2017 Rice Owls Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2017 Rice Owls went 1-11 (1-7 in the Conference USA). They scored 16.2 and allowed 35.8 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 4-8-0; games went 5-6-1 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 126 nationally.

Team details

Conference: Conference USA
Record: 1-11
Conference record: 1-7
Against the spread: 4-8-0
Over/under: 5-6-1
SP+ rank: No. 126

2017 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score	Spread	ATS	O/U
1	Stanford	2017-08-27	L	7-62	+31	L	O 51
2	at UTEP	2017-09-10	W	31-14	+1	W	U 55.5
3	at Houston	2017-09-17	L	3-38	+22.5	L	U 54
4	Florida International	2017-09-23	L	7-13	-1.5	L	U 52.5
5	at Pittsburgh	2017-09-30	L	10-42	+20	L	P 52
6	Army	2017-10-07	L	12-49	+13	L	O 47.5
8	at UTSA	2017-10-21	L	7-20	+20	W	U 52
9	Louisiana Tech	2017-10-28	L	28-42	+11.5	L	O 51.5
10	at UAB	2017-11-04	L	21-52	+8.5	L	O 50
11	Southern Miss	2017-11-11	L	34-43	+10.5	W	O 49
12	at Old Dominion	2017-11-18	L	21-24	+7	W	U 52
13	North Texas	2017-11-25	L	14-30	+12.5	L	U 62.5

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Miklo Smalls	6	43	75	623	1	5
Jackson Tyner	6	46	97	598	2	5
Sam Glaesmann	6	32	72	500	3	6

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
Nahshon Ellerbe	12	85	409	6
Austin Walter	12	69	400	4
Emmanuel Esukpa	9	57	261	1
Samuel Stewart	8	58	230	0
Jordan Myers	9	42	199	1

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Aaron Cephus	10	25	622	5
Kylen Granson	8	18	241	0
Parker Smith	8	7	95	0
Robby Wells III	7	12	82	0
Lance Wright	4	4	42	0

Defensive leaders

Player	G	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	PD
Emmanuel Ellerbee	12	120	6.5	1.5	2
Brian Womac	12	54	21	10	0
Destri White	10	49	0	0	2
DJ Green	11	47	2	0	0
J.T. Ibe	8	41	1	0	3

2017 Rice players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Austin Trammell	WR	JAX	2021 UDFA	2017–2020
Elijah Garcia	DE	DAL	2022 UDFA	2017–2021
Jack Fox	P	DET	2019 UDFA	2015–2018
Kylen Granson	TE	TEN	2021 R4 #127	2016–2017
Myles Adams	DT	DET	2020 UDFA	2016–2019
Austin Walter	RB	LV	2019 UDFA	2015–2018
Emmanuel Ellerbee	LB	ATL	2018 UDFA	2016–2017

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com