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Chad Nelson

Overall

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	FUM	LOST
Career	44	61	154	39.6	3.5	1,079	7.0	24.5	5	9	97.5	3.2	5.8				2,415	24

Location

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	FUM	LOST
Home	14	22	62	35.5	4.4	408	6.6	29.1	0	3	81.1	0.0	4.8				1,026
Road	16	31	76	40.8	4.8	506	6.7	31.6	3	5	96.6	3.9	6.6				1,102

Result

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	15	28	62	45.2	4.1	584	9.4	38.9	3	2	133.8	4.8	3.2				1,510
Losses	14	25	76	32.9	5.4	330	4.3	23.6	0	6	53.6	0.0	7.9				613

Month

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	RUSH YDS
September	12	31	66	47.0	5.5	370	5.6	30.8	1	5	83.9	1.5	7.6	623
October	10	15	41	36.6	4.1	335	8.2	33.5	2	2	111.6	4.9	4.9	960
November	8	7	31	22.6	3.9	209	6.7	26.1	0	1	72.8	0.0	3.2	545

Conference

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	RUSH YDS
Big 10	2	7	14	50.0	7.0	156	11.1	78.0	1	2	138.6	7.1	14.3	192
Big 12	2	10	25	40.0	12.5	81	3.2	40.5	0	1	59.2	0.0	4.0	214
Big West	1	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8
Conference USA	2	9	14	64.3	7.0	80	5.7	40.0	0	0	112.3	0.0	0.0	167
Independent	2													31
Southeastern	1													12
Southwest	5	7	25	28.0	5.0	131	5.2	26.2	1	2	69.2	4.0	8.0	323
Western Athletic	13	17	48	35.4	3.7	410	8.5	31.5	1	3	101.5	2.1	6.3	1,009

Opponent

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	RUSH YDS
AFA	2	5	11	45.5	5.5	53	4.8	26.5	0	2	49.6	0.0	18.2	-1
ARMY	1													5
BYU	2	2	4	50.0	2.0	109	27.3	54.5	0	0	278.9	0.0	0.0	53
KSU	1	8	18	44.4	18.0	55	3.1	55.0	0	1	59.0	0.0	5.6	86
LSU	1													12
NW	1	3	4	75.0	4.0	78	19.5	78.0	1	1	271.3	25.0	25.0	178
OSU	1	4	10	40.0	10.0	78	7.8	78.0	0	1	85.5	0.0	10.0	14
SMU	3	9	24	37.5	8.0	121	5.0	40.3	1	0	93.6	4.2	0.0	388
TA&M	1	0	5	0.0	5.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2
TCU	2	1	4	25.0	2.0	26	6.5	13.0	0	0	79.6	0.0	0.0	128
TEX	2	2	8	25.0	4.0	26	3.3	13.0	0	0	52.3	0.0	0.0	174
TLSA	2	1	4	25.0	2.0	50	12.5	25.0	1	0	212.5	25.0	0.0	188
TTU	1	2	8	25.0	8.0	49	6.1	49.0	0	2	26.5	0.0	25.0	145
TULN	3	9	14	64.3	4.7	80	5.7	26.7	0	0	112.3	0.0	0.0	193
UNLV	1	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8
UNM	2	1	5	20.0	2.5	11	2.2	5.5	0	0	38.5	0.0	0.0	210
UTAH	2	3	10	30.0	5.0	56	5.6	28.0	0	0	77.0	0.0	0.0	172
UTEP	2	3	7	42.9	3.5	122	17.4	61.0	0	1	160.7	0.0	14.3	173

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More Rice Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

322

Brown

RUSH

399

Brown

REC

89

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

19.0

136th

OPP PPG

30.3

126th

RUSH YDS/G

268.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

84.8

217th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	North Texas	0-0	2-2
10	Tulane	0-0	2-2
11	Rice	0-0	1-3
12	Charlotte	0-0	0-4
13	Temple	0-1	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	UTSA	@	RICE	7:00 PM
Sat 10/10	RICE	@	ECU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	TLSA	@	RICE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	RICE	@	FAU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	RICE	@	UNT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Rice

1 - 3

Final

Fresno State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

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1,423

644

600

592

617

585

564

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14

11

9

9

7

7

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228.2

209.1

204.6

7.0

7.0

6.5

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