Owls Look to Continue Road Success at Navy

Game #5
Who: Rice (3-1/1-0) vs. Navy (3-0/2-0) 2:30 p.m. CT
Where: Annapolis, Maryland
Stadium: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Television: CBS SN Chris Lewis (Play by Play), Randy Cross (Analyst), Brandon Baylor (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: Statbroadcast
Digital Game Program: Game 5 Navy
Series Information: Rice leads 7-6

2025 Rice Football Fact Book
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Series Notes
• This is the 14th meeting in the series, with Rice leading 7-6, and the fifth at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium (tied 2-2).
• Last season, Rice won the first meeting between the schools since 2009, 24-10 at Rice Stadium on Homecoming in a game that was originally scheduled to kick off at 3:05 p.m. but did not start until 5:30 due to lightning in the area and was delayed three times once it began (5:06 total) and finished at 11:25 p.m.
• The win by Rice snapped a four-game winning streak for Navy in the series.
• This is the first trip to Annapolis for Rice since 2004 when Navy won 14-13.
• Rice rallied from down 14-0 after three quarters to close to within a point on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Joel Armstrong to Ed Bailey with 4:14 remaining, but the Owls missed the PAT and Navy hung on for the win.
• Rice's two wins in Annapolis came in back-to-back games: 21-13 in 2001 and 17-10 in 2002.

Notable

Rice has opened the season 3-1 for the first time since 2001, when the Owls won six of the first seven.
Scott Abell has opened his career at Rice 3-1, the first coach to have three wins in the first four games of his career at Rice since Bo Hagan was 3-1 in 1967 after replacing Jess Neely. The last first-year head coach at Rice to open 4-1 was Neely, who opened the 1940 season 5-1.
The Owls are 8-9 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 11-5; Rice 8-9; North Texas 7-10; Charlotte 6-11; UAB 5-12; Florida Atlantic 4-12).
Rice is 3-6 on the road in the American… The last time the Owls won consecutive conference games on the road was in the final two away from Rice Stadium in 2019 (at Middle Tennessee and UTEP).
Rice's win at Charlotte was its first win in an American Conference opener in its three seasons as a member... Rice has not started a conference season 2-0 since 2013.
Rice is 2-0 on the road this year… The last time they won three consecutive road games was the final two in 2019 and the first in 2020 (at Southern Miss)… The Owls have not won three consecutive road games in a season since 2014 (at Southern Miss, Army, and FIU).
Rice is 3-0 this year when the opponent scores first.
The Owls have scored in nine consecutive quarters.
78 Owls saw action in the 38-17 win over Prairie View, with 27 being credited with at least an assisted tackle and 12 carrying the ball at least once.
The Owls' 347 rushing yards vs. the Panthers were their most since they ran for 349 vs. Texas Southern…Rice has won its last nine games when topping 300 yards on the ground, with the last loss coming at Texas A&M in the 2013 season opener… Rice rushed for 306 yards in a 52-31 loss.
Rice is 25-10 since 2000 when topping 300 yards rushing.
Cornerbacks Khary Crump and Omari Porter have combined to hold opponents to a combined 35% completion percentage according to PFF through the first four games. Crump has allowed just five completions in 18 targets (27.8) while Porter has allowed nine in 22 passing attempts (40.9).
Crump leads the American with six pass breakups, which is also tied for third in the nation.
Crump had two of the nine breakups vs. Charlotte, their best total since they broke up 10 vs. Houston in 2013, and the Owls' 20 PBU this year are tied for seventh nationally.
Rice is fourth nationally, allowing opponents a 50% completion percentage… The Owls held Louisiana to a 35.7 completion percentage, the lowest completion percentage by an opponent since Tulsa completed 34.8% against the Owls in 2012 (8/23).
Rice had a combined nine tackles for losses of 59 yards at Charlotte, including six sacks for 45 yards… The 59 yards lost were the most since they had 61 vs. FIU in 2017, while the 45 yards on sacks were the most for Rice since they had 57 at FIU in 2014.
Rice is tied for seventh nationally with 14 sacks, while the Owls' 89 yards on sacks is 10th, and their 134 yards in tackles for loss are seventh.

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Rice returns home to host Florida Atlantic at 6 p.m. next Saturday at Rice Stadium with coverage by ESPN+

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