Rice Owls

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	306	4,245	759	5.6	3,660	690	5.3	585	69	8.5
Team Rank		44th	50th	69th	40th	2nd	2nd	6th	109th	110th	14th
Opponent	11	285	4,218		6.2	1,988	411	4.8	2,230	272	8.2
Opponent Rank		62nd	66th		101st	77th	32nd	96th	46th	16th	94th
Net		+21	+27	+759	-0.6	+1,672	+279	+0.5	-1,645	-203	+0.3
Net Rank		52nd	54th	69th	79th	4th	2nd	43rd	109th	109th	49th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	20	50	40.0	4.5	526	10.5	47.8	2	3	129.6	4.0	6.0
Jeremy Bates J. Bates	11	5	18	27.8	1.6	59	3.3	5.4	0	4	10.9	0.0	22.2
Michael Perry M. Perry	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	196	17.8	953	4.9	86.6	7
Benji Wood B. Wood	11	172	15.6	936	5.4	85.1	16	173	938
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	162	14.7	1,034	6.4	94.0	10	163	1,078
Clint Leschber C. Leschber	11	56	5.1	192	3.4	17.5	1
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	37	3.4	212	5.7	19.3	1	39	271
Chad Richardson C. Richardson	11	31	2.8	187	6.0	17.0	2	32	196
Jeremy Bates J. Bates	11	28	2.5	121	4.3	11.0	1
Anthony Griffin A. Griffin	11	5	0.5	23	4.6	2.1	0
Robert Forrester R. Forrester	11	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jason Blackwell J. Blackwell	11	14	1.3	210	15.0	19.1	0
Byron Godfrey B. Godfrey	11	4	0.4	179	44.8	16.3	1
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	2	0.2	59	29.5	5.4	0	39	271
Mike Jones M. Jones	11	1	0.1	65	65.0	5.9	0
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	1	0.1	44	44.0	4.0	1	163	1,078
Tony Washington T. Washington	11	1	0.1	17	17.0	1.5	0
Chad Richardson C. Richardson	11	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0	32	196
Benji Wood B. Wood	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	173	938

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
LaDouphyous McCalla L. McCalla	11	5	81	16.2
Kevin Brabham K. Brabham	11	3	35	11.7
Thomas Benford T. Benford	11	1	0	0
Brent Huffman B. Huffman	11	1	0	0
LonDee Smith L. Smith	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Benji Wood B. Wood	11	16	0	16			96
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	10	1	11			66
Scott Grimes S. Grimes	11				8	32	56
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	7		9			54
Chad Richardson C. Richardson	11	2	0	2			12
Jeremy Bates J. Bates	11	1		1			6
Byron Godfrey B. Godfrey	11		1	1			6
Clint Leschber C. Leschber	11	1		1			6
LaDouphyous McCalla L. McCalla	11			1			6
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Michael Perry M. Perry	11	31	680	21.9	0	3	26	8.7	0
LaDouphyous McCalla L. McCalla	11					22	194	8.8	1
David Grenardo D. Grenardo	11	4	96	24.0	0	2	8	4.0	0
Anthony Griffin A. Griffin	11	2	32	16.0	0
Keilone Gordon K. Gordon	11	1	21	21.0	0
Greg Holloran G. Holloran	11	1	6	6.0	0
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	1	6	6.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Scott Grimes S. Grimes	11	8	13	61.5						32	39	82.1	56

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Scott Grimes S. Grimes	11	45	1,796	39.9

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333