Rice Owls

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	206	3,608	761	4.7	2,634	614	4.3	974	147	6.6
Team Rank		87th	84th	64th	80th	11th	5th	39th	105th	105th	73rd
Opponent	11	203	3,451		4.9	1,323	389	3.4	2,128	321	6.6
Opponent Rank		22nd	22nd		32nd	18th	7th	30th	46th	64th	42nd
Net		+3	+157	+761	-0.1	+1,311	+225	+0.9	-1,154	-174	0.0
Net Rank		54th	52nd	64th	67th	6th	3rd	27th	102nd	105th	55th

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Josh LaRocca J. LaRocca	10	65	130	50.0	13.0	806	6.2	80.6	9	8	112.6	6.9	6.2
	Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	9	17	52.9	1.5	168	9.9	15.3	1	1	143.6	5.9	5.9

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Spencer George S. George	11	185	16.8	804	4.3	73.1	4	199	936
Josh LaRocca J. LaRocca	10	112	11.2	323	2.9	32.3	2
Jimmy Lee J. Lee	11	91	8.3	373	4.1	33.9	2	101	495
Byron Coston B. Coston	10	63	6.3	354	5.6	35.4	0	73	496
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	49	4.5	294	6.0	26.7	3
Yoncy Edmonds Y. Edmonds	11	46	4.2	189	4.1	17.2	1	47	185
Patrick Callahan P. Callahan	9	25	2.8	83	3.3	9.2	0	26	88
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	20	1.8	70	3.5	6.4	1	21	73
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	8	0.7	65	8.1	5.9	0	9	67
Byron Godfrey B. Godfrey	1	4	4.0	28	7.0	28.0	0
Kurt Roper K. Roper	8	4	0.5	12	3.0	1.5	0
Emerson Allen E. Allen	10	3	0.3	38	12.7	3.8	1	9	122
Jeff Epp J. Epp	5	3	0.6	7	2.3	1.4	0
Derras Wilmington D. Wilmington	4	1	0.3	-6	-6.0	-1.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ed Howard E. Howard	11	19	1.7	315	16.6	28.6	6
Spencer George S. George	11	14	1.3	132	9.4	12.0	2	199	936
Byron Coston B. Coston	10	10	1.0	142	14.2	14.2	1	73	496
Jimmy Lee J. Lee	11	10	0.9	122	12.2	11.1	0	101	495
Jeff Venghaus J. Venghaus	11	7	0.6	105	15.0	9.5	1
Emerson Allen E. Allen	10	6	0.6	84	14.0	8.4	0	9	122
Clemente Torres C. Torres	9	2	0.2	48	24.0	5.3	0
Kris Armstrong K. Armstrong	5	2	0.4	20	10.0	4.0	0
Patrick Callahan P. Callahan	9	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.6	0	26	88
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	21	73
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	9	67
Yoncy Edmonds Y. Edmonds	11	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0	47	185

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Aaron Stanley A. Stanley	11	1	23	23
Joe Davis J. Davis	11	1	12	12
Derrick Williams D. Williams	11	1	8	8
Warrick Franklin W. Franklin	11	1	0	0
Jeff Sowells J. Sowells	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Josh LaRocca J. LaRocca	10	2		11			66
Matt Huelsman M. Huelsman	11				12	17	53
Spencer George S. George	11	4	2	6			36
Ed Howard E. Howard	11		6	6			36
Chad Nelson C. Nelson	11	3		4			24
Jimmy Lee J. Lee	11	2	0	2			12
Emerson Allen E. Allen	10	1	0	1			6
Byron Coston B. Coston	10	0	1	1			6
Yoncy Edmonds Y. Edmonds	11	1	0	1			6
Jeff Venghaus J. Venghaus	11		1	1			6
Jamey Whitlock J. Whitlock	11	1	0	1			6
Johnny Bagwell J. Bagwell	11				1	2	5

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Byron Coston B. Coston	10	10	218	21.8	0	4	79	19.8	0
Emerson Allen E. Allen	10					13	99	7.6	0
Kris Armstrong K. Armstrong	5	11	240	21.8	0
Rodd Newhouse R. Newhouse	11	5	99	19.8	0
Spencer George S. George	11	4	43	10.8	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Matt Huelsman M. Huelsman	11	12	18	66.7						17	18	94.4	53
	Johnny Bagwell J. Bagwell	11	1	3	33.3						2	3	66.7	5

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Tucker Phillips T. Phillips	11	48	1,855	38.6

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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