Owls and Roadrunners Face Off in Alamodome

Game #7
Who: Rice (3-3/1-2) @UTSA (2-3/0-1) 6:30 p.m. CT
Where: San Antonio, Texas
Stadium: Alamodome
Television: ESPN+ Courtney Lyle (Play by Play), Rene Ingoglia (Analyst)
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: Statbroadcast
Digital Game Program: Game 7 UTSA
Series Information: UTSA leads 8-4

2025 Rice Football Fact Book
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Series Notes

This is the 13th meeting between the two schools, the last three as members of the American 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.
The teams are meeting for the fifth straight year, which matches series with Houston and Charlotte as the longest active series for Rice.
UTSA leads the series 8-4 (7-2 in C-USA, 1-1 in The American, 0-1 non-conference) and has won the last five in the Alamodome since Rice won the first meeting in San Antonio 27-20 in 2013.
The win in 2013 was the initial meeting as members of the same conference. 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 where the Owls defeated Marshall 41-24.
Rice won the first three and UTSA the next eight before the Owls snapped the streak, winning 29-27 last year on an18-yard TD pass from EJ Warner to Matt Sykes with :04 left.

Rice is…

is 3-8 in American Conference games on the road (going 2-2 in 2023, 0-4 in 2024 and 1-1 this year)
is 8-11 all-time in the American and their eight conference wins rank second among the six former C-USA schools who joined the conference in 2023 (UTSA 11-6; Rice 8-11; North Texas 7-10; Charlotte 6-12; Florida Atlantic & UAB 5-13).
is 3-1 this year when the opponent scores first, 0-2 when scoring first.
is +4 in turnover margin though six games… the last time the Owls were positive in turnover margin in a full season was 2014 (+8).
is 4-1 when winning the turnover battle with UTSA. 3-1 this year when the opponent scores first and has scored in 11 of its last 13 quarters.

Up Next
Rice will enjoy a bye next weekend before returning to action in two weeks, opening a streak of four consecutive home games by hosting UConn on October 25. Game time and broadcast assignment for the game will be announced on Monday.

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