Rice team stats
2021 season totals across 12 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 6:39:12 | 33:16 | 5:20:41 | 26:43 |
| Offensive plays | 820 | 68.3 | 783 | 65.3 |
| Total yards | 4,329 | 360.8 | 5,238 | 436.5 |
| Penalties–yards | 89–763 | — | 81–792 | — |
| First downs | 234 | 19.5 | 262 | 21.8 |
| Third down | 62–17635.2% | — | 55–14139.0% | — |
| Fourth down | 16–2955.2% | — | 12–1866.7% | — |
Passing
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 205–34459.6% | — | 239–37763.4% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,540 | 211.7 | 3,285 | 273.8 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.4 | — | 8.7 | — |
| Passing TDs | 16 | — | 23 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 14 | — | 15 | — |
Rushing
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 476 | 39.7 | 406 | 33.8 |
| Rushing yards | 1,789 | 149.1 | 1,953 | 162.8 |
| Yards per carry | 3.8 | — | 4.8 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 19 | — | 30 | — |
Turnovers
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 22 | 1.8 | 19 | 1.6 |
| Fumbles lost | 7 | — | 5 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 14 | — | 15 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacks | 27.0 | — | 28.0 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 60.0 | — | 67.0 | — |
| Interceptions | 15 | — | 14 | — |
| Interception yards | 55 | — | 274 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 7 | — | 7 | — |
Returns
| Rice | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 31 | — | 31 | — |
| Kick return yards | 660 | — | 659 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 21.3 | — | 21.3 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 1 | — |
| Punt returns | 11 | — | 31 | — |
| Punt return yards | 102 | — | 232 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 9.3 | — | 7.5 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ 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.