Rice Owls at Notre Dame Fighting Irish

QUARTERBACK

• ND's passing game is +211 yards per game

  211 YPG

  RICE is at 28 team passing yards per game over 1 game; ND is at 239 over 1 game. Those are current-2026 team-game results through 2026-09-11.

TRENCHES

• RICE is +354 rush yards per game

  354 YPG

  RICE is at 465 rushing yards per game over 1 game; ND is at 111 over 1 game. Those are current-2026 team-game results through 2026-09-11.

• ND's front holds runners to 81 fewer yards per game

  81 YPG

  RICE is at 148 rushing yards allowed per game over 1 game; ND is at 67 over 1 game. Those come from the opposing team boxes in the games each side has already played this 2026 season, through 2026-09-11.

PACE & SCRIPT

• RICE holds the ball 7:56 longer per game

  7:56 TOP

  RICE is at 39:32 time of possession per game over 1 game; ND is at 31:36 over 1 game. Those are current-2026 team-game results through 2026-09-11.

TURNOVERS

• ND's defense takes the ball away 1 more time per game

  1 TO

  RICE is at 1 takeaways per game over 1 game; ND is at 2 over 1 game. Those come from the opposing team boxes in the games each side has already played this 2026 season, through 2026-09-11.

COACHING

• RICE's staff goes for it 2 more times per game on fourth down

  2 ATT/G

  RICE is at 3 fourth-down attempts per game over 1 game; ND is at 1 over 1 game. Those are current-2026 team-game results through 2026-09-11.

MISMATCH

• RICE's ground game against ND's — 465 rush yards a game to 111

  465 VS 111

  The widest gap on this matchup's tape: rush ypg — RICE 465, ND 111, over 1 and 1 game samples.

COVERAGE

• RICE's secondary gives up 121 fewer passing yards per game

  121 YPG

  RICE is at 96 passing yards allowed per game over 1 game; ND is at 217 over 1 game. Those come from the opposing team boxes in the games each side has already played this 2026 season, through 2026-09-11.

• RICE allows a third-down conversion rate 7.7 percentage points lower

  7.7 PP

  RICE is at 30.8% third downs allowed over 1 game; ND is at 38.5% over 1 game. Those come from the opposing team boxes in the games each side has already played this 2026 season, through 2026-09-11.

REPLACEMENT

• Quinton Jackson (RB) is out for RICE

  OUT

  Rice’s offense will be without RB Quinton Jackson against Notre Dame; he will travel but will not play after the significant undisclosed injury reported Sep. 10. The facts do not identify who will absorb his work.

• Quincy Porter (WR) is out for ND

  OUT

  Notre Dame’s offense will be without WR Quincy Porter against Rice after he was listed OUT with a left-knee injury on Sep. 10. The facts do not identify who will absorb his work.

• Matty Augustine (OL) is out for ND

  OUT

  He was listed out for the Rice game with a right-foot injury. Per One Foot Down / Joshua Vowles, Sep 10.

• Christopher Burgess Jr. (DL) is out for ND

  OUT

  He was listed out for the Rice game with a left-tibia injury. Per One Foot Down / Joshua Vowles, Sep 10.

SITUATIONAL

• RICE's third-down conversion rate is 31.4 percentage points higher

  31.4 PP

  RICE is at 64.7% third-down conversion rate over 1 game; ND is at 33.3% over 1 game. Those are current-2026 team-game results through 2026-09-11.

• RICE moves the chains 7 more times per game

  7 FD

  RICE is at 27 first downs per game over 1 game; ND is at 20 over 1 game. Those are current-2026 team-game results through 2026-09-11.

• Rice at No. 3 Notre Dame

  #3 AP

  Notre Dame is No. 3 in the AP poll at 1-0 with 1,512 points and four first-place votes, up one spot. Rice is unranked, so the poll draws a clear respect gap for Notre Dame at home.

AFTER GARY

• RICE +44.5 → +44.5

  NO MOVE

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