Referee Rodney Burnette; umpire S. Marshall; head linesman Lea Bailey; line judge Joshua Faith; side judge Adrian Carson; field judge S. Hrdlicka; back judge Brandon Spencer; center judge Nathan JastramGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse
From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.
Team stats
UAB
Rice
354
Total yards
254
217
Passing yards
188
137
Rushing yards
66
12.1
Yards per pass
5.7
4.0
Yards per rush
1.7
13
First downs
20
5–13
Third downs
5–19
0–1
Fourth downs
3–4
0
Turnovers
1
9–81
Penalties
4–24
22:42
Possession
37:18
5
Sacks (by defense)
0
Efficiency
UAB
Rice
39%
Success rate
30%
0.21
EPA per play
0.04
1.54
Explosiveness
1.54
−0.04
Rushing EPA
−0.08
0.69
Passing EPA
0.16
50%
Passing-down success
19%
0.34
First-down EPA
0.04
0.28
Second-down EPA
−0.38
0.25
Third-down EPA
0.20
28%
Havoc by its defense
13%
From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.
Before kickoff
Our ratings and the line, going in
Our ratings (scores only)
UAB 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The line
UAB −7, over/under 42.5.
The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.
Before kickoff, the win chances were UAB 68%, Rice 32%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.
Every drive
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Rice drives left to right, UAB right to left.
Q1 UABPunt, 3 plays, 6 yards
Q1 RiceField goal, 20 plays, 62 yards
Q1 UABPunt, 3 plays, 6 yards
Q2 RiceField goal, 8 plays, 35 yards
Q2 UABTouchdown, 6 plays, 75 yards
Q2 RicePunt, 4 plays, 25 yards
Q2 UABPunt, 6 plays, 21 yards
Q2 RiceTouchdown, 5 plays, 83 yards
Q2 UABEnd of half, 3 plays, 41 yards
Q3 RicePunt, 3 plays, −1 yard
Q3 UABTouchdown, 1 play, 63 yards
Q3 RicePunt, 3 plays, 8 yards
Q3 UABTouchdown, 5 plays, 71 yards
Q3 RicePunt, 3 plays, −8 yards
Q3 UABPunt, 5 plays, 15 yards
Q3 RicePunt, 4 plays, 0 yards
Q3 UABTurnover on downs, 4 plays, 9 yards
Q4 RiceField goal, 8 plays, 30 yards
Q4 UABPunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
Q4 RicePunt, 6 plays, 27 yards
Q4 UABResult not recorded, 6 plays, −25 yards
Q4 UABPunt, 6 plays, 15 yards
Q4 RiceInterception, 8 plays, 25 yards
Q4 UABResult not recorded, 0 yards
Play by play
1st quarter3 drives, then Rice 3, UAB 0
UAB Punt, 3 plays
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Collin Riccitelli kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:00
1st & 10 at own 25
Larry Wooden run for 9 yds to the UAB 34
15:00
2nd & 1 at own 34
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Larry Wooden for a loss of 2 yards to the UAB 32
15:00
3rd & 3 at own 32
Larry Wooden run for a loss of 1 yard to the UAB 31
15:00
4th & 4 at own 31
N/A punt for 53 yds, downed at the Rice 16
Rice Field goal, 20 plays
13:01
1st & 10 at own 16
Khalan Griffin run for 3 yds to the Rice 19
13:01
2nd & 7 at own 19
Khalan Griffin run for 16 yds to the Rice 35 for a 1ST down
13:01
1st & 10 at own 35
JoVoni Johnson run for 6 yds to the Rice 41
13:01
2nd & 4 at own 41
N/A run for no gain to the Rice 41
13:01
3rd & 4 at own 41
Khalan Griffin run for 4 yds to the Rice 45 for a 1ST down
13:01
1st & 10 at own 45
Khalan Griffin run for 1 yd to the Rice 46
13:01
2nd & 9 at own 46
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for 2 yds to the Rice 48
13:01
3rd & 7 at own 48
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for 7 yds to the UAB 45 for a 1ST down
13:01
1st & 10 at opp 45
Khalan Griffin run for 8 yds to the UAB 37
13:01
2nd & 2 at opp 37
Khalan Griffin run for 1 yd to the UAB 36
13:01
3rd & 1 at opp 36
Jordan Myers run for a loss of 1 yard to the UAB 37
5:50
4th & 2 at opp 37
Timeout RICE, clock 05:50
5:50
4th & 2 at opp 37
JoVoni Johnson run for 5 yds to the UAB 32 for a 1ST down
5:50
1st & 10 at opp 32
Khalan Griffin run for a loss of 3 yards to the UAB 35
5:50
2nd & 13 at opp 35
JoVoni Johnson run for 11 yds to the UAB 24
5:50
3rd & 2 at opp 24
Khalan Griffin run for 1 yd to the UAB 23
5:50
4th & 1 at opp 23
Jordan Myers run for 2 yds to the UAB 21 for a 1ST down
2:23
1st & 10 at opp 21
Timeout UAB, clock 02:23
2:23
1st & 10 at opp 21
JoVoni Johnson pass incomplete to Jordan Myers
2:23
2nd & 10 at opp 21
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for a loss of 1 yard to the UAB 22
2:23
3rd & 11 at opp 22
JoVoni Johnson run for no gain to the UAB 22
0:49
4th & 11 at opp 22
Collin Riccitelli 40 yd FG GOODRice 3, UAB 0
UAB Punt, 3 plays
0:49
1st & 0 at own 35
Collin Riccitelli kickoff for 64 yds , Jermaine Brown Jr. return for 24 yds to the UAB 25
0:42
1st & 10 at own 25
Larry Wooden run for 5 yds to the UAB 30
0:42
2nd & 5 at own 30
Larry Wooden run for 1 yd to the UAB 31
Q2 15:00
3rd & 4 at own 31
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Trea Shropshire, broken up by Andrew Bird
Q2 15:00
4th & 4 at own 31
Kyle Greenwell punt for 37 yds, downed at the RICE 32 UAB Penalty, kick catching interference (-15 Yards) to the Rice 47
2nd quarter6 drives, then Rice 13, UAB 7
Rice Field goal, 8 plays
14:44
1st & 10 at own 47
Andrew Mason run for 1 yd to the UAB 48 for a 1ST down UAB Penalty, face mask (16 yards) (16 Yards) to the UAB 36 for a 1ST down
14:44
1st & 10 at opp 36
Jordan Myers run for a loss of 1 yard to the UAB 37
14:44
2nd & 11 at opp 37
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for 1 yd to the UAB 36
14:44
3rd & 10 at opp 36
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jake Bailey for 10 yds to the UAB 26 for a 1ST down
14:44
1st & 10 at opp 26
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for a loss of 1 yard to the UAB 27
14:44
2nd & 11 at opp 27
Ari Broussard run for 1 yd to the UAB 26
14:44
3rd & 10 at opp 26
JoVoni Johnson run for 3 yds to the UAB 23
14:44
4th & 7 at opp 23
RICCITELLI, C. field goal attempt from 40 MISSED – wide right,, clock 14:44, PENALTY UAB offside defense (MARSHALL, TD) 5 yards to the UAB18, NO PLAY.
10:09
4th & 2 at opp 18
Collin Riccitelli 36 yd FG GOODRice 6, UAB 0
UAB Touchdown, 6 plays
10:09
1st & 0 at own 35
Collin Riccitelli kickoff for 56 yds
10:09
1st & 10 at own 25
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Trea Shropshire for 54 yds to the Rice 21 for a 1ST down
10:09
1st & 10 at opp 21
Lucious Stanley run for 5 yds to the Rice 16
10:09
2nd & 5 at opp 16
Lucious Stanley run for 4 yds to the Rice 12
10:09
3rd & 1 at opp 12
Larry Wooden run for 4 yds to the Rice 8 for a 1ST down
10:09
1st & goal at opp 8
Larry Wooden run for 1 yd to the Rice 7
6:55
2nd & goal at opp 7
Lucious Stanley run for 7 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)UAB 7, Rice 6
Rice Punt, 4 plays
6:55
1st & 0 at own 35
Antonio Moultrie kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
6:55
1st & 10 at own 25
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jack Bradley for 22 yds to the Rice 47 for a 1ST down
6:55
1st & 10 at own 47
Khalan Griffin run for 2 yds to the Rice 49
6:55
2nd & 8 at own 49
Khalan Griffin run for 2 yds to the UAB 49
6:55
3rd & 6 at opp 49
JoVoni Johnson sacked by Tyree Turner for a loss of 1 yard to the 50 yard line
6:55
4th & 7 at the 50
Charlie Mendes punt for 39 yds, fair catch by Myron Mitchell at the UAB 11
UAB Punt, 6 plays
4:11
1st & 10 at own 11
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for a loss of 2 yards to the UAB 9
4:11
2nd & 12 at own 9
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 7 yds to the UAB 16
4:11
3rd & 5 at own 16
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 9 yds to the UAB 25 for a 1ST down
4:11
1st & 10 at own 25
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete
4:11
2nd & 10 at own 25
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 7 yds to the UAB 32
4:11
3rd & 3 at own 32
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Jermaine Brown Jr., broken up by Blaze Alldredge
4:11
4th & 3 at own 32
Kyle Greenwell punt for 51 yds, fair catch by Jordan Myers at the Rice 17
Rice Touchdown, 5 plays
1:19
1st & 10 at own 17
JOHNSON, JoVoni pass complete to BAILEY, Jake for 12 yards to the RICE29 (HARRIS, Brontae), PENALTY UAB pass interference (HARRIS, Brontae) 12 yards to the RICE29, 1ST DOWN RICE, NO PLAY.
1:19
1st & 10 at own 29
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Ari Broussard for 32 yds to the RICE 39 for a 1ST down UAB Penalty, roughing passer (7 Yards) to the UAB 46 for a 1ST down
1:19
1st & 10 at opp 46
JoVoni Johnson pass incomplete, broken up by Damon Miller
1:19
2nd & 10 at opp 46
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for 10 yds to the UAB 36 for a 1ST down
1:19
1st & 10 at opp 36
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jake Bailey for 10 yds to the UAB 26 for a 1ST down
0:47
1st & 10 at opp 26
Timeout RICE, clock 00:47
0:38
1st & 10 at opp 26
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for 26 yds for a TD (Collin Riccitelli KICK)Rice 13, UAB 7
UAB End of half, 3 plays
0:38
1st & 0 at own 35
Collin Riccitelli kickoff for 42 yds , Gerrit Prince return for 10 yds to the UAB 33
0:33
1st & 10 at own 33
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 12 yds to the UAB 45 for a 1ST down
0:25
1st & 10 at own 45
Timeout UAB, clock 00:25
0:25
1st & 10 at own 45
JOHNSTON III, T pass complete to MITCHELL, Myron for 17 yards to the RICE38 (LOCKHART, Kirk), PENALTY UAB holding (TREHERN, M.) 10 yards to the UAB35, NO PLAY.
0:25
1st & 20 at own 35
Larry Wooden run for 11 yds to the UAB 46
0:05
2nd & 9 at own 46
Timeout UAB, clock 00:05
0:05
2nd & 9 at own 46
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 28 yds to the Rice 26 for a 1ST down
3rd quarter8 drives, then UAB 21, Rice 13
Rice Punt, 3 plays
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Antonio Moultrie kickoff for 60 yds
15:00
1st & 10 at own 25
Khalan Griffin run for a loss of 3 yards to the Rice 22
15:00
2nd & 13 at own 22
Khalan Griffin run for 2 yds to the Rice 24
15:00
3rd & 11 at own 24
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Khalan Griffin for no gain to the Rice 24
15:00
4th & 11 at own 24
Charlie Mendes punt for 39 yds, downed at the UAB 37
UAB Touchdown, 1 play
12:46
1st & 10 at own 37
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Myron Mitchell for 63 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)UAB 14, Rice 13
Rice Punt, 3 plays
12:46
1st & 0 at own 35
Antonio Moultrie kickoff for 60 yds , Jordan Myers return for 23 yds to the Rice 28
12:40
1st & 10 at own 28
JoVoni Johnson pass incomplete to Andrew Mason
12:40
2nd & 10 at own 28
JoVoni Johnson pass incomplete to Kobie Campbell, broken up by Brontae Harris
12:40
3rd & 10 at own 28
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for 8 yds to the Rice 36 RICE Penalty, Offensive holding ( Yards) declined
12:40
4th & 2 at own 36
Charlie Mendes punt for 35 yds, downed at the UAB 29
UAB Touchdown, 5 plays
12:00
1st & 10 at own 29
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Trea Shropshire
12:00
2nd & 10 at own 29
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Gerrit Prince
11:45
3rd & 10 at own 29
Timeout UAB, clock 11:45
11:45
3rd & 10 at own 29
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Lucious Stanley for 20 yds to the UAB 49 for a 1ST down
11:45
1st & 10 at own 49
JOHNSTON III, T pass incomplete to SHROPSHIRE, T., PENALTY RICE holding (BIRD, Andrew) 9 yards to the RICE42, 1ST DOWN UAB, NO PLAY.
11:45
1st & 10 at opp 42
Larry Wooden run for no gain to the Rice 42
10:16
2nd & 10 at opp 42
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Samario Rudolph for 42 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)UAB 21, Rice 13
Rice Punt, 3 plays
10:16
1st & 0 at own 35
Antonio Moultrie kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
10:16
1st & 10 at own 25
Khalan Griffin run for no gain to the Rice 25
10:16
2nd & 10 at own 25
RICE Penalty, false start (Jonah Doddridge) to the Rice 20
10:16
2nd & 15 at own 20
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jake Bailey for 4 yds to the Rice 24
10:16
3rd & 11 at own 24
JoVoni Johnson sacked by Kristopher Moll for a loss of 7 yards to the Rice 17
10:16
4th & 18 at own 17
Charlie Mendes punt for 59 yds, downed at the UAB 24
UAB Punt, 5 plays
7:32
1st & 10 at own 24
Larry Wooden run for no gain to the UAB 24
7:32
2nd & 10 at own 24
Tyler Johnston III run for 10 yds to the UAB 34 for a 1ST down
7:32
1st & 10 at own 34
Larry Wooden run for 3 yds to the UAB 37
7:32
2nd & 7 at own 37
Lucious Stanley run for 2 yds to the UAB 39
7:32
3rd & 5 at own 39
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Trea Shropshire
7:32
4th & 5 at own 39
Kyle Greenwell punt for 61 yds for a touchback
Rice Punt, 4 plays
5:00
1st & 10 at own 20
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jordan Myers for 10 yds to the Rice 30 for a 1ST down
5:00
1st & 10 at own 30
JoVoni Johnson run for 1 yd to the Rice 31
5:00
2nd & 9 at own 0
JOHNSON, JoVoni rush for 19 yards to the 50 yardline (MOLL, K.), PENALTY RICE holding off-setting, PENALTY UAB offside defense off-setting, NO PLAY.
5:00
2nd & 9 at own 31
RICE Penalty, false start (Kobie Campbell) to the Rice 26
5:00
2nd & 14 at own 26
JoVoni Johnson sacked by Jordan Smith and Nikia Eason Jr. for a loss of 2 yards to the Rice 24
5:00
3rd & 16 at own 24
RICE Penalty, false start (Jake Bailey) to the Rice 19
5:00
3rd & 21 at own 19
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jake Bailey for 1 yd to the Rice 20
5:00
4th & 20 at own 20
Charlie Mendes punt for 37 yds, fair catch by Myron Mitchell at the UAB 43
UAB Turnover on downs, 4 plays
1:38
1st & 10 at own 43
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 4 yds to the UAB 47
1:38
2nd & 6 at own 47
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 2 yds to the UAB 49
1:38
3rd & 4 at own 49
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Jermaine Brown Jr. for 3 yds to the Rice 48
Q4 15:00
4th & 1 at opp 48
Larry Wooden run for no gain to the Rice 48
4th quarter6 drives, then UAB 21, Rice 16
Rice Field goal, 8 plays
14:55
1st & 10 at own 48
JoVoni Johnson run for 4 yds to the UAB 48
14:55
2nd & 6 at opp 48
Ari Broussard run for 4 yds to the UAB 44
14:55
3rd & 2 at opp 44
JoVoni Johnson pass incomplete to Jake Bailey
14:55
4th & 2 at opp 44
JoVoni Johnson pass complete to Jake Bailey for 20 yds to the UAB 24 for a 1ST down
14:55
1st & 10 at opp 24
Ari Broussard run for a loss of 2 yards to the UAB 26
14:55
2nd & 12 at opp 26
JoVoni Johnson run for 4 yds to the UAB 22
14:55
3rd & 8 at opp 22
JoVoni Johnson pass incomplete to Jake Bailey, broken up by Devodric Bynum
11:14
4th & 8 at opp 22
Collin Riccitelli 40 yd FG GOODUAB 21, Rice 16
UAB Punt, 3 plays
11:14
1st & 0 at own 35
Collin Riccitelli kickoff for 60 yds
11:14
1st & 10 at own 25
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Myron Mitchell, broken up by Andrew Bird
11:14
2nd & 10 at own 25
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Trea Shropshire
11:14
3rd & 10 at own 25
Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Jermaine Brown Jr. for no gain to the UAB 25
11:14
4th & 10 at own 25
Kyle Greenwell punt for 48 yds, fair catch by Jordan Myers at the Rice 27
Rice Punt, 6 plays
10:16
1st & 10 at own 27
Ari Broussard run for 3 yds to the Rice 30
10:16
2nd & 7 at own 30
Wiley Green pass incomplete to Jordan Myers
10:16
3rd & 7 at own 30
JoVoni Johnson run for 7 yds to the Rice 37 for a 1ST down
10:16
1st & 10 at own 37
GREEN, Wiley pass incomplete to BAILEY, Jake, PENALTY UAB holding (HARRIS, Brontae) 10 yards to the RICE47, 1ST DOWN RICE, NO PLAY.
10:16
1st & 10 at own 47
Ari Broussard run for 3 yds to the 50 yard line
10:16
2nd & 7 at the 50
N/A pass incomplete to Jake Bailey
10:16
3rd & 7 at the 50
Wiley Green run for 4 yds to the UAB 46
10:16
4th & 3 at opp 46
Charlie Mendes punt for 44 yds, downed at the UAB 2
UAB Result not recorded, 6 plays
7:41
1st & 10 at own 2
UAB Penalty, false start (Hayden Pittman) to the UAB 1
7:41
1st & 11 at own 1
Lucious Stanley run for 4 yds to the UAB 5
7:41
2nd & 7 at own 5
Lucious Stanley run for 5 yds to the UAB 10
7:41
3rd & 2 at own 10
Tyler Johnston III run for 4 yds to the UAB 14 for a 1ST down
7:41
1st & 10 at own 14
Tyler Johnston III run for 13 yds to the UAB 27 for a 1ST down
7:41
1st & 10 at own 27
Tyler Johnston III run for 4 yds to the UAB 31
7:41
2nd & 6 at own 31
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 1 yd to the UAB 32
7:41
3rd & 5 at own 32
UAB Penalty, false start (Matthew Trehern) to the UAB 27
7:41
3rd & 10 at own 27
Tyler Johnston III pass incomplete to Trea Shropshire
7:41
4th & 10 at own 27
Kyle Greenwell punt for 37 yds, fair catch by Jordan Myers at the Rice 36
UAB Punt, 6 plays
3:10
1st & 10 at own 24
Lucious Stanley run for 3 yds to the UAB 27
3:10
2nd & 7 at own 27
Tyler Johnston III run for 1 yd to the UAB 28
2:22
3rd & 6 at own 28
Timeout RICE, clock 02:22
2:22
3rd & 6 at own 28
Tyler Johnston III run for 9 yds to the UAB 37 for a 1ST down
2:22
1st & 10 at own 37
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for 3 yds to the UAB 40
1:43
2nd & 7 at own 40
Timeout RICE, clock 01:43
1:43
2nd & 7 at own 40
Jermaine Brown Jr. run for a loss of 1 yard to the UAB 39
1:43
3rd & 8 at own 39
Tyler Johnston III run for no gain to the UAB 39
1:43
4th & 8 at own 39
Antonio Moultrie punt for 37 yds, fair catch by Jordan Myers at the Rice 24
Rice Interception, 8 plays
0:49
1st & 10 at own 24
Wiley Green pass complete to Jake Bailey for 16 yds to the Rice 40 for a 1ST down
0:49
1st & 10 at own 40
Wiley Green run for 6 yds to the Rice 46
0:49
2nd & 4 at own 46
Wiley Green pass incomplete, broken up by Devodric Bynum
0:49
3rd & 4 at own 46
Wiley Green pass complete to Jake Bailey for 11 yds to the UAB 43 for a 1ST down
0:49
1st & 10 at opp 43
Wiley Green pass incomplete
0:49
2nd & 10 at opp 43
Wiley Green sacked by Jordan Smith for a loss of 8 yards to the Rice 49
0:49
3rd & 18 at own 49
Wiley Green pass incomplete
0:49
4th & 18 at own 49
Wiley Green pass intercepted Grayson Cash return for no gain to the UAB 2
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