Rice Owls

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	296	3,875	742	5.2	3,359	637	5.3	516	105	4.9
Team Rank		52nd	67th	89th	56th	4th	4th	3rd	110th	109th	107th
Opponent	11	312	4,295		5.9	1,931	409	4.7	2,364	314	7.5
Opponent Rank		71st	70th		90th	71st	15th	89th	70th	54th	77th
Net		-16	-420	+742	-0.7	+1,428	+228	+0.6	-1,848	-209	-2.6
Net Rank		59th	71st	89th	74th	12th	3rd	42nd	110th	109th	106th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	26	61	42.6	5.5	257	4.2	23.4	1	3	73.6	1.6	4.9
Chad Richardson C. Richardson	11	9	43	20.9	3.9	259	6.0	23.5	2	1	82.2	4.7	2.3
Tucker Phillips T. Phillips	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
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	128	11.6	801	6.3	72.8	11
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	121	11.0	656	5.4	59.6	3	123	665
Spencer George S. George	11	109	9.9	634	5.8	57.6	8
Benji Wood B. Wood	11	78	7.1	381	4.9	34.6	6	79	417
Chad Richardson C. Richardson	11	78	7.1	260	3.3	23.6	1
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	46	4.2	227	4.9	20.6	2	48	275
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	28	2.5	120	4.3	10.9	1	29	182
Mike Gingrich M. Gingrich	11	22	2.0	130	5.9	11.8	1	24	159
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	18	1.6	101	5.6	9.2	1	19	105
Robert Forrester R. Forrester	11	3	0.3	14	4.7	1.3	0
Paul Thomas P. Thomas	11	3	0.3	11	3.7	1.0	0
Derras Wilmington D. Wilmington	11	2	0.2	18	9.0	1.6	0	8	86
Tucker Phillips T. Phillips	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Thad Bridges T. Bridges	11	15	1.4	103	6.9	9.4	0
Derras Wilmington D. Wilmington	11	6	0.5	68	11.3	6.2	1	8	86
Jason Blackwell J. Blackwell	11	4	0.4	113	28.3	10.3	1
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	2	0.2	48	24.0	4.4	0	48	275
Mike Gingrich M. Gingrich	11	2	0.2	29	14.5	2.6	1	24	159
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	2	0.2	9	4.5	0.8	0	123	665
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	1	0.1	62	62.0	5.6	0	29	182
Byron Godfrey B. Godfrey	11	1	0.1	44	44.0	4.0	0
Benji Wood B. Wood	11	1	0.1	36	36.0	3.3	0	79	417
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	19	105

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Jason Winship J. Winship	11	1	60	60	1
LaDouphyous McCalla L. McCalla	11	1	39	39	0
Terrence Melton T. Melton	11	1	38	38	1
Tony Washington T. Washington	11	1	30	30	0
Karlon Bedford K. Bedford	11	1	27	27	0
Aaron Stanley A. Stanley	11	1	17	17	0
Warrick Franklin W. Franklin	11	1	11	11	0
Rashad Reynolds R. Reynolds	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	11		12			72
Spencer George S. George	11	8		8			48
Mike Ruff M. Ruff	11				4	36	48
Benji Wood B. Wood	11	6	0	6			36
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	3	0	4			24
Chad Richardson C. Richardson	11	1		3			18
Mike Gingrich M. Gingrich	11	1	1	2			12
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	2	0	2			12
Jason Blackwell J. Blackwell	11		1	1			6
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	1	0	1			6
Scott Grimes S. Grimes	11				1	3	6
Terrence Melton T. Melton	11			1			6
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	1	0	1			6
Derras Wilmington D. Wilmington	11	0	1	1			6
Jason Winship J. Winship	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	24	596	24.8	0	25	300	12.0	1
David Grenardo D. Grenardo	11	2	38	19.0	0	2	12	6.0	0
Spencer George S. George	11	3	64	21.3	0
Mike Gingrich M. Gingrich	11	2	26	13.0	0
LaDouphyous McCalla L. McCalla	11					2	26	13.0	0
Andy Clifton A. Clifton	11					1	0	0.0	0
Warrick Franklin W. Franklin	11	1	0	0.0	0
Kevin Masek K. Masek	11					1	-2	-2.0	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	4	10	40.0						36	36	100.0	48
	Scott Grimes S. Grimes	11	1	4	25.0						3	4	75.0	6

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Tucker Phillips T. Phillips	11	53	2,433	45.9

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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