Rice team stats
2008 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 4:03:54 | 18:46 | 3:51:12 | 17:47 |
| Offensive plays | 965 | 74.2 | 939 | 72.2 |
| Total yards | 6,122 | 470.9 | 5,879 | 452.2 |
| Penalties–yards | 64–552 | — | 72–633 | — |
| First downs | 338 | 26.0 | 306 | 23.5 |
| Third down | 92–18051.1% | — | 83–18445.1% | — |
| Fourth down | 8–1747.1% | — | 16–2759.3% | — |
Passing
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 339–51665.7% | — | 271–47856.7% | — |
| Passing yards | 4,489 | 345.3 | 3,699 | 284.5 |
| Yards per attempt | 8.7 | — | 7.7 | — |
| Passing TDs | 48 | — | 34 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 16 | — | 7 | — |
Rushing
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 449 | 34.5 | 461 | 35.5 |
| Rushing yards | 1,868 | 143.7 | 2,376 | 182.8 |
| Yards per carry | 4.2 | — | 5.2 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 21 | — | 24 | — |
Turnovers
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 17 | 1.3 | 32 | 2.5 |
| Fumbles lost | 10 | — | 16 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 16 | — | 7 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 7 | — | 16 | — |
| Interception yards | 278 | — | 104 | — |
| Interception TDs | 4 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 16 | — | 10 | — |
Returns
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt returns | 35 | — | 32 | — |
| Punt return yards | 155 | — | 230 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 4.4 | — | 7.2 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 1 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.