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Game #4
Who: Rice (2-1, 0-0 C-USA) vs. Houston (1-2, 0-0 AAC)
What: The 41^st Bayou Bucket Classic presented by H-E-B 2022 Bayou Bucket

When: Saturday 5:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: TDECU Stadium (40,000)
Television ESPN+ Ted Emrich (play by play), Taylor McHargue (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
Digital Game Program: Game 4: Rice @Houston
Series Information: Houston leads 32-11

Full Game Notes

Game Notes

This is the 44th meeting between Rice and Houston, the 41st to decide possession of the Bayou Bucket and the second to be known as "The Bayou Bucket Classic presented by H-E-B".
Rice is 11-32 in the series and is looking to break a six-game losing streak in the series (2011-2021)
The six-game streak matches the longest in the series (1987-92) but because of years in which the teams did not play, the current streak spans 11 years.
The Owls have also lost their last six games when playing on the UH campus. Their last win came on 9/1/01 when Owls retained possession of the Bucket with a 21-14 win.
The series began at Rice Stadium in 1971 and the first battle for the Bayou Bucket was also at Rice Stadium in 1974.
The series returns to TDECU Stadium for the first time since 2017 when both teams returned to action in Houston for the first time after Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area.
Rice is 5-10 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.
The matchup between Mike Bloomgren and Dana Holgerson is the 21^st different combination of head coaches in the history of the series and the 20^th since the inception of the Bayou Bucket.

The Bucket List
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

Short Haul Truckers
Saturday's game renews the meeting of the two FBS programs in closest proximity to each other. The two schools' stadiums stand approximately four miles apart or 7-8 miles of driving distance (depending on the route chosen).

After Three
The Owls are 2-1 to open a season for the first time since 2015 and are looking to open a year 3-1 for the first time since 2001. Rice finished 2015 with a 5-7 record while the 2001 Owls finished 8-4, but did not receive one of the WAC's two bowl bids.

Bucket Hall of Famers
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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