FINAL SCORE
Houston Christian Huskies at Rice Owls game details
Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
First Community Stadium · Attendance 15,128
Put the final score in perspective.
Rice finished 28 points ahead. The teams combined for 34 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Houston Christian 3, Rice 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Rice outscored its opponent in 3 and Houston Christian in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Houston Christian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Rice | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 13 | 27 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 4-13 | 11-17 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-4 | 1-3 |
| Total Yards | 246 | 493 |
| Passing | 98 | 35 |
| Comp/Att | 8/23 | 5/11 |
| Yards per pass | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| Rushing | 148 | 458 |
| Rushing Attempts | 35 | 69 |
| Yards per rush | 4.2 | 6.6 |
| Penalties | 3-25 | 3-30 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 20:28 | 39:32 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Houston Christian Huskies
passing
| Cutter Stewart | 6/17 | 63 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| Maddox Kopp | 2/5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| Reilly Garcia | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Champ Dozier | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | 49 |
| Jaylen Middleton | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | 16 |
| Elijah Harris | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Cutter Stewart | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Corey Landers Jr. | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Maddox Kopp | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Jamaal Hall II | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 15 |
| Mason Graham | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Terrell Bradshaw | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Jarred Sample | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Ja'Ryan Wallace | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Keith Wheeler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Trayjen Llanas-Wilcox | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
fumbles
defensive
| Jayven Anderson | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Zappe | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javon Bejarano | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matai Tomas | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hope Tita | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Bean | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Catanzano | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe White | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Davis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenden Bradshaw | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mi'Jai Mickles | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Micah Henderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Wiggins | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden King | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ejike Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari Deason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadon Ducos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sylvalie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cutter Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thio Georges | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufus Toe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Queen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobi Akintade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Champ Dozier | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Trayjen Llanas-Wilcox | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jadon Ducos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Lukasz Smolen | 1/1 | 100.0 | 42 | 0/0 | 3 |
punting
| Julian Maceri | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| Lukasz Smolen | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Rice Owls
passing
| Jacurri Brown | 3/6 | 18 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 29.8 |
| Gael Ochoa | 2/5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 |
rushing
| Tyvonn Byars | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 0 | 31 |
| Jacurri Brown | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 0 | 32 |
| D'Andre Hardeman Jr. | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 1 | 16 |
| Quinton Jackson | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 1 | 12 |
| Carson Morgan | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Gael Ochoa | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | 29 |
| Max Mosey | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
| Ben Grice | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Patrick Crayton Jr. | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Justin Powell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Bruce | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Quinton Jackson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Jordan Clark | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Davis Lane | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 |
fumbles
defensive
| Chibby Nwajuaku | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Barton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caden VerMaas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Aribisala | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Brown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koa Akui | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Harnetiaux | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper King | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aquantis Clemmons | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahran Ogbor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stone Combs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamir Benjamin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Mutombo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyren Condoll | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bailey Fletcher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Bruce | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Clark-Jolivet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Bays | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Lavallier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Amey III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tariq May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Blanton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Rooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo Chavez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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interceptions
| Jerrick Harper | 1 | 34 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Quinton Jackson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Will Swartz | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
kicking
| Enock Gota | 1/2 | 50.0 | 26 | 4/4 | 7 |
punting
| Charlie Durkin | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 1 | 0 | 54 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 9:24 | Lukasz Smolen 42 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 1:02 | D'Andre Hardeman Jr. 2 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick) | 3 – 7 |
| 2 | 9:32 | Quinton Jackson 7 Yd pass from Jacurri Brown (Enock Gota Kick) | 3 – 14 |
| 2 | 2:31 | Enock Gota 26 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 17 |
| 4 | 13:19 | Quinton Jackson 12 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick) | 3 – 24 |
| 4 | 10:16 | Gael Ochoa 29 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick) | 3 – 31 |
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