Rice 43-41 Houston (Sep 9, 2023) Box Score

Houston Cougars

1-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
HOU	0	7	0	21	13	41
RICE	21	7	0	0	15	43

Rice Owls

1-1, 1-0 home

Houston Passing


Donovan Smith#1
Joseph Manjack IV#0
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
24/42	260	6.2	2	1	64.2
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	3.4
24/43	260	6.0	2	1	--

Rice Passing


JT Daniels#18
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT		QBR
28/42	401	9.5	3	1		89.3
28/42	401	9.5	3	1		--

Houston Rushing


Tony Mathis Jr.#24
Donovan Smith#1
Stacy Sneed#21
Parker Jenkins#23
Team
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	60	7.5	0	23
16	57	3.6	3	22
9	41	4.6	1	14
4	27	6.8	0	22
1	-2	-2.0	0	0
38	183	4.8	4	23

Rice Rushing


Dean Connors#0
Juma Otoviano#21
Daelen Alexander#20
Micah Barnett#30
Team
JT Daniels#18
Kobie Campbell#1
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	48	6.0	0	37
10	19	1.9	0	4
5	13	2.6	3	7
2	5	2.5	0	3
1	-1	-1.0	0	0
3	-7	-2.3	0	9
2	-8	-4.0	0	0
31	69	2.2	3	37

Houston Receiving


Sam Brown Jr.#4
Matthew Golden#2
Joseph Manjack IV#0
Tony Mathis Jr.#24
Joshua Hardeman#18
Stephon Johnson#12
Stacy Sneed#21
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	138	15.3	0	52
5	60	12.0	2	39
4	35	8.8	0	16
3	22	7.3	0	20
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	3	3.0	0	3
1	-6	-6.0	0	0
24	260	10.8	2	52

Rice Receiving


Luke McCaffrey#10
Dean Connors#0
Braylen Walker#81
JoVoni Johnson-McCray#3
Juma Otoviano#21
Boden Groen#14
Kobie Campbell#1
Rawson MacNeill#80
Jack Bradley#87
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	99	14.1	2	32
7	82	11.7	0	20
4	69	17.3	1	18
2	40	20.0	0	23
1	35	35.0	0	35
3	32	10.7	0	23
2	24	12.0	0	16
1	15	15.0	0	15
1	5	5.0	0	5
28	401	14.3	3	35

Houston Fumbles


Malik Robinson#8
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Rice Fumbles


Braylen Walker#81
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Houston Interceptions


Isaiah Hamilton#23
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Rice Interceptions


Tre'Shon Devones#2
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Houston Kick Returns


Peyton Sawyer#83
Parker Jenkins#23
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	22	11.0	14
1	15	15.0	15
3	37	12.3	15

Rice Kick Returns


Sean Fresch#1
Dean Connors#0
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	54	18.0	26
1	15	15.0	15
4	69	17.3	26

Houston Punt Returns


Malik Fleming#15
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	24	12.0	12	0
2	24	12.0	12	0

Rice Punt Returns


Sean Fresch#1
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Houston Kicking


Jack Martin#41
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5
0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5

Rice Kicking


Tim Horn#15
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5
0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5

Houston Punting


Laine Wilkins#22
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	159	53.0	1	1	66
3	159	53.0	1	1	66

Rice Punting


Conor Hunt#23
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	161	40.3	1	0	64
4	161	40.3	1	0	64

Rice outlasts Houston in 2OT to grab thrilling win

1:19

Rice Stadium

7:00 PM, September 9, 2023Coverage: NFL Net

Houston, TX

Attendance: 23,425

Team	CONF	OVR
Arizona State	0-0	0-0
Arizona	0-0	0-0
BYU	0-0	0-0
Baylor	0-0	0-0
Cincinnati	0-0	0-0
Colorado	0-0	0-0
Houston	0-0	0-0
Iowa State	0-0	0-0
Kansas	0-0	0-0
Kansas State	0-0	0-0
Oklahoma State	0-0	0-0
TCU	0-0	0-0
Texas Tech	0-0	0-0
UCF	0-0	0-0
Utah	0-0	0-0
West Virginia	0-0	0-0

Team	CONF	OVR
Army	0-0	0-0
Charlotte	0-0	0-0
East Carolina	0-0	0-0
Florida Atlantic	0-0	0-0
Memphis	0-0	0-0
Navy	0-0	0-0
North Texas	0-0	0-0
Rice	0-0	0-0
South Florida	0-0	0-0
Temple	0-0	0-0
Tulane	0-0	0-0
Tulsa	0-0	0-0
UAB	0-0	0-0
UTSA	0-0	0-0

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