houston, Texas — The home of Space City.
• Geo coordinates of Rice Stadium on the collar.
• A custom Rice Space logo that signifies the flight path from earth to space while each of the six stars remembers the Apollo missions that landed on the moon — In addition to the seventh star signifying the future missions ahead to Mars.
• The colors based on navy and gold represent the Rice Owls brand and the framis (reflective) gold represents the gold foil used on a lunar landing spacecraft.
• Overall the white base uniform and American flag patch symbolize an astronaut's space uniform.
HUDDLING UP WITH THE 2012 TEAM
In addition to joining with Rice University and NASA to commemorate the 60th anniversary of President John Kennedy's historic speech at Rice Stadium, Rice will also recognize the members of the Owls' 2012 Armed Forces Bowl team as part of the annual R Association Huddle Up. The 2012 Owls won five of their last six to reach bowl eligibility and then defeated Air Force 34-14, setting the stage for a run to the 2013 Conference USA Championship and a streak of three consecutive bowl berths. Members of the team will be the featured guests at a reception on Friday and then recognized on the field during the game on Saturday.
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PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF
Cameron Montgomery rushed for a career-best 99 yards on six carries on Saturday and in his last three games dating back to last year, he has rushed for 272 yards on 25 carries.
UP NEXT
Rice remains in Houston for the next three weekends, hosting Louisiana at Rice Stadium on September 17, a road game at the University of Houston for the annual Bayou Bucket clash on September 24 and back at Rice Stadium to open the Owls' final season of C-USA action vs. UAB on October 1.
What: Rice (0-1/0-0) vs. McNeese
When: Saturday, September10, 6:30 p.m. (central)
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television: ESPN3 David Saltzman (play by play) 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 2: Rice vs. McNeese
Series Information: This is the first meeting between the schools in football.
SERIES NOTES
- This is the first meeting between Rice and McNeese in football (but the second this week as the schools met in volleyball on Tuesday at Tudor Fieldhouse).
- This is the first of two consecutive meetings this season with schools from Louisiana and the third consecutive home game overall hosting a team from the Pelican state (LA Tech on 11/27/21 & Louisiana on 9/17/22).
- Rice is 47-67-6 all-time vs. teams from Louisiana, including a 37-35-3 record in Houston (22-17-2 at Rice Stadium).
- Rice is 11-8 when opening home seasons vs. teams from Louisiana (9-6 at Rice Stadium).
- The Owls are 4-1 against current members of the Southland Conference (4-0 vs. Lamar, 0-1 vs. Nicholls State).
HOME OPENERS
Rice opens its 73rd season at Rice Stadium against McNeese on Saturday. Rice is 39-32-1 in home openers since Rice Stadium opened in 1950 and 68-41-1 overall in home openers in Houston. The Owls have lost their last three home openers since defeating Prairie View in Mike Bloomgren's debut in 2018.
NASA SPACE DAY
as part of a three-day commemoration of the 60th anniversary of President John Kennedy's speech at Rice Stadium, the Rice football team will wear a special uniform concept created in partnership with NASA and adidas. The uniform features the Artemis font package that recognizes the future of NASA's mission to develop the moon as a gateway to further explore space, making our way to Mars.
The uniform's unique features include:
• Key excerpts of the JFK speech on the shoulder.
• HOU.TX nameplate in recognition of Houston, Texas — The home of Space City.
• Geo coordinates of Rice Stadium on the collar.
• A custom Rice Space logo that signifies the flight path from earth to space while each of the six stars remembers the Apollo missions that landed on the moon — In addition to the seventh star signifying the future missions ahead to Mars.
• The colors based on navy and gold represent the Rice Owls brand and the framis (reflective) gold represents the gold foil used on a lunar landing spacecraft.
• Overall the white base uniform and American flag patch symbolize an astronaut's space uniform.
HUDDLING UP WITH THE 2012 TEAM
In addition to joining with Rice University and NASA to commemorate the 60th anniversary of President John Kennedy's historic speech at Rice Stadium, Rice will also recognize the members of the Owls' 2012 Armed Forces Bowl team as part of the annual R Association Huddle Up. The 2012 Owls won five of their last six to reach bowl eligibility and then defeated Air Force 34-14, setting the stage for a run to the 2013 Conference USA Championship and a streak of three consecutive bowl berths. Members of the team will be the featured guests at a reception on Friday and then recognized on the field during the game on Saturday.
.
PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF
Cameron Montgomery rushed for a career-best 99 yards on six carries on Saturday and in his last three games dating back to last year, he has rushed for 272 yards on 25 carries.
UP NEXT
Rice remains in Houston for the next three weekends, hosting Louisiana at Rice Stadium on September 17, a road game at the University of Houston for the annual Bayou Bucket clash on September 24 and back at Rice Stadium to open the Owls' final season of C-USA action vs. UAB on October 1.
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