Rice Owls

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	377	4,848	909	5.3	1,331	383	3.5	3,517	526	6.7	279	87	163	163	67	524
Team Rank		54th	70th	63rd	71st	105th	105th	94th	26th	17th	75th	40th	97th	22nd	22nd	19th	12th
Opponent	12	515	6,130		6.5	2,381	501	4.8	3,749	438	8.6	289	125	147	147	92	880
Opponent Rank		120th	119th		119th	99th	90th	98th	120th	80th	120th	105th	93rd	97th	97th	18th	2nd
Net		-138	-1,282	+909	-1.2	-1,050	-118	-1.3	-232	+88	-1.9	-10	-38	+16	+16	-25	-356
Net Rank		108th	111th	61st	109th	109th	107th	106th	80th	16th	114th	77th	100th	38th	38th	6th	2nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chase Clement C. Clement	12	300	508	59.1	42.3	3,377	6.6	281.4	29	16	127.4	5.7	3.1
John Thomas Shepherd J. Thomas Shepherd	2	8	9	88.9	4.5	91	10.1	45.5	0	0	173.8	0.0	0.0
James Casey J. Casey	12	2	7	28.6	0.6	32	4.6	2.7	0	1	38.4	0.0	14.3
Joel Armstrong J. Armstrong	7	1	2	50.0	0.3	17	8.5	2.4	0	0	121.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chase Clement C. Clement	12	144	12.0	535	3.7	44.6	8
Justin Hill J. Hill	12	88	7.3	321	3.6	26.8	3	98	403
C.J. Ugokwe	8	64	8.0	263	4.1	32.9	3	80	387
James Casey J. Casey	12	45	3.8	121	2.7	10.1	5	91	706
Marcus Knox M. Knox	6	13	2.2	43	3.3	7.2	1	19	107
Bio Benibo B. Benibo	4	5	1.3	11	2.2	2.8	0	6	13
John Thomas Shepherd J. Thomas Shepherd	2	5	2.5	7	1.4	3.5	0
Tyler Smith T. Smith	5	4	0.8	6	1.5	1.2	0
Joel Armstrong J. Armstrong	7	3	0.4	23	7.7	3.3	0	34	357
Patrick Randolph P. Randolph	4	2	0.5	29	14.5	7.3	0	5	80
Luke Juist L. Juist	12	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Tommy Henderson T. Henderson	12	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0	37	342

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jarett Dillard J. Dillard	12	79	6.6	1,057	13.4	88.1	14
James Casey J. Casey	12	46	3.8	585	12.7	48.8	4	91	706
Toren Dixon T. Dixon	12	46	3.8	448	9.7	37.3	5
Tommy Henderson T. Henderson	12	36	3.0	348	9.7	29.0	3	37	342
Joel Armstrong J. Armstrong	7	31	4.4	334	10.8	47.7	1	34	357
C.J. Ugokwe	8	16	2.0	124	7.8	15.5	0	80	387
Taylor Wardlow T. Wardlow	5	13	2.6	156	12.0	31.2	1
Justin Hill J. Hill	12	10	0.8	82	8.2	6.8	0	98	403
John Welch J. Welch	3	9	3.0	94	10.4	31.3	0
Marcus Knox M. Knox	6	6	1.0	64	10.7	10.7	0	19	107
Corbin Smiter C. Smiter	2	4	2.0	67	16.8	33.5	0
Chance Talbert C. Talbert	4	4	1.0	53	13.3	13.3	1
Patrick Randolph P. Randolph	4	3	0.8	51	17.0	12.8	0	5	80
Pierre Beasley P. Beasley	2	2	1.0	19	9.5	9.5	0
Jeramy Goodson J. Goodson	3	2	0.7	14	7.0	4.7	0
Wil Norris W. Norris	2	1	0.5	22	22.0	11.0	0
Bio Benibo B. Benibo	4	1	0.3	2	2.0	0.5	0	6	13

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Andrew Sendejo A. Sendejo	12	73	34	107	6		5	92	18.4	1
Brian Raines B. Raines	11	46	35	81	10	3.0
Vernon James V. James	12	47	27	74	5	1.0
Scott Solomon S. Solomon	11	30	19	49	11	4.0
Brandon King B. King	12	36	10	46	1		2	30	15	1
Justin Abt J. Abt	12	25	19	44	3
Cheta Ozougwu C. Ozougwu	10	26	17	43	2
Ja'Corey Shepherd J. Shepherd	12	32	10	42	1		1	11	11	0
Chris Jones C. Jones	11	27	11	38	2	1.5
Gary Anderson G. Anderson	12	25	10	35	0	0.5	1	36	36	0
Willie Garley W. Garley	9	26	7	33	1	0.5
Robert Calhoun R. Calhoun	7	16	15	31	4
George Chukwu G. Chukwu	11	16	13	29	6	1.0
Joseph Leary J. Leary	8	16	12	28	1
Terrance Garmon T. Garmon	7	20	6	26	3	2.0
Aubrey White A. White	7	15	7	22	6	3.0
Carl Taylor C. Taylor	8	15	5	20	0		1	7	7	0
Jonathan Cary J. Cary	10	13	5	18	4	1.0
Luke Juist L. Juist	12	12	2	14	0
Victor Brooks V. Brooks	7	7	6	13	2
Dietrich Davis D. Davis	4	8	4	12	2	1.0
Cameron Thompson C. Thompson	4	4	6	10	0
Joseph Agnew J. Agnew	3	7	2	9	0
Chris Ptaszek C. Ptaszek	7	5	4	9	1
Randy Kitchens R. Kitchens	2	3	5	8	1
Marcus Knox M. Knox	6	5	2	7	0
Christopher Douglas C. Douglas	5	3	4	7	0
Aaron Williams A. Williams	4	4	2	6	0
Taylor Dupree T. Dupree	4	3	2	5	0
Todd Mohr T. Mohr	4	3	2	5	2
Will Shopa W. Shopa	3	3	2	5	0		1	58	58	0
Max Anyiam M. Anyiam	4	3	1	4	0
Bio Benibo B. Benibo	4	2	2	4	0
James Casey J. Casey	12	2	1	3	2	0.5
Tommy Henderson T. Henderson	12	2	1	3	0
Jon Turner J. Turner	1	1	2	3	0
Justin Hill J. Hill	12	0	3	3	0
Toren Dixon T. Dixon	12	2	0	2	0
Brandon Tolbert B. Tolbert	2	2	0	2	0
C.J. Ugokwe	8	2	0	2	0
Will Moss W. Moss	1	0	2	2	0
Chase Clement C. Clement	12	1	0	1	0
Jarett Dillard J. Dillard	12	1	0	1	0
Travis Mason T. Mason	1	1	0	1	0
Taylor Wardlow T. Wardlow	5	1	0	1	0
Charlie Wiebusch C. Wiebusch	1	1	0	1	0
Ryan Craig R. Craig	1	0	1	1	0
Brandon Long B. Long	1	0	1	1	0
Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	1	0	1	1	0
Wil Norris W. Norris	2	0	1	1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Jarett Dillard J. Dillard	12		14	14			0	84
Clark Fangmeier C. Fangmeier	12			0	7	46	0	67
James Casey J. Casey	12	5	4	9			0	54
Chase Clement C. Clement	12	8		8			1	50
Toren Dixon T. Dixon	12		5	5			0	30
Tommy Henderson T. Henderson	12	0	3	3			0	18
Justin Hill J. Hill	12	3	0	3			0	18
C.J. Ugokwe	8	3	0	3			0	18
Brandon King B. King	12			1			0	8
Joel Armstrong J. Armstrong	7	0	1	1			0	6
Marcus Knox M. Knox	6	1	0	1			0	6
Andrew Sendejo A. Sendejo	12			1			0	6
Chance Talbert C. Talbert	4		1	1			0	6
Taylor Wardlow T. Wardlow	5		1	1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Ja'Corey Shepherd J. Shepherd	12	27	473	17.5	0	22	120	5.5	0
Tyler Smith T. Smith	5	14	305	21.8	0
Brandon King B. King	12	11	214	19.5	0
Jeramy Goodson J. Goodson	3	7	131	18.7	0
Patrick Randolph P. Randolph	4	4	71	17.8	0
Marcus Knox M. Knox	6	1	16	16.0	0
Christopher Douglas C. Douglas	5	1	9	9.0	0
James Casey J. Casey	12					1	5	5.0	0
Casey Marchbanks C. Marchbanks	1	1	4	4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Clark Fangmeier C. Fangmeier	12	7	12	58.3						46	47	97.9	67

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Luke Juist L. Juist	12	67	2,618	39.1

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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

12.2

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	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

	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