Rice Owls

4-4

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Rice Owls beat the UConn Huskies

5-3 34 – 37

4-4

Final/2OT · Sat, Oct 25

Game Details

First Community Stadium (Houston) · 21,122 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Jackson scores 4 TDs, wins it 37-34 for Rice in double overtime over UConn

Quinton Jackson tallied career highs of 256 combined yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winning score in the second overtime, to lead Rice to a 37-34 win over UConn on Saturday and snap a three-game losing streak.

Recap via ESPN

1:18 UConn Huskies vs. Rice Owls: Full Highlights

0:10 Enock Gota makes 38-yard field goal

0:31 Joe Fagnano throws 80 yard touchdown pass vs. Rice

0:24 Joe Fagnano throws 34-yard touchdown pass vs. Rice

Clips play on ESPN

First Community Stadium · Houston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	T
CONN	7	14	3	0	7	3	34
RICE	3	14	0	7	7	6	37

Win Probability · Rice Owls

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Game Leaders

UConn Huskies

Joe Fagnano · 32/48, 344 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Cam Edwards · 16 CAR, 59 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Skyler Bell · 8 REC, 158 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Stephon Wright · 1Sacks
Bryun Parham · 15Tackles

Rice Owls

Chase Jenkins · 17/22, 191 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Quinton Jackson · 21 CAR, 168 YDS, 3 TDRushing Yards
Quinton Jackson · 3 REC, 80 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Tony Anyanwu · 9Tackles

2026 FBS Independents Standings

Team
Notre Dame
UConn

2026 American Conference Standings

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

Scoring

2OT 0:00

TD Quinton Jackson 23 Yd Run 34–37

2OT 0:00

FG Chris Freeman 41 Yd Field Goal 34–31

OT 0:00

TD Cam Edwards 5 Yd Run (Chris Freeman Kick)31–31

OT 0:00

TD Q. Jackson run for 6 yds, for a TD (E. Gota KICK)24–31

Q4 11:46

TD D'Andre Hardeman Jr. 10 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick)24–24

Q3 6:06

FG Chris Freeman 45 Yd Field Goal 24–17

Q2 0:49

TD Juice Vereen 34 Yd pass from Joe Fagnano (Chris Freeman Kick)21–17

Q2 1:35

TD Quinton Jackson 75 Yd pass from Chase Jenkins (Enock Gota Kick)14–17

Q2 1:48

TD Cam Edwards 12 Yd pass from Joe Fagnano (Chris Freeman Kick)14–10

Q2 11:08

TD Quinton Jackson 73 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick)7–10

Q1 1:03

FG Enock Gota 38 Yd Field Goal 7–3

Q1 11:05

TD Skyler Bell 80 Yd pass from Joe Fagnano (Chris Freeman Kick)7–0

Team Stats

UConn HuskiesRice Owls

Offense

449 Total Yards 491

344 Passing Yards 191

105 Rushing Yards 300

18 First Downs 20

Efficiency

5-17 3rd Down 6-18

1-1 4th Down 1-2

32/48 Completions 17/22

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 0

2-30 Penalties 1-5

27:32 Possession 32:28

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Joe Fagnano	32/48	344	7.2	3	0	54.6
Team	32/48	344	7.2	3	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cam Edwards	16	59	3.7	1	12
Oliver Lundberg	2	19	9.5	0	17
Victor Rosa	2	10	5.0	0	8
Joe Fagnano	3	10	3.3	0	6
M.J. Flowers	2	9	4.5	0	5
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	26	105	4.0	1	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Skyler Bell	8	158	19.8	1	80
Juice Vereen	2	38	19.0	1	34
John Neider	2	38	19.0	0	23
Victor Rosa	6	29	4.8	0	12
Cam Edwards	3	24	8.0	1	12
Reymello Murphy	4	19	4.8	0	10
Terrence Smith Jr.	1	16	16.0	0	16
Louis Hansen	2	8	4.0	0	7
Alex Honig	1	7	7.0	0	7
Shamar Porter	1	6	6.0	0	6
M.J. Flowers	1	2	2.0	0	2
Jackson Harper	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
Team	32	344	10.8	3	80

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Bryun Parham	15	7	1	2	1	0
Malachi McLean	9	5	0	0	1	0
Lee Molette III	9	2	0	0.5	0	0
Oumar Diomande	7	3	0	0	0	0
D'Mon Brinson	6	4	0	0	0	0
Cam Chadwick Jr.	5	4	0	0	0	0
Donovan Branch	4	4	0	1	0	1
Antoineo Harris Jr.	4	4	0	1	0	0
Amir Renwick	4	2	0	0	0	1
Devin Pringle	3	3	0	1	0	0
Stephon Wright	3	2	1	1	0	0
Aaron Key	3	2	0	1	0	0
Vincent Carroll-Jackson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tyrece Mills	2	2	0	0	0	0
Trent Jones II	2	1	0	1	0	1
Matt Hoffman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Osiris Gilbert	1	1	0	0	0	0
Marquis Black	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Victor Rosa	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Christinat	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	85	47	2	9	2	3

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Terrence Smith Jr.	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team	1	11	11.0	11	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jackson Harper	2	21	10.5	19	0
Team	2	21	10.5	19	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chris Freeman	2/3	66.7	45	4/4	10
Team	2/3	66.7	45	4/4	10

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Connor Stutz	8	373	46.6	1	3	57
Team	8	373	46.6	1	3	57

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Chase Jenkins	17/22	191	8.7	1	0	35.0
Team	17/22	191	8.7	1	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Quinton Jackson	21	168	8.0	3	73
Chase Jenkins	17	57	3.4	0	21
D'Andre Hardeman Jr.	6	41	6.8	1	17
Drayden Dickmann	1	16	16.0	0	16
Daelen Alexander	5	9	1.8	0	7
Landon Ransom-Goelz	1	7	7.0	0	7
Aaron Turner	4	3	0.8	0	5
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	56	300	5.4	4	73

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Quinton Jackson	3	80	26.7	1	75
Aaron Turner	7	49	7.0	0	13
Drayden Dickmann	4	30	7.5	0	11
Micah Barnett	1	28	28.0	0	28
Tyson Thompson	1	6	6.0	0	6
Semaj Pierre	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
Team	17	191	11.2	1	75

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0
Chase Jenkins	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Tony Anyanwu	9	3	0	0	1
Marcus Williams	8	5	0.5	0	0
Jo Chavez	7	5	1	1	1
Ty Morris	7	4	0	1	2
Andrew Awe	6	4	1	1	0
Daveon Hook	6	4	1.5	0	0
Jerrick Harper	6	3	0	1	0
Omari Porter	4	2	0	0	0
Blake Boenisch	4	2	0	0	0
Aquantis Clemmons	3	1	0	0	1
Chibby Nwajuaku	3	0	0	0	0
Peyton Stevenson	2	1	0	0	0
Jack Kane	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Bruce	1	1	0	0	0
Christopher Clark-Jolivet	1	1	0	0	0
Michael Amey III	1	1	0	0	0
Ty Thames	1	0	0	0	0
Dillan Botts	0	0	0	1	0
Team	70	38	4	5	5

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Semaj Pierre	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team	1	14	14.0	14	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tyson Thompson	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team	1	4	4.0	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Enock Gota	1/1	100.0	38	4/4	7
Team	1/1	100.0	38	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Alex Bacchetta	8	361	45.1	1	2	62
Team	8	361	45.1	1	2	62

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