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Oct 31

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Nov 8

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Nov 22

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Nov 29

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Game #6
Who: Rice (1-4/0-2) vs. UTSA (2-3/0-1)
When: Saturday 6:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Television ESPN+ James Westling (PXP); Craig Haubert (Analyst), Smacker Miles (sidelines)
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: Sidearm
Digital Game Program: Game 6 Rice vs. UTSA
Series Information: UTSA leads 8-3

Full Game Notes
Series Notes

This is the 12th meeting between the two schools, the last two as members of the American Athletic Conference
The schools met for eight consecutive years (1 non-conference and seven in C-USA) before the 2020 game was canceled due to COVID-19-related issues.
This will be the fourth straight meeting between the schools, which matches series with Houston and Charlotte as the longest active for Rice.
UTSA leads the series 8-3 (7-2 in C-USA, 1-0 in The American, 0-1 non-conference) and has won eight straight overall and three straight at Rice Stadium.
The two first met on 10/13/12 in a non-conference game that was part of Rice's Centennial Celebration, with Rice winning 34-14.
Rice won the initial meeting between the two as members of C-USA, 27-20 in 2013. Later that season, UTSA's 21-13 win at North Texas broke a tie between Rice and UNT and allowed Rice to capture the C-USA West and advance to the C-USA Championship game.

Looking at the Schedule
Rice's 2024 opponents have posted a combined 39-25 (.547) record this season after they were a combined 68-80 (.459) in 2023. The combined league mark of the Owls' 2024 AAC opponents is 12-5 (.705) compared with 35-29 (.547) last year.

Avoiding the Loss
Rice is tied for sixth nationally, allowing just three sacks in the first five games (0.60 per game). Since moving to a pass-oriented attack in 2006, Rice has allowed an average of less than two sacks per game only twice: 21 in 12 games in 2011 (1.75) and 24 in 13 games in 2018 (1.85). the last time the Owls averaged under 1 sack allowed per game was in 2003 (11 in 12 games. 0.92).

Top Two Since '22
Since his debut at Temple in 2022, Quarterback EJ Warner has thrown the most touchdown passes in AAC games (35) and ranks second to Memphis' Seth Henigan's 5,135 yards passing in AAC games with 5,032. Henigan has thrown for 33 touchdowns in conference games since 2022 while playing two more games that Warner (19-17).

Up Next
The Owls will be on the road the next two weekends as they travel to New Orleans next Saturday for the first time since 2012 to face Tulane and then head back to the Northeast for the second time this year when they take on UConn on October 26. Rice returns home on November 2 to host Navy for Homecoming.

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