Houston at Rice

Sunday, September 5, 2004

Rice beat Houston 10–⁠7. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Houston led the series 22–⁠9.

AwayHouston3–⁠8 in 2004
7
HomeRice3–⁠8 in 2004
10

FinalAttendance 28,726

At kickoff
80°F, rain, wind 8 mph from the southWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; William P Hobby (KHOU), 15 km from the home team’s stadium, seven minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Houston00077
Rice073010

Standouts

Player stats

Houston

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Kevin Kolb15/3320411
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Anthony Evans71908
Jackie Battle61908
Matt Schirmer1202
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Kendal Briles474032
Vincent Marshall554133
Donnie Avery342019
Stephen Cucci122022
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Will Gulley1160

Rice

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Greg Henderson3/72801
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Greg Henderson2774023
Ed Bailey1657125
Marcus Rucker31408
Mike Falco110010
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Ben Wiggins221013
Quinton Smith1707
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Terry Holley100

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

HoustonRice
212Total yards191
267Passing yards46
8Rushing yards163
6.2Yards per pass4.0
0.3Yards per rush3.0
15First downs13
7–⁠17Third downs3–⁠13
1–⁠2Fourth downs1–⁠2
2Turnovers2
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
17:37Possession19:22

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Rice 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Houston leads 35–⁠12 in 47 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Houston 35, Rice 9
2024Houston 33, Rice 7
2023Rice 43, Houston 41
2022Houston 34, Rice 27
2021Houston 44, Rice 7
2018Houston 45, Rice 27

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