Texas-San Antonio at Rice
HOUSTON (Interstat) — Texas-San Antonio will visit Rice on Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Rice Stadium in Houston. The Roadrunners enter at 3-1. The Owls are 1-3.
Texas-San Antonio is coming off a 59-45 home win over Colorado State. Owen McCown completed 20 passes for 303 yards and three touchdowns and rushed four times for 17 yards. Will Henderson III ran 14 times for 89 yards and a touchdown and added a 3-yard reception. Brandon High Jr. ran 14 times for 76 yards and a touchdown and returned two kickoffs for 69 yards.
McCown, the player to watch for the Roadrunners, also completed 14 passes for 70 yards and rushed three times for 7 yards in a loss at Texas. Texas-San Antonio lost 30-6 at Texas. The Roadrunners also have a 31-26 road victory over Texas State and a 45-16 home win over UT Rio Grande Valley.
Rice is coming off a 38-24 loss at Fresno State. Jacurri Brown completed eight passes for 119 yards and rushed 19 times for 141 yards with a touchdown pass and a touchdown run. Ben Grice ran seven times for 109 yards and caught two passes for 20 yards and a touchdown. Tyvonn Byars ran 10 times for 50 yards.
Brown, the player to watch for the Owls, completed 11 passes for 121 yards and rushed 23 times for 128 yards with a touchdown pass and a touchdown run against Western Michigan. He completed eight passes for 64 yards and rushed 16 times for 32 yards at Notre Dame. He completed two passes for 11 yards and rushed 13 times for 98 yards in a win over Houston Christian. Rice also has a 28-21 loss to Western Michigan, a 52-0 loss at Notre Dame and a 31-3 win over Houston Christian.
Texas-San Antonio is 2-0 at home and 1-1 on the road this season. Rice is 1-1 at home and 0-2 on the road. The Roadrunners have won two of their last three games. The Owls have lost three straight. Texas-San Antonio’s only loss came on the road at Texas. Rice’s only win came at home against Houston Christian.
After this game, Texas-San Antonio will host South Florida, Navy, North Texas and Tulsa, and visit Tulane, Florida Atlantic and UAB. Rice will travel to East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, North Texas and Temple and host Tulsa, Tulane and Army.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Texas-San Antonio 54, Rice 34. Rice has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -12.5. The over/under for this game is 55.5.