Rice Owls

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	215	3,635	738	4.9	2,447	559	4.4	1,188	179	6.6
Team Rank		88th	84th	91st	73rd	15th	10th	35th	104th	104th	65th
Opponent	11	284	3,898		5.3	1,934	467	4.1	1,964	271	7.2
Opponent Rank		67th	47th		65th	66th	66th	66th	18th	6th	67th
Net		-69	-263	+738	-0.4	+513	+92	+0.2	-776	-92	-0.6
Net Rank		78th	68th	91st	72nd	29th	20th	48th	96th	94th	70th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Josh LaRocca J. LaRocca	11	59	118	50.0	10.7	807	6.8	73.4	4	4	111.9	3.4	3.4
Raphael Tillman R. Tillman	11	17	32	53.1	2.9	189	5.9	17.2	0	3	84.0	0.0	9.4
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	6	26	23.1	2.4	128	4.9	11.6	1	2	61.7	3.8	7.7
Tucker Phillips T. Phillips	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	64	32.0	5.8	1	0	533.8	50.0	0.0
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Spencer George S. George	11	98	8.9	287	2.9	26.1	2	105	326
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	93	8.5	367	3.9	33.4	3
Yoncy Edmonds Y. Edmonds	11	84	7.6	490	5.8	44.5	2	95	665
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	76	6.9	395	5.2	35.9	7	82	453
Josh LaRocca J. LaRocca	11	61	5.5	198	3.2	18.0	0
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	39	3.5	282	7.2	25.6	2	44	335
Raphael Tillman R. Tillman	11	32	2.9	103	3.2	9.4	0
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	22	2.0	87	4.0	7.9	0	23	99
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	21	1.9	92	4.4	8.4	2	24	99
Byron Godfrey B. Godfrey	11	18	1.6	85	4.7	7.7	0	22	135
Mike Gingrich M. Gingrich	11	9	0.8	34	3.8	3.1	1	10	42
Derras Wilmington D. Wilmington	11	3	0.3	14	4.7	1.3	0	12	140
Emerson Allen E. Allen	11	2	0.2	6	3.0	0.5	0	3	13
David Grenardo D. Grenardo	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeff Venghaus J. Venghaus	11	22	2.0	371	16.9	33.7	1
Yoncy Edmonds Y. Edmonds	11	11	1.0	175	15.9	15.9	2	95	665
Thad Bridges T. Bridges	11	9	0.8	176	19.6	16.0	1
Derras Wilmington D. Wilmington	11	9	0.8	126	14.0	11.5	0	12	140
Spencer George S. George	11	7	0.6	39	5.6	3.5	0	105	326
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	6	0.5	58	9.7	5.3	0	82	453
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	5	0.5	53	10.6	4.8	0	44	335
Adrayll Askew A. Askew	11	4	0.4	79	19.8	7.2	1
Byron Godfrey B. Godfrey	11	4	0.4	50	12.5	4.5	1	22	135
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	3	0.3	7	2.3	0.6	0	24	99
Kevin Brabham K. Brabham	11	1	0.1	27	27.0	2.5	0
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0	23	99
Mike Gingrich M. Gingrich	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	10	42
Emerson Allen E. Allen	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	3	13

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Warrick Franklin W. Franklin	11	3	25	8.3	1
Jeff Sowells J. Sowells	11	2	26	13	0
LaDouphyous Shaw L. Shaw	11	1	26	26	0
Bobby Dixon B. Dixon	11	1	0	0	0
Larry Izzo L. Izzo	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike Ruff M. Ruff	11				9	19	46
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	7	0	7			42
Yoncy Edmonds Y. Edmonds	11	2	2	4			24
Josh LaRocca J. LaRocca	11	0		4			24
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	3		4			24
Spencer George S. George	11	2	0	2			12
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	2	0	2			12
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	2	0	2			12
Johnny Bagwell J. Bagwell	11				1	4	7
Adrayll Askew A. Askew	11		1	1			6
Thad Bridges T. Bridges	11		1	1			6
Warrick Franklin W. Franklin	11			1			6
Mike Gingrich M. Gingrich	11	1	0	1			6
Byron Godfrey B. Godfrey	11	0	1	1			6
Tucker Phillips T. Phillips	11			1			6
Jeff Venghaus J. Venghaus	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	23	421	18.3	19	175	9.2	0
David Grenardo D. Grenardo	11	6	99	16.5
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	1	9	9.0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Ruff M. Ruff	11	9	14	64.3						19	19	100.0	46
	Johnny Bagwell J. Bagwell	11	1	3	33.3						4	4	100.0	7

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Tucker Phillips T. Phillips	11	57	2,487	43.6

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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

7.5

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

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

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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