RICE at HOUSTON
Saturday, Sept. 16 • 8 p.m. • ESPN3
TDECU Stadium (40,000/Synthetic Turf)
Houston, Texas
Television
ESPN3
Robert Lee and Stanford Routt
Radio
KPRC-AM 950 (Houston flagship)
THE GAME • THE BAYOU BUCKET
Saturday’s game will be the 41st meeting between Houston and Rice … The schools met annually from 1971-95 and also played each year from 1999-2013 … Houston holds a 29-11 series lead and has taken the last three meetings, including a 31-26 decision in 2013 … The Houston and Rice campuses are separated by five miles.
RICE
1-1, 1-0 Conference USA
Head Coach
David Bailiff (Texas State ’81)
54-60, 11th season at Rice
75-75, 13th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Rice evened its record at 1-1 after the Owls won their Conference USA opener with a 31-14 decision at UTEP … Rice opened its season in Sydney, Australia, with a 62-7 setback to Stanford … Saturday’s game will be the Owls’ third straight game away from home, though the road trip is considerably shorter … Rice finished 3-9 last season … The Owls were 10-4 in 2013 and went 8-5 in 2014, but look to snap a stretch of back-to-back losing seasons … QB Sam Glaesmann has started both games behind center this season and has thrown for 200 yards and a touchdown … RB Samuel Stewart has rushed for 160 yards on 31 carries and is the leading receiver with six catches for 75 yards … LB Emmanuel Ellerbee leads the team with 19 tackles.
rv/rv HOUSTON
1-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Major Applewhite (Texas ’02)
1-1, first full season
Notes
Houston was the last team in FBS to get its season underway as the Cougars opened with a 19-16 win at Arizona Saturday … Houston’s scheduled opener at UTSA was cancelled due to Hurricane Harvey … The Cougars have the nation’s longest active home winning streak at 15 games … The last team to beat Houston at TDECU Stadium was Tulane in the 2014 season … DT Ed Oliver, a 2016 All-America selection, continued to live up to expectations as he had 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble in the win at Arizona … QB Kyle Allen, a transfer from Texas A&M, made his first start in a Houston uniform and threw for 225 yards and a touchdown on 25-of-32 passing … RB Dillon Birden rushed for 83 yards and a TD … WR Linell Bonner had nine catches for 59 yards and a TD, while WR Steven Dunbar had six catches for 72 yards.