2016 Rice Owls Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2016 Rice Owls went 3-9 (2-6 in the Conference USA). They scored 25.2 and allowed 37.3 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 6-6-0; games went 6-5-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 121 nationally.

Team details

  • Conference: Conference USA
  • Record: 3-9
  • Conference record: 2-6
  • Against the spread: 6-6-0
  • Over/under: 6-5-0
  • SP+ rank: No. 121

2016 schedule and results

WkOpponentDateResultScoreSpreadATSO/U
1at Western Kentucky2016-09-02L14-46+17LU 64.5
2at Army2016-09-10L14-31+8LU 52
3Baylor2016-09-17L10-38+31.5WU 66
4North Texas2016-09-24L35-42-7.5LO 54
5at Southern Miss2016-10-01L28-44+24.5WO 58.5
7UTSA2016-10-15L13-14+1PU 53
8Prairie View A&M2016-10-22W65-44-22L
9at Louisiana Tech2016-10-29L16-61+27.5LO 68
10Florida Atlantic2016-11-05L25-42-3LO 57
11at Charlotte2016-11-12W22-21+11WU 60
12UTEP2016-11-19W44-24-0.5WO 55
13at Stanford2016-11-27L17-41+34WO 52

Passing leaders

PlayerGCmpAttYdsTDINT
Tyler Stehling111943162049127
Jackson Tyner4326731821
J.T. Granato48199602

Rushing leaders

PlayerGAttYdsTD
Samuel Stewart7764793
Darik Dillard10954523
Austin Walter12683434
Jowan Davis11712994
Emmanuel Esukpa517562

Receiving leaders

PlayerGRecYdsTD
Temi Alaka9284582
Kylen Granson7333812
Zach Wright9373241
Connor Cella12313021
James Mayden7162320

Defensive leaders

PlayerGTacklesTFLSacksINTPD
Emmanuel Ellerbee1111183.511
Alex Lyons12915.514
Destri White115940.510
Tabari McGaskey115110.516
J.T. Ibe10421.504

2016 Rice players who reached the NFL

PlayerPosNFL teamDraftedCollege seasons
Jack FoxPDET2019 UDFA2015–2018
Kylen GransonTETEN2021 R4 #1272016–2017
Myles AdamsDTDET2020 UDFA2016–2019
Austin WalterRBLV2019 UDFA2015–2018
Emmanuel EllerbeeLBATL2018 UDFA2016–2017

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com