THIRD AND DATA

Week 2 · 2026

Rice at #3 Notre Dame

Sat 09/12/2026 03:30 PMNotre Dame Stadium

84°Mostly Cloudy9 mph SSW · 55% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station

Rice

0

1–7

#3 Notre Dame

52

7–1

Attendance

—

not yet reported

Rice11 drives · 0 scoring · avg start own 23

Notre Dame10 drives · 7 scoring · avg start own 42

1st quarter

15:00RICEown 25own 273 plays, -1 ydDefensive TD +7 ND0–7
14:46RICEown 25opp 427 plays, 13 ydTurnover +14 ND0–21
11:36NDopp 38opp 34 plays, 38 ydTouchdown +7 ND0–14
10:30RICEown 25opp 426 plays, -12 ydPunt0–14
7:58NDown 42opp 38 plays, 58 ydTouchdown +7 ND0–21
3:51RICEown 25opp 256 plays, 0 ydPunt0–21
1:38NDown 36opp 310 plays, 64 ydTouchdown +7 ND0–28

2nd quarter

13:43RICEown 25opp 4210 plays, 17 ydPunt0–28
8:54NDown 20opp 4110 plays, 21 ydPunt0–28
5:55RICEown 13own 64 plays, -7 ydTurnover0–28
4:55NDopp 6opp 33 plays, 6 ydTouchdown +7 ND0–35
4:23RICEown 32own 385 plays, 4 ydPunt0–35
1:59NDopp 38goal line2 plays, 38 ydTouchdown +7 ND0–42
1:17RICEown 25own 455 plays, 20 ydEnd of period0–42

3rd quarter

15:00NDown 25opp 39 plays, 75 ydTouchdown +7 ND0–49
11:41RICEown 25opp 246 plays, -1 ydPunt0–49
9:22NDown 33opp 1812 plays, 49 ydField goal +3 ND0–52
4:21RICEown 25opp 276 plays, 2 ydPunt0–52
2:49NDown 32own 914 plays, 59 ydOn downs0–52

4th quarter

12:03RICEown 9own 2015 plays, 75 ydTurnover0–52
5:54NDown 16opp 3011 plays, 54 ydEnd of period0–52

Field position is where the drive started and ended, from the offense’s point of view. Score is Rice–Notre Dame after the drive.

Previous 5 meetings vs. Rice

Notre Dame 5–0 vs Rice

  • 2014 · wk 1Rice 17 @ Notre Dame 48
  • 1988 · wk 11Rice 11 @ Notre Dame 54
  • 1974 · wk 6Rice 3 @ Notre Dame 10
  • 1973 · wk 7Notre Dame 28 @ Rice 0
  • 1915 · wk 11Notre Dame 55 @ Rice 2

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