Rice vs. UAB

Rice and UAB have 13 meetings on file, the first in 2005; UAB leads the series 7–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5.

Rice wins
6
UAB wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2005
Longest streak
4 UAB
Current streak
1 Rice
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s1–⁠2
2010s2–⁠3
2020s3–⁠2
Average margin
14.2 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Rice
4–⁠2 Rice’s record at home
At UAB
5–⁠2 UAB’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Rice’s biggest win2025: Rice 24, UAB 17by 7 points
  2. UAB’s biggest win2018: UAB 42, Rice 0by 42 points
  3. Upset2021: Rice 30, UAB 24Rice had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsRiceSeriesUAB
2018–⁠2021Mike Bloomgren1–⁠3Bill Clark

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Rice’s side (Bloomgren 1–⁠3 against Clark). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Rice and UAB, 2005 on13001500170020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Xavier Ubosi UAB4 catches, 196 yards, 2 TD2018 Receiving
Joe Webb UAB20 carries, 194 yards, 2 TD2009 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 8, 2025Rice 24, UAB 17at Rice
Nov 23, 2024UAB 40, Rice 14at UAB
Oct 1, 2022Rice 28, UAB 24at Rice
Oct 23, 2021Rice 30, UAB 24at UAB
Dec 12, 2020UAB 21, Rice 16at Rice
Oct 5, 2019UAB 35, Rice 20at UAB
Oct 13, 2018UAB 42, Rice 0at Rice
Nov 4, 2017UAB 52, Rice 21at UAB
Nov 21, 2013Rice 37, UAB 34at UAB
Nov 27, 2010Rice 28, UAB 23at Rice
Sep 5, 2009UAB 44, Rice 24at UAB
Oct 14, 2006Rice 34, UAB 33at Rice
Oct 1, 2005UAB 45, Rice 26at UAB

Every game is listed as played on the field.