2021 Rice Owls Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2021 Rice Owls went 4-8 (3-5 in the Conference USA). They scored 21.5 and allowed 36.2 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 3-9-0; games went 9-3-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 126 nationally.

Team details

Conference: Conference USA
Record: 4-8
Conference record: 3-5
Against the spread: 3-9-0
Over/under: 9-3-0
SP+ rank: No. 126

2021 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score	Spread	ATS	O/U
1	at Arkansas	2021-09-04	L	17-38	+19.5	L	O 50
2	Houston	2021-09-11	L	7-44	+7.5	L	O 50.5
3	at Texas	2021-09-19	L	0-58	+26	L	O 52
4	Texas Southern	2021-09-25	W	48-34	-37	L	O 53.5
5	Southern Miss	2021-10-02	W	24-19	-1	W	U 45
7	at UTSA	2021-10-16	L	0-45	+17	L	U 53
8	at UAB	2021-10-23	W	30-24	+24	W	O 44.5
9	North Texas	2021-10-30	L	24-30	-1.5	L	U 55
10	at Charlotte	2021-11-06	L	24-31	+6.5	L	O 52
11	Western Kentucky	2021-11-13	L	21-42	+19	L	O 61.5
12	at UTEP	2021-11-20	L	28-38	+9	L	O 47
13	Louisiana Tech	2021-11-27	W	35-31	+4	W	O 52.5

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Jake Constantine	8	126	206	1622	8	7
Wiley Green	4	36	55	414	4	3
Luke McCaffrey	9	31	62	313	2	4

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
Ari Broussard	12	116	569	3
Khalan Griffin	12	114	400	2
Jordan Myers	11	92	338	8
Cameron Montgomery	11	44	256	2
Brendan Suckley	7	10	32	0

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Jake Bailey	11	56	714	2
Cedric Patterson III	12	38	583	6
August Pitre III	7	31	494	3
Jack Bradley	8	16	163	1
Robert French	7	7	77	1

Defensive leaders

Player	G	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INT	PD
Elijah Garcia	11	64	4.5	4		1
Naeem Smith	12	64	1.5	1	4	5
Antonio Montero	9	60	9.5	2		2
Josh Pearcy	12	57	7.5	4.5		0
Gabe Taylor	12	56	1	0	3	5

2021 Rice players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Elijah Garcia	DE	DAL	2022 UDFA	2017–2021
Luke McCaffrey	WR	WAS	2024 R3 #100	2021–2023
Sean Fresch	DB	DEN	2026 UDFA	2020–2024

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com