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Dean Connors

First Responder Bowl

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Tue 12/26	RICE	vs	TXST	L 21-45	15	64	4.3	2	28	1	3	8	8.0	0	8	72	2	0	0

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Sat 11/25	RICE	vs	FAU	W 24-21	14	75	5.4	0	20	4	4	11	2.8	0	6	86	0
Sat 11/18	RICE	@	CHAR	W 28-7	19	184	9.7	0	34	0	1	0		0	0	184	0	1	1
Sat 11/11	RICE	@	UTSA	L 14-34	8	34	4.3	0	11	3	5	13	4.3	0	7	51	0	1	0
Sat 11/4	RICE	vs	SMU	L 31-36	7	77	11.0	1	57	7	8	33	4.7	1	14	110	2
Sat 10/28	RICE	vs	TULN	L 28-30	8	37	4.6	0	11	2	3	12	6.0	0	7	49	0	0	0
Thu 10/19	RICE	@	TLSA	W 42-10	9	120	13.3	3	54	2	4	20	10.0	0	20	140	3
Sat 10/7	RICE	vs	CONN	L 31-38	7	42	6.0	0	25	7	7	88	12.6	0	23	130	0
Sat 9/30	RICE	vs	ECU	W 24-17	5	-1	-0.2	0	4	1	3	24	24.0	0	24	23	0
Sat 9/23	RICE	@	USF	L 29-42	5	2	0.4	0	5	6	11	98	16.3	2	80	100	2
Sat 9/16	RICE	vs	TXSO	W 59-7	8	66	8.3	1	32	1	1	7	7.0	0	7	73	1
Sat 9/9	RICE	vs	HOU	W 43-41	8	48	6.0	0	37	7	7	82	11.7	0	20	145	0	0	0
Sat 9/2	RICE	@	TEX	L 10-37	8	23	2.9	0	5	2	2	7	3.5	0	4	30	0
Total					106	707	6.7	5	57	42	56	395	9.4	3	80	1,121	8	2	1

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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
8	East Carolina	0-0	2-2
9	Tulane	0-0	2-2
10	Rice	0-0	1-3
11	Charlotte	0-0	0-4
12	Tulsa	0-1	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	UTSA	@	RICE	7:00 PM
Sat 10/10	RICE	@	ECU	4:00 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

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

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

7.5

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

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

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	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	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