Rice Owls

13thin American Conference · 1-3

Ugh, no.

Rice Owls lost to the Fresno State Bulldogs

1-3 24 – 38

3-1

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

Valley Children's Stadium (Fresno) · 39,001 fans · CW

Highlights

Jayden Mandal, Rayshon Luke lead Fresno State to 38-24 victory over Rice

Jayden Mandal threw three touchdown passes and Rayshon Luke rushed for 167 yards and a score to lead Fresno State to a 38-24 victory over Rice on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:37 Ben Grice takes it 88 yards to the house for Rice

0:30 Max Mosey breaks free for a 40-yard Rice TD

0:29 Jacurri Brown's electric 50-yard TD pulls Rice closer

Clips play on ESPN

Valley Children's Stadium · Fresno

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
RICE	7	10	0	7	24
FRES	0	14	10	14	38

Win Probability · Rice Owls

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Game Leaders

Rice Owls

Jacurri Brown · 8/17, 119 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jacurri Brown · 19 CAR, 141 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Max Mosey · 1 REC, 40 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Austin Harnetiaux · 9Tackles

Fresno State Bulldogs

Jayden Mandal · 22/34, 210 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Rayshon Luke · 11 CAR, 167 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Josiah Freeman · 6 REC, 66 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Tytus Khajavi · 2Sacks
K'vion Thunderbird · 9Tackles

2026 American Conference Standings

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

2026 Pac-12 Conference Standings

Team
Boise State
Fresno State
Oregon State
San Diego State
Colorado State
Texas State
Utah State
Washington State

Scoring

Q4 7:37

TD Rayshon Luke 52 Yd Run (Manaki Watanabe Kick)24–38

Q4 8:58

TD Jacurri Brown 50 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick)24–31

Q4 13:00

TD Julius Gillick 5 Yd Run (Manaki Watanabe Kick)17–31

Q3 4:44

TD Ezekiel Avit 7 Yd pass from Jayden Mandal (Manaki Watanabe Kick)17–24

Q3 9:47

FG Manaki Watanabe 29 Yd Field Goal 17–17

Q2 0:00

FG Enock Gota 22 Yd Field Goal 17–14

Q2 1:04

TD Jahlil McClain 28 Yd pass from Jayden Mandal (Manaki Watanabe Kick)14–14

Q2 8:34

TD Max Mosey 40 Yd pass from Jacurri Brown (Enock Gota Kick)14–7

Q2 12:51

TD Josiah Freeman 6 Yd pass from Jayden Mandal (Manaki Watanabe Kick)7–7

Q1 5:45

TD Ben Grice 88 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Rice OwlsFresno State Bulldogs

Offense

463 Total Yards 459

119 Passing Yards 210

344 Rushing Yards 249

22 First Downs 23

Efficiency

4-11 3rd Down 6-13

1-2 4th Down 1-2

8/17 Completions 22/34

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 0

4-25 Penalties 2-15

27:22 Possession 32:38

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jacurri Brown	8/17	119	7.0	1	1	48.2
Team	8/17	119	7.0	1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jacurri Brown	19	141	7.4	1	50
Ben Grice	7	109	15.6	1	88
Tyvonn Byars	10	50	5.0	0	11
D'Andre Hardeman Jr.	9	39	4.3	0	8
Max Mosey	1	5	5.0	0	5
Team	46	344	7.5	2	88

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Max Mosey	1	40	40.0	1	40
Jordan Clark	3	39	13.0	0	18
Ben Grice	2	20	10.0	0	15
Barry Jackson Jr.	1	12	12.0	0	12
Braylen Walker	1	8	8.0	0	8
Team	8	119	14.9	1	40

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jacurri Brown	2	1	0
Team	2	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Austin Harnetiaux	9	4	0	0	0
AJ Brown	8	5	0	1	0
Jamir Benjamin	6	4	2	0	0
Koa Akui	5	3	1	0	0
Jo Chavez	5	2	0	0	0
Joseph Mutombo	4	1	0	0	1
Cooper King	3	1	0.5	0	0
Matthew Aribisala	2	1	1	0	0
Stone Combs	2	1	1	0	0
Kyren Condoll	2	1	0	0	0
Dillan Botts	2	1	0	0	0
Nate Bledsoe	1	1	0	0	0
Bailey Fletcher	1	1	0	0	0
Aquantis Clemmons	1	1	0	0	1
Christopher Clark-Jolivet	1	1	0	0	0
Jordan Clark	1	1	0	0	0
Jerrick Harper	1	1	0	0	0
Braden Bays	1	0	0	0	0
Seth Clarke	1	0	0.5	1	0
Team	56	30	6	2	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Caden VerMaas	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team	1	20	20.0	20	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Max Mosey	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team	1	10	10.0	10	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Enock Gota	1/2	50.0	22	3/3	6
Team	1/2	50.0	22	3/3	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Charlie Durkin	2	84	42.0	0	0	42
Team	2	84	42.0	0	0	42

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jayden Mandal	22/34	210	6.2	3	0	50.1
Team	22/34	210	6.2	3	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Rayshon Luke	11	167	15.2	1	52
Jayden Mandal	5	57	11.4	0	21
Bryson Donelson	9	19	2.1	0	17
Julius Gillick	6	14	2.3	1	5
Team	3	-8	-2.7	0	0
Team	34	249	7.3	2	52

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Josiah Freeman	6	66	11.0	1	19
Jahlil McClain	3	39	13.0	1	28
Jake Appleget	2	29	14.5	0	24
Jordan Malau'ulu	1	23	23.0	0	23
Jaylen Garrison	1	17	17.0	0	17
Ezekiel Avit	2	13	6.5	1	7
Jayon Farrar	1	10	10.0	0	10
Rayshon Luke	3	10	3.3	0	14
Gavin Correia	1	7	7.0	0	7
Dallas Gaius-Anyaegbu	1	3	3.0	0	3
Bryson Donelson	1	-7	-7.0	0	0
Team	22	210	9.5	3	28

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Jayden Mandal	1	0
Dylan Hampsten	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
K'vion Thunderbird	9	6	0	0	0	0
Tommy Nix	7	3	0	0	0	0
Niko Baumgartner	6	3	0	0.5	1	0
Simeon Harris	6	0	0	0.5	0	0
Taylor Powell	5	3	0	0	0	0
Tytus Khajavi	4	3	2	2	0	0
Loyall Mouzon	4	3	0	0	2	0
Gerayas Grimes	4	2	0	0.5	0	0
Kiontre Harris	3	3	0	0	0	0
Deijon Laffitte	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
Mordecai Hines	2	2	0	0	0	0
Justin Johnson	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jahzon Jacks	2	0	0	0	0	1
Martin Owusu	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Hampsten	1	1	0	1	0	2
Ethan Tierney	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Baldi	1	1	0	0	0	0
Merhauti Xepera	1	0	0	0	0	0
Maverick Noonan	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team	64	32	2	5	4	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Simeon Harris	1	8	0
Team	1	8	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jordan Malau'ulu	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team	1	5	5.0	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Manaki Watanabe	1/1	100.0	29	5/5	8
Team	1/1	100.0	29	5/5	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Nick Verdugo	3	152	50.7	0	2	55
Team	3	152	50.7	0	2	55

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