Saturday, October 1
Houston, Texas
6:30 p.m.
Rice University
vs
UAB
Game Five: Rice vs. UAB
9/30/2022 9:13:00 PM | Football
Owls open final C-USA season against same team they met in their first game in the conference.
Game #5
Who: Rice (2-2, 0-0 CUSA) vs. UAB (2-1, 0-0 CUSA)
When: Saturday 6:30 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television ESPN+ David Saltzman (play by play), Chris Mycoskie (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 5: Rice vs. UAB
Series Information: UAB leads 6-4
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
• This is 11th meeting between the two schools (all as members of C-USA).
• UAB leads the series 6-4 but the teams have split four meetings in Houston. UAB has won the last two at Rice Stadium, including a 42-0 win in 2018, the first shutout of Rice in 216 games overall and 143 games at home.
• Rice snapped an overall four-game losing streak in the series with a 30-24 win last year in Birmingham, the first loss at home by the Blazers to a C-USA team in 15 games since the program returned to action in 2017.
• Wiley Green and Gabriel Taylor swept C-USA Player of the Week honors while leading the Owls to the win.
• The series debuted in 2005 with a 45-26 UAB win in Rice's debut in Conference USA.
• Rice is 9-7 vs. FBS schools in Alabama (Alabama 3-0; UAB 4-6; Auburn 2-0; Troy 0-1).
• Three of Rice's four wins in the series have come 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, keeping the Owls' drive for the C-USA title alive.
Opening the Last One
Rice is 6-11 in Conference USA openers, including a 24-19 win over Southern Miss at Rice Stadium last season. The Owls are 3-6 when opening the conference slate at home and 3-5 when hitting the road to start conference play. This will be the fourth consecutive year Rice has opened the C-USA slate at home, losing in overtime to LA Tech in 2019 and in double overtime to Middle Tennessee in 2020. It will be the third time the Owls have opened conference action against UAB (0-2), but the first time at Rice Stadium. In addition to its first game in C-USA mentioned above, Rice also traveled to Birmingham in 2009 to open conference action and lost 44-24. Rice's most common opponent in C-USA openers was Southern Miss (won 31-20 in 2007, lost 48-24 in 2011, and 40-28 in 2018 in Hattiesburg; won 24-19 last year at Rice Stadium). The Owls faced SMU twice to open conference play and met FAU, Houston, LA Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, ODU, UTEP and WKU once. FIU and UTSA are the only current C-USA team to have not opened a conference season for Rice, in addition to former members Central Florida, East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa.
A Memorable First
Rice will open its last Conference USA season 17 years to the day the Owls played their first game in the conference against the same opponent. UAB hosted Rice at Legion Field on October 1, 2005, and defeated the Owls 45-26. Rice's final touchdown in that game was a 13-yard touchdown pass from Chase Clement to Jarett Dillard, the first of an eventual NCAA record 51 touchdown passes by the duo.
Working the Numbers
• Rice has topped 400 yards in total offense in three consecutive games for the first time since 2016. The last time the Owls reached that mark in four consecutive games was in 2012.
• TJ McMahon is the first Rice QB to throw for more than 300 yards in consecutive games since Driphus Jackson threw for 337 in the 2014 regular-season finale at LA Tech and 318 in the Hawai'i Bowl win over Fresno State. The last Owl to throw for over 300 in consecutive weeks was Chase Clement who topped 300 yards passing in last four games of the 2008 season before adding a fifth in the Texas Bowl win over Western Michigan.
• McMahon has thrown for 911yards in the last three games (70-104), the most by a Rice QB since Chase Clement threw for 1,003 in the final three games of the 2008 season. Clement threw for 1,645 yards in the final four games of 2007.
• Ari Broussard has scored a rushing touchdown in each game this year and has a career-best six this season… He is the 1st Owl to score on the ground in four consecutive games since Sam McGuffie and Jeremy Eddington both did it in the last four games of 2010... Eddington scored in five straight games, but missed one game in his streak.
Who: Rice (2-2, 0-0 CUSA) vs. UAB (2-1, 0-0 CUSA)
When: Saturday 6:30 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium (47,000)
Television ESPN+ David Saltzman (play by play), Chris Mycoskie (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 5: Rice vs. UAB
Series Information: UAB leads 6-4
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
• This is 11th meeting between the two schools (all as members of C-USA).
• UAB leads the series 6-4 but the teams have split four meetings in Houston. UAB has won the last two at Rice Stadium, including a 42-0 win in 2018, the first shutout of Rice in 216 games overall and 143 games at home.
• Rice snapped an overall four-game losing streak in the series with a 30-24 win last year in Birmingham, the first loss at home by the Blazers to a C-USA team in 15 games since the program returned to action in 2017.
• Wiley Green and Gabriel Taylor swept C-USA Player of the Week honors while leading the Owls to the win.
• The series debuted in 2005 with a 45-26 UAB win in Rice's debut in Conference USA.
• Rice is 9-7 vs. FBS schools in Alabama (Alabama 3-0; UAB 4-6; Auburn 2-0; Troy 0-1).
• Three of Rice's four wins in the series have come 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, keeping the Owls' drive for the C-USA title alive.
Opening the Last One
Rice is 6-11 in Conference USA openers, including a 24-19 win over Southern Miss at Rice Stadium last season. The Owls are 3-6 when opening the conference slate at home and 3-5 when hitting the road to start conference play. This will be the fourth consecutive year Rice has opened the C-USA slate at home, losing in overtime to LA Tech in 2019 and in double overtime to Middle Tennessee in 2020. It will be the third time the Owls have opened conference action against UAB (0-2), but the first time at Rice Stadium. In addition to its first game in C-USA mentioned above, Rice also traveled to Birmingham in 2009 to open conference action and lost 44-24. Rice's most common opponent in C-USA openers was Southern Miss (won 31-20 in 2007, lost 48-24 in 2011, and 40-28 in 2018 in Hattiesburg; won 24-19 last year at Rice Stadium). The Owls faced SMU twice to open conference play and met FAU, Houston, LA Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, ODU, UTEP and WKU once. FIU and UTSA are the only current C-USA team to have not opened a conference season for Rice, in addition to former members Central Florida, East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa.
A Memorable First
Rice will open its last Conference USA season 17 years to the day the Owls played their first game in the conference against the same opponent. UAB hosted Rice at Legion Field on October 1, 2005, and defeated the Owls 45-26. Rice's final touchdown in that game was a 13-yard touchdown pass from Chase Clement to Jarett Dillard, the first of an eventual NCAA record 51 touchdown passes by the duo.
Working the Numbers
• Rice has topped 400 yards in total offense in three consecutive games for the first time since 2016. The last time the Owls reached that mark in four consecutive games was in 2012.
• TJ McMahon is the first Rice QB to throw for more than 300 yards in consecutive games since Driphus Jackson threw for 337 in the 2014 regular-season finale at LA Tech and 318 in the Hawai'i Bowl win over Fresno State. The last Owl to throw for over 300 in consecutive weeks was Chase Clement who topped 300 yards passing in last four games of the 2008 season before adding a fifth in the Texas Bowl win over Western Michigan.
• McMahon has thrown for 911yards in the last three games (70-104), the most by a Rice QB since Chase Clement threw for 1,003 in the final three games of the 2008 season. Clement threw for 1,645 yards in the final four games of 2007.
• Ari Broussard has scored a rushing touchdown in each game this year and has a career-best six this season… He is the 1st Owl to score on the ground in four consecutive games since Sam McGuffie and Jeremy Eddington both did it in the last four games of 2010... Eddington scored in five straight games, but missed one game in his streak.
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