Rice Owls

13thin American Conference · 1-1

Ugh, no.

Rice Owls lost to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1-1 0 – 52

Ranked #3 · 2-0

Final · Sat, Sep 12

Game Details

Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame) · 77,622 fans · NBC

Recap

C.J. Carr throws for 4 touchdowns as No. 3 Notre Dame routs visiting Rice 52-0

C.J. Carr threw for four touchdowns and No. 3 Notre Dame overpowered visiting Rice early on the way to a 52-0 victory on Saturday.

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Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
RICE	0	0	0	0	0
ND	21	21	10	0	52

Win Probability · Rice Owls

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Game Leaders

Rice Owls

Jacurri Brown · 8/12, 64 YDSPassing Yards
Jacurri Brown · 16 CAR, 32 YDSRushing Yards
Barry Jackson Jr. · 1 REC, 30 YDSReceiving Yards
Cooper King · 10Tackles

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

CJ Carr · 16/20, 253 YDS, 4 TDPassing Yards
Jonaz Walton · 8 CAR, 48 YDSRushing Yards
Jerome Bettis Jr. · 2 REC, 61 YDSReceiving Yards
Bryce Young · 1Sacks
Jaiden Ausberry · 5Tackles

2026 American Conference Standings

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

2026 FBS Independents Standings

Team
Notre Dame
UConn

Scoring

Q3 4:21

FG Spencer Porath 36 Yd Field Goal 0–52

Q3 11:41

TD Cooper Flanagan 2 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick)0–49

Q2 1:17

TD Micah Gilbert 39 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick)0–42

Q2 4:26

TD Nolan James Jr. 1 Yd Run (Spencer Porath Kick)0–35

Q2 13:43

TD Nolan James Jr. 1 Yd Run (Spencer Porath Kick)0–28

Q1 3:51

TD Jordan Faison 11 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick)0–21

Q1 10:30

TD Jordan Faison 25 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick)0–14

Q1 14:46

TD Boubacar Traore 24 Yd Fumble Return (Spencer Porath Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Rice OwlsNotre Dame Fighting Irish

Offense

128 Total Yards 478

64 Passing Yards 360

64 Rushing Yards 118

7 First Downs 24

Efficiency

2-12 3rd Down 7-12

2-2 4th Down 1-2

8/12 Completions 25/33

Turnovers & Clock

4 Turnovers 0

4-37 Penalties 2-20

27:42 Possession 32:18

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jacurri Brown	8/12	64	5.3	0	0	13.6
Team	8/12	64	5.3	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jacurri Brown	16	32	2.0	11
Tyvonn Byars	7	24	3.4	7
D'Andre Hardeman Jr.	9	13	1.4	3
Davis Lane	1	-1	-1.0	0
Team	1	-4	-4.0	0
Team	34	64	1.9	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Barry Jackson Jr.	1	30	30.0	30
Chris Bruce	1	19	19.0	19
Braylen Walker	2	12	6.0	10
Payton Matthews	1	6	6.0	6
Jordan Clark	1	5	5.0	5
Ben Grice	2	-8	-4.0	0
Team	8	64	8.0	30

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Jacurri Brown	3	2
Team	1	1
Davis Lane	1	1
Team	5	4

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Cooper King	10	5	0	0	0
AJ Brown	7	3	0.5	1	0
Kyren Condoll	5	4	0	0	0
Braden Bays	5	3	2	0	0
Stone Combs	5	2	0	0	0
Koa Akui	5	2	0	1	0
Jo Chavez	4	3	0	0	0
Aquantis Clemmons	4	1	0	0	1
Chibby Nwajuaku	4	0	0	0	0
Beau Barton	3	2	0	0	1
Jamir Benjamin	3	1	0.5	1	0
Joseph Mutombo	2	2	0	0	0
Jordan Clark	2	2	0	0	0
Zach Cody	2	1	0	0	0
Austin Harnetiaux	2	0	0	0	0
Ahran Ogbor	2	0	0	0	0
Brock Reddic	2	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Blanton	1	1	0	0	0
Caden VerMaas	1	1	0	0	0
Christopher Clark-Jolivet	1	1	0	0	0
Jerrick Harper	1	1	0	0	0
Dillan Botts	1	1	0	0	0
Tariq May	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Bruce	1	0	0	0	0
Team	74	36	3	3	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Caden VerMaas	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team	1	8	8.0	8	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Charlie Durkin	6	275	45.8	1	0	58
Team	6	275	45.8	1	0	58

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
CJ Carr	16/20	253	12.7	4	96.4
Noah Grubbs	7/11	78	7.1	0	29.9
Teddy Jarrard	2/2	29	14.5	0	--
Team	25/33	360	10.9	4	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jonaz Walton	8	48	6.0	0	15
Nolan James Jr.	6	29	4.8	2	15
Aneyas Williams	9	29	3.2	0	7
Kedren Young	4	8	2.0	0	3
Javian Osborne	5	4	0.8	0	6
Team	32	118	3.7	2	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jerome Bettis Jr.	2	61	30.5	0	56
Jordan Faison	4	54	13.5	2	25
Jaden Greathouse	3	48	16.0	0	23
Micah Gilbert	2	47	23.5	1	39
Logan Saldate	3	36	12.0	0	21
Elijah Burress	3	33	11.0	0	16
Matt Jeffery	2	28	14.0	0	18
Mylan Graham	2	24	12.0	0	20
Devin Fitzgerald	1	20	20.0	0	20
Kedren Young	1	8	8.0	0	8
Cooper Flanagan	1	2	2.0	1	2
Nolan James Jr.	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	25	360	14.4	4	56

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jaiden Ausberry	0	0	1
Boubacar Traore	0	0	1
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	0	0	1
Rodney Dunham	0	0	1
Team	0	0	4

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	TD
Jaiden Ausberry	5	2	0	1	0
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	5	2	0	1.5	0
Luke Talich	4	3	0	1	0
Jaylen Sneed	4	2	0	0	0
Bryce Young	3	2	1	2.5	0
Rodney Dunham	3	2	0	0	0
Keon Keeley	3	1	0	0	0
Elijah Hughes	3	1	0	0	0
Teddy Rezac	3	1	0	0.5	0
Ethan Long	3	1	0	0	0
Adon Shuler	2	2	0	1	0
Kahanu Kia	2	1	0	0.5	0
Mark Zackery IV	2	1	0	0	0
Drayk Bowen	2	0	0	0	0
Loghan Thomas	2	0	0	0	0
Joey O'Brien	2	0	0	0	0
Armel Mukam	1	1	0	0	0
Francis Brewu	1	1	0	0	0
Sean Sevillano Jr.	1	1	0	0	0
DJ McKinney	1	0	0	0	0
Christian Gray	1	0	0	0	0
Tionne Gray	1	0	0	0	0
Madden Faraimo	1	0	0	0	0
Cole Mullins	1	0	0	0	0
Boubacar Traore	0	0	0	0	1
Team	56	24	1	8	1

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jordan Faison	3	41	13.7	37
Dallas Golden	2	6	3.0	6
Team	5	47	9.4	37

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Spencer Porath	1/1	100.0	36	7/7	10
Team	1/1	100.0	36	7/7	10

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jasper Scaife	1	46	46.0	0	1	46
Team	1	46	46.0	0	1	46

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