Rice at Notre Dame
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Notre Dame | 21 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 52 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 14:46 | Notre Dame touchdown. Boubacar Traore 24 Yd Fumble Return (Spencer Porath Kick) |
| 10:30 | Notre Dame REC. Jordan Faison 25 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick) |
| 3:51 | Notre Dame touchdown. Jordan Faison 11 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 13:43 | Notre Dame touchdown. Nolan James Jr. 1 Yd Run (Spencer Porath Kick) |
| 4:26 | Notre Dame touchdown. Nolan James Jr. 1 Yd Run (Spencer Porath Kick) |
| 1:17 | Notre Dame touchdown. Micah Gilbert 39 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 11:41 | Notre Dame touchdown. Cooper Flanagan 2 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick) |
| 4:21 | Notre Dame field goal. Spencer Porath 36 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Total first downs | 7 | 24 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 2 | 7 |
| Third down percentage | 17 % | 58 % |
| Fourth down | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Total yards | 128 | 478 |
| Total rushing yards | 64 | 118 |
| Total passing yards | 64 | 360 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 27:42 | 32:18 |
| Rushing | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Total rushing plays | 34 | 32 |
| Total rushing yards | 64 | 118 |
| Average yards per rush | 1.9 | 3.7 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.3 | 10.9 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Penalties committed | 4 | 2 |
| Penalty yards | 37 | 20 |
| Turnovers | Rice | Notre Dame |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 4 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Rice | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jacurri Brown | 16 | 32 | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Tyvonn Byars | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| DAndre Hardeman Jr. | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Davis Lane | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Notre Dame | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jonaz Walton | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Nolan James Jr. | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Aneyas Williams | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Kedren Young | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Javian Osborne | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Rice | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jacurri Brown | 12 | 8 | 67 % | 64 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Notre Dame | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| CJ Carr | 20 | 16 | 80 % | 253 | 12.7 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Noah Grubbs | 11 | 7 | 64 % | 78 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Teddy Jarrard | 2 | 2 | 100 % | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Rice | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Barry Jackson Jr. | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Chris Bruce | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Braylen Walker | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Payton Matthews | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jordan Clark | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ben Grice | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Notre Dame | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jerome Bettis Jr. | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 56 | ||||
| Jordan Faison | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 2 | 25 | ||||
| Jaden Greathouse | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Micah Gilbert | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| Logan Saldate | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Elijah Burress | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Matt Jeffery | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Mylan Graham | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Devin Fitzgerald | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Kedren Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Cooper Flanagan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Nolan James Jr. | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Rice | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jacurri Brown | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Davis Lane | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Notre Dame | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jaiden Ausberry | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Boubacar Traore | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Rodney Dunham | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Rice | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Notre Dame | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Rice | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Cooper King | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AJ Brown | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyren Condoll | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braden Bays | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stone Combs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Koa Akui | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jo Chavez | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aquantis Clemmons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chibby Nwajuaku | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Beau Barton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jamir Benjamin | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Mutombo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Clark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zach Cody | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Austin Harnetiaux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ahran Ogbor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brock Reddic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Blanton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caden VerMaas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christopher Clark-Jolivet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerrick Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillan Botts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tariq May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Notre Dame | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jaiden Ausberry | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luke Talich | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylen Sneed | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Young | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rodney Dunham | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keon Keeley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Hughes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teddy Rezac | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ethan Long | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adon Shuler | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kahanu Kia | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Zackery IV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drayk Bowen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Loghan Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joey O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Armel Mukam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Francis Brewu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sean Sevillano Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ McKinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tionne Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Madden Faraimo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cole Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boubacar Traore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Rice | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Caden VerMaas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Notre Dame | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Rice | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Notre Dame | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jordan Faison | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| Dallas Golden | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Rice | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| None | |||||||||
| Notre Dame | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Spencer Porath | 1/1 | 36 | 7/7 | 10 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Rice | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Charlie Durkin | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 1 | |||||
| Notre Dame | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jasper Scaife | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Saturday, September 12, 2026 11:07 PM.