Saturday, October 25
Rice Stadium
2 PM
Rice University
vs
UCONN
Photo by: Kevin M. Cox
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Game #8
Who: Rice (3-4) vs. UConn (5-2) 2:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Television: ESPN+ Ted Emrich (Play by Play), Charles Arbuckle (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 8 UConn
Series Information: UConn leads 2-0
2025 Rice Football Fact Book
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
•This is the third meeting between the schools in a series that began at Rice Stadium in 2023.
•UConn has won both previous games, each by seven points, with Rice scoring first in each game.
•Rice took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter in the inaugural game in 2023, but the Huskies scored 20 points in the second quarter and held off the Owls in the second half to win 38-31.
•Last season, Rice opened the scoring on a 23-yard field goal by Tim Horn late in the first quarter, and that lead held until midway in the third before the Huskies took the lead on a 68-yard run by Durell Robinson.
•Down 17-7 with 3:28 left, Rice cut the margin to seven on Quinton Jackson's school-record 100-yard kickoff return.
•UConn head coach Jim Mora earned his first career collegiate coaching win at Rice Stadium in 2012, as UCLA opened the season with a 49-24 win.
•Rice slot receiver Aaron Turner began his college career at UConn and compiled 90 receptions for 759 yards and three touchdowns before transferring to Cincinnati for the 2023 season.
Rice is…
•194-221-7 all-time at Rice Stadium, 74-68-3 vs. non-conference opponents since the stadium opened in 1950.
•6-3 since 2021 in non-conference games at Rice Stadium.
•Looking to go 3-1 vs non-conference opponents for the first time since 2001 when the Owls defeated Houston, Duke, and Navy and lost to Nebraska…. The Owls' non-conference opponents are 18-10 this season (Louisiana 2-5, Houston 6-1, Prairie View 5-2, UConn 5-2).
•Coming off its first bye week after opening with seven straight games, the longest stretch of consecutive weeks to open a season for the Owls since 2012, when they played the first nine weeks of the season.
•3-2 this year when the opponent scores first, 0-2 when scoring first.
•+2 in turnover margin through seven games… the last time the Owls were positive in turnover margin in a full season was 2014 (+8).
Up Next
Rice will be back in action at Rice Stadium on Halloween Night, hosting Memphis at 6 p.m. with national coverage on ESPN2.
Who: Rice (3-4) vs. UConn (5-2) 2:00 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Television: ESPN+ Ted Emrich (Play by Play), Charles Arbuckle (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 8 UConn
Series Information: UConn leads 2-0
2025 Rice Football Fact Book
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
•This is the third meeting between the schools in a series that began at Rice Stadium in 2023.
•UConn has won both previous games, each by seven points, with Rice scoring first in each game.
•Rice took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter in the inaugural game in 2023, but the Huskies scored 20 points in the second quarter and held off the Owls in the second half to win 38-31.
•Last season, Rice opened the scoring on a 23-yard field goal by Tim Horn late in the first quarter, and that lead held until midway in the third before the Huskies took the lead on a 68-yard run by Durell Robinson.
•Down 17-7 with 3:28 left, Rice cut the margin to seven on Quinton Jackson's school-record 100-yard kickoff return.
•UConn head coach Jim Mora earned his first career collegiate coaching win at Rice Stadium in 2012, as UCLA opened the season with a 49-24 win.
•Rice slot receiver Aaron Turner began his college career at UConn and compiled 90 receptions for 759 yards and three touchdowns before transferring to Cincinnati for the 2023 season.
Rice is…
•194-221-7 all-time at Rice Stadium, 74-68-3 vs. non-conference opponents since the stadium opened in 1950.
•6-3 since 2021 in non-conference games at Rice Stadium.
•Looking to go 3-1 vs non-conference opponents for the first time since 2001 when the Owls defeated Houston, Duke, and Navy and lost to Nebraska…. The Owls' non-conference opponents are 18-10 this season (Louisiana 2-5, Houston 6-1, Prairie View 5-2, UConn 5-2).
•Coming off its first bye week after opening with seven straight games, the longest stretch of consecutive weeks to open a season for the Owls since 2012, when they played the first nine weeks of the season.
•3-2 this year when the opponent scores first, 0-2 when scoring first.
•+2 in turnover margin through seven games… the last time the Owls were positive in turnover margin in a full season was 2014 (+8).
Up Next
Rice will be back in action at Rice Stadium on Halloween Night, hosting Memphis at 6 p.m. with national coverage on ESPN2.
Players Mentioned
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