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Dean Connors

Overall

	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Career	50	507	10.1	2,656	5.2	53.1	22	71	147	195	2.9	1,166	7.9	23.3	9	80	3,975	31	9	5

Team

	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
HOU	13	200	15.4	977	4.9	75.2	6	54	34	42	2.6	254	7.5	19.5	3	33	1,232	9	2	1
RICE	37	307	8.3	1,679	5.5	45.4	16	71	113	153	3.1	912	8.1	24.6	6	80	2,743	22	7	4

Location

	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Home	27	274	10.1	1,473	5.4	54.6	13	71	83	103	3.1	762	9.2	28.2	5	69	2,364	18	4	2
Road	23	233	10.1	1,183	5.1	51.4	9	54	64	92	2.8	404	6.3	17.6	4	80	1,611	13	5	3

Result

	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	25	291	11.6	1,649	5.7	66.0	16	71	62	82	2.5	599	9.7	24.0	5	69	2,311	21	2	2
Losses	25	216	8.6	1,007	4.7	40.3	6	57	85	113	3.4	567	6.7	22.7	4	80	1,664	10	7	3

Month

	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
August	2	27	13.5	102	3.8	51.0	1	15	11	12	5.5	31	2.8	15.5	0	11	133	1	0	0
September	16	147	9.2	824	5.6	51.5	8	71	48	66	3.0	386	8.0	24.1	2	80	1,225	10	0	0
October	14	134	9.6	618	4.6	44.1	5	54	39	50	2.8	363	9.3	25.9	3	69	1,019	8	3	3
November	16	168	10.5	922	5.5	57.6	5	57	45	61	2.8	366	8.1	22.9	4	36	1,388	9	6	2
December	2	31	15.5	190	6.1	95.0	3	35	4	6	2.0	20	5.0	10.0	0	8	210	3	0	0

Conference

	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
American Athletic	18	196	10.9	1,203	6.1	66.8	10	57	68	98	3.8	605	8.9	33.6	5	80	1,812	15	6	4
Big 12	12	166	13.8	719	4.3	59.9	4	54	37	44	3.1	311	8.4	25.9	3	33	1,046	7	2	1
Conference USA	9	21	2.3	85	4.0	9.4	1	15	14	16	1.6	53	3.8	5.9	1	11	271	2	1	0
Independent	2	27	13.5	88	3.3	44.0	0	25	11	13	5.5	101	9.2	50.5	0	23	189	0	0	0
Pac-12	2	23	11.5	81	3.5	40.5	0	12	4	6	2.0	33	8.3	16.5	0	13	114	0	0	0
Southeastern	1	16	16.0	126	7.9	126.0	1	35	3	3	3.0	12	4.0	12.0	0	6	138	1	0	0
Sun Belt	2	20	10.0	81	4.1	40.5	2	28	2	5	1.0	11	5.5	5.5	0	8	92	2	0	0

Opponent

	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
ARIZ	1	20	20.0	100	5.0	100.0	0	13	3	4	3.0	38	12.7	38.0	0	33	138	0	0	0
ARMY	1	9	9.0	51	5.7	51.0	0	12	8	12	8.0	31	3.9	31.0	0	9	82	0	0	0
ASU	1	20	20.0	48	2.4	48.0	0	12	2	2	2.0	17	8.5	17.0	0	15	66	0	0	0
BAY	1	14	14.0	51	3.6	51.0	1	13	3	7	3.0	22	7.3	22.0	0	14	73	1	0	0
CHAR	3	33	11.0	305	9.2	101.7	0	51	4	7	1.3	29	7.3	9.7	0	13	352	0	1	1
COLO	1	22	22.0	89	4.0	89.0	1	18	2	2	2.0	22	11.0	22.0	0	16	111	1	0	0
CONN	2	27	13.5	88	3.3	44.0	0	25	11	13	5.5	101	9.2	50.5	0	23	189	0	0	0
ECU	1	5	5.0	-1	-0.2	-1.0	0	4	1	3	1.0	24	24.0	24.0	0	24	23	0
FAU	2	15	7.5	73	4.9	36.5	0	20	5	5	2.5	17	3.4	8.5	0	6	90	0
HOU	3	20	6.7	86	4.3	28.7	1	37	13	13	4.3	99	7.6	33.0	0	20	200	1	0	0
LSU	1	16	16.0	126	7.9	126.0	1	35	3	3	3.0	12	4.0	12.0	0	6	138	1	0	0
LT	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	7	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	2.0	0	2	28	0	0	0
MCNS	1	6	6.0	44	7.3	44.0	0	22	1	1	1.0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	0	-2	42	0
MEM	1	14	14.0	55	3.9	55.0	0	11	6	8	6.0	22	3.7	22.0	0	6	77	0	1	0
NAVY	1	18	18.0	105	5.8	105.0	2	28	4	4	4.0	34	8.5	34.0	0	32	139	2	0	0
OKST	1	15	15.0	83	5.5	83.0	1	19	2	2	2.0	7	3.5	7.0	1	8	90	2	0	0
ORST	1	17	17.0	53	3.1	53.0	0	8	4	5	4.0	33	8.3	33.0	0	13	86	0	0	0
RICE	1	13	13.0	132	10.2	132.0	2	54	2	2	2.0	3	1.5	3.0	0	2	135	2	0	0
SFA	1	15	15.0	50	3.3	50.0	0	15	2	2	2.0	1	0.5	1.0	0	7	51	0	0	0
SHSU	1	12	12.0	52	4.3	52.0	1	15	9	10	9.0	30	3.3	30.0	0	11	82	1	0	0
SMU	1	7	7.0	77	11.0	77.0	1	57	7	8	7.0	33	4.7	33.0	1	14	110	2
TCU	1	12	12.0	75	6.3	75.0	0	54	5	6	5.0	47	9.4	47.0	1	29	122	1	0	0
TEX	1	8	8.0	23	2.9	23.0	0	5	2	2	2.0	7	3.5	7.0	0	4	30	0
TLSA	1	9	9.0	120	13.3	120.0	3	54	2	4	2.0	20	10.0	20.0	0	20	140	3
TTU	1	13	13.0	31	2.4	31.0	0	11	1	1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0	9	40	0	1	1
TULN	2	19	9.5	113	5.9	56.5	0	27	9	11	4.5	46	5.1	23.0	0	10	159	0	2	2
TXSO	2	17	8.5	179	10.5	89.5	4	71	5	7	2.5	41	8.2	20.5	0	11	220	4	0	0
TXST	1	15	15.0	64	4.3	64.0	2	28	1	3	1.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	8	72	2	0	0
UAB	2	17	8.5	65	3.8	32.5	1	11	4	6	2.0	49	12.3	24.5	1	26	114	2	0	0
UCF	1	10	10.0	68	6.8	68.0	0	25	2	3	2.0	16	8.0	16.0	1	9	84	1	0	0
UL	1	5	5.0	17	3.4	17.0	0	10	1	2	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0	3	20	0
UNT	1
USC	1	6	6.0	28	4.7	28.0	0	12	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	28	0	0	0
USF	2	22	11.0	42	1.9	21.0	0	17	10	16	5.0	189	18.9	94.5	3	80	231	3	1	1
UTEP	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	1.0	0	1	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	7	36	0
UTSA	3	16	5.3	61	3.8	20.3	1	11	8	15	2.7	122	15.3	40.7	1	69	255	2	2	0
WKU	1	5	5.0	24	4.8	24.0	0	10									24	0
WVU	1	13	13.0	71	5.5	71.0	0	23	3	3	3.0	27	9.0	27.0	0	10	98	0	1	0

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More Rice Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

203

Brown

RUSH

258

Brown

REC

77

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

17.3

139th

OPP PPG

27.7

114th

RUSH YDS/G

243.7

21st

PASS YDS/G

73.3

218th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	East Carolina	0-0	1-2
7	North Texas	0-0	1-2
8	Rice	0-0	1-2
9	Temple	0-0	1-2
10	Tulane	0-0	1-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	RICE	@	FRES	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UTSA	@	RICE	1:00 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

Last Game

Western Michigan

2 - 1

Final

Rice

1 - 2

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/5	OHIO	@	NEB	21-49
Sat 9/5	ORST	@	HOU	20-33
Sat 9/5	ECU	@	ALA	10-48
Sat 9/5	UNT	@	IND	16-52
Sat 9/5	BRY	@	ARMY	3-59

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/24	LIB	@	CCAR	7:30 PM
Fri 9/25	ARMY	@	TEM	4:00 PM
Fri 9/25	NAVY	@	UAB	7:00 PM
Fri 9/25	HOW	@	RUTG	7:00 PM
Fri 9/25	NW	@	IND	8:00 PM

Dean Connors

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1,053

528

458

454

476

444

419

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11

11

8

8

6

7

6

6

259.3

244.1

228.6

6.0

6.0

4.0

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