Saturday, November 22
Rice Stadium
6:30 p.m.
Rice University
vs
#22 North Texas
Photo by: Carolyn Andros
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Host #22 North Texas in search of bowl eligibility
Game #11
Who: Rice (5-5/2-4) vs. #22 North Texas (9-1/5-1) 6:30 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Television: ESPNU Lowell Galindo (Play by Play), Aaron Murray (Analyst)
Lauren Sisler (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 11 #22 North Texas
Series Information: North Texas leads 8-5
2025 Rice Football Fact Book
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
•This is the 14th meeting between the two schools, with North Texas leading 8-5, and the first as members of the American
Conference and the fourth on Rice's Senior Day.
• UNT has won the last three meetings, with Rice's last win coming on Senior Day in 2019, 20-14, the Owls' lone win on Senior Day against the Mean Green.
• The series began with a non-conference meeting on Senior Day in 1988 at Rice Stadium when the Mean Green, who were headed to the 1-AA playoffs, stormed to a 33-3 lead and won 33-17.
• UNT downed Rice 30-14 in 2017 on Senior Day in David Bailiff's final game at Rice.
• The schools met 10 times as members of C-USA (UNT led 7-3)
• Rice evened the series with a 77-20 win at Rice Stadium in 2008 as the Owls scored their most points in a game in the modern era, winning 77-20. Chase Clement and Jarett Dillard etched their names into the NCAA record book, becoming the most productive duo in NCAA history by combining on three touchdown passes to raise their career total to 41. They went on to finish with 52.
• The Owls won the final game in a non-conference setting, 33-32 at Fouts Field on 9/11/10, thanks to four field goals from Chris Boswell.
Rice is…
•197-222-7 all-time at Rice Stadium.
• 58-52-2 on Senior Day at home (no home games played in 1912), including a 15-4 mark since 2006.
• 6-5 in American Conference games at Rice Stadium (going 2-2 in 2023 and 3-1 last
year) and has won four of its last six conference home games as well as five of its
last eight American games on home turf, dating back to a 24-21 win over Florida
Atlantic to end the 2023 season.
Senior Night
Prior to kickoff, Rice will salute current and former players with its first-ever Senior Night. The players comprise those who are completing their eligibility at the end of this season, either as undergraduates or graduate students, as well as some who will complete their senior academic
years but retain eligibility: Chase Allen, Tony Anyanwu, Andrew Awe, Micah Barnett, Brad Baur, Nate Bledsoe, Blake Boenisch, Shepherd Bowling, Moh Bility, Ethan Brougham, Sam Carrell, Drayden Dickmann, Christian Edgar, Netane Fehoko, Enock Gota, Demone Green, Jack Kane, David Kasemervisz, Ryan Guillo, Daveon Hook, Quinton Jackson, Weston Kropp, John Long, Elroyal Morris III, Trace Norfleet, Chibby Nwajuaku, AJ Padgett, Omari Porter, Landon Ransom-Goelz, Alex Scherle, Peyton Stevenson, Sean Sullivan, Tyson Thompson, Blaise Tita, Aaron Turner, Bayley Walker, Marcus Williams, Jeremiah Williams, and Plae Wyatt.
Notable
•Rice is 40-35 all-time in its final home game of the season at Rice Stadium, including a 14-3 record on Senior Day since 2008, and the Owls are a combined 22-9 at home in the month of November over the same time span.
•Saturday's meeting with #22 North Texas will be the Owls' third against a ranked opponent at home in the last three years, all of which have been against American Conference opponents (#25 Memphis this season and #22 SMU in 2023). This is the first time Rice has hosted two ranked conference opponents at home in the same season since 1989, when the Owls were members of the Southwest Conference and lost to #21 Texas A&M 45-7 and #11 Arkansas 38-17 on consecutive weekends.
•Scott Abell needs one win to move past Al Conover and Ken Hatfield for the third-most
wins by a Rice football head coach in his first season.
•Chase Jenkins needs 78 yards rushing and 115 passing to become the fourth quarterback in school history to have at least 500 yards rushing and 1,000 yards passing in the same season.
Up Next
The Owls will wrap up the 2025 season with a night game in Tampa against South Florida. Kickoff is set for 6:00 (central) with coverage on ESPN+
Who: Rice (5-5/2-4) vs. #22 North Texas (9-1/5-1) 6:30 p.m. CT
Where: Houston, Texas
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Television: ESPNU Lowell Galindo (Play by Play), Aaron Murray (Analyst)
Lauren Sisler (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 11 #22 North Texas
Series Information: North Texas leads 8-5
2025 Rice Football Fact Book
Full Game Notes
Series Notes
•This is the 14th meeting between the two schools, with North Texas leading 8-5, and the first as members of the American
Conference and the fourth on Rice's Senior Day.
• UNT has won the last three meetings, with Rice's last win coming on Senior Day in 2019, 20-14, the Owls' lone win on Senior Day against the Mean Green.
• The series began with a non-conference meeting on Senior Day in 1988 at Rice Stadium when the Mean Green, who were headed to the 1-AA playoffs, stormed to a 33-3 lead and won 33-17.
• UNT downed Rice 30-14 in 2017 on Senior Day in David Bailiff's final game at Rice.
• The schools met 10 times as members of C-USA (UNT led 7-3)
• Rice evened the series with a 77-20 win at Rice Stadium in 2008 as the Owls scored their most points in a game in the modern era, winning 77-20. Chase Clement and Jarett Dillard etched their names into the NCAA record book, becoming the most productive duo in NCAA history by combining on three touchdown passes to raise their career total to 41. They went on to finish with 52.
• The Owls won the final game in a non-conference setting, 33-32 at Fouts Field on 9/11/10, thanks to four field goals from Chris Boswell.
Rice is…
•197-222-7 all-time at Rice Stadium.
• 58-52-2 on Senior Day at home (no home games played in 1912), including a 15-4 mark since 2006.
• 6-5 in American Conference games at Rice Stadium (going 2-2 in 2023 and 3-1 last
year) and has won four of its last six conference home games as well as five of its
last eight American games on home turf, dating back to a 24-21 win over Florida
Atlantic to end the 2023 season.
Senior Night
Prior to kickoff, Rice will salute current and former players with its first-ever Senior Night. The players comprise those who are completing their eligibility at the end of this season, either as undergraduates or graduate students, as well as some who will complete their senior academic
years but retain eligibility: Chase Allen, Tony Anyanwu, Andrew Awe, Micah Barnett, Brad Baur, Nate Bledsoe, Blake Boenisch, Shepherd Bowling, Moh Bility, Ethan Brougham, Sam Carrell, Drayden Dickmann, Christian Edgar, Netane Fehoko, Enock Gota, Demone Green, Jack Kane, David Kasemervisz, Ryan Guillo, Daveon Hook, Quinton Jackson, Weston Kropp, John Long, Elroyal Morris III, Trace Norfleet, Chibby Nwajuaku, AJ Padgett, Omari Porter, Landon Ransom-Goelz, Alex Scherle, Peyton Stevenson, Sean Sullivan, Tyson Thompson, Blaise Tita, Aaron Turner, Bayley Walker, Marcus Williams, Jeremiah Williams, and Plae Wyatt.
Notable
•Rice is 40-35 all-time in its final home game of the season at Rice Stadium, including a 14-3 record on Senior Day since 2008, and the Owls are a combined 22-9 at home in the month of November over the same time span.
•Saturday's meeting with #22 North Texas will be the Owls' third against a ranked opponent at home in the last three years, all of which have been against American Conference opponents (#25 Memphis this season and #22 SMU in 2023). This is the first time Rice has hosted two ranked conference opponents at home in the same season since 1989, when the Owls were members of the Southwest Conference and lost to #21 Texas A&M 45-7 and #11 Arkansas 38-17 on consecutive weekends.
•Scott Abell needs one win to move past Al Conover and Ken Hatfield for the third-most
wins by a Rice football head coach in his first season.
•Chase Jenkins needs 78 yards rushing and 115 passing to become the fourth quarterback in school history to have at least 500 yards rushing and 1,000 yards passing in the same season.
Up Next
The Owls will wrap up the 2025 season with a night game in Tampa against South Florida. Kickoff is set for 6:00 (central) with coverage on ESPN+
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