Thursday Night Live: Rice and Tulsa Resume Series

Game #7
Who: Rice (3-3, 1-1) @ Tulsa (3-3, 1-1)
When: Thursday 6:00 p.m. CT
Where: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Stadium: H.A. Chapman Stadium
Television: ESPN 2 Jay Alter (PXP); Rene Ingoglia (Analyst); Lericia Harris (sidelines)
Where to Find the Game: ESPN2
Rice Radio: JP Heath (play-by-play), Nate Griffin (analyst)
Audio Streaming: RiceOwls.com, Rice Game Day App, Varsity Network
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com
Digital Game Program: Game 7 Rice @ Tulsa
Series Information: 20^th meeting

Full Game Notes
Series Notes
• This will be the 20th meeting between the schools and the first since 2013.
• Tulsa leads the series 10-8-1, but Rice leads the series in Tulsa 5-4.
• Tulsa is 6-3-1 in Houston (6-3 at Rice Stadium) and has won the last six meetings.
• This will be the third consecutive game in the series played in Tulsa.
• Each of the Owls' last two wins at Chapman Stadium have come in overtime and each was decided on a 25-yard touchdown reception by a member of the Dillard family.
• In 2006, Tulsa erased a 20-7 deficit to send the game to overtime at 28-28. After the teams traded touchdowns on their first extra series, the Owls only allowed Tulsa to advance three yards on its second series to force a field goal.   Faced with a third and ten at his own 25, Clement found Dillard along the sideline for the winning touchdown.
• Seven years later, the Golden Hurricane once again rallied, this time from a 24-10 deficit, to tie the game with 1:07 remaining.
• The Owls held Tulsa to a field goal to open overtime. Two plays later, Taylor McHargue combined with Darik Dillard on a wheel route for the winning points.

Breaking Through on the Road
The Owls head to Tulsa looking for their first AAC road win which would match their earliest road success in any conference.   They won their second road game in the WAC by defeating New Mexico 38-21 on 10/5/96. They won their third road game as members of the SWC, blanking Texas 13-0 on 10/27/1917, and did not pick up a road win in Conference USA until their eighth game (the second of the second season), defeating UCF 40-29 on 20/21/06.

JT's Best Start
JT Daniels has thrown for 1,831 yards and 15 touchdowns in the first six games, his highest totals through six games in his career. His previous best was 1,540 in the first six games of his freshman year at USC in 2018.
Also notable:

His 1,831 yards in six games are the most by an Owl. Tommy Kramer threw for 1,787 yards in six games on his way to 3,317 yards in 11 games and consensus All-American honors in 1976. Chase Clement had thrown for 1,748 yards on his way to a school-record 4,119 in 13 games in 2008.
His 305.2 yards per game would rank third at Rice. Clement holds the record with 316.8 in 2008 and Kramer is second at 301.5 in 1976.
His 15 TD passes are a career high and one shy of the Owls' best mark through six games (16 by Clement in 2008).
His six consecutive starts at QB to open the season are the most by an Owl since Tyler Stehling started the first 10 games in 2016.
Daniels' 434 yards vs. USF are the third most in school history and his 409 yards of total offense at USF were the eighth-best total in school history.
Rice has had seven games when a quarterback has thrown for 400+ yards and Daniels is the first Rice quarterback to top 400 yards twice in the same season. Chase Clement had one in 2007 and another in 2008.
He bettered his longest career completion in consecutive games with a 70-yard TD to Kobie Campbell vs. TSU and an 80-yard TD to Dean Connors at USF.
Daniels leads the AAC in yards per game, passing efficiency, and passing touchdowns and is second in yards. He is ninth nationally in yards per game, 12th in passing TDs 12th in yards, and 18th in passing yards.

Return Gains
Quinton Jackson returned four kickoffs for a career-high 114 yards, with a long of 41 yards vs. UConn. Jackson's effort was the best by an Owl since Juma Otoviano totaled 123 yards on five returns vs. LA Tech in 2021 while is 41-yard return was the longest since Otoviano dashed 50 yards on a return vs. UAB in 2021. The Owls KO return defense is ranked 30th in the latest NCAA stats, allowing 16.67 yards per return, the lowest average for the Owls since they finished the 2018 season ranked fifth with an average of 16.12.

Up Next
Rice returns to Rice Stadium for the first of two home games featuring a pair of familiar foes. Tulane returns to Rice Stadium for the first time since 2013 when they take on the Owls at 3 p.m. on October 28 with coverage on ESPN 2 while SMU and Rice will resume their long-standing rivalry on November 4. Game time and broadcast assignment for that game will be announced on October 23.

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