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FINAL Saturday, September 12, 2026

Rice OwlsRice vs Notre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame

0 - 52
Notre Dame Stadium

Scoring by quarter

Rice vs Notre Dame scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4 Final
Rice 0000 0
Notre Dame 2121100 52
Rice vs Notre Dame scoring by quarter
Rice Qtr Notre Dame
0Q121
0Q221
0Q310
0Q40
0Final52

Play by play

Scoring plays: this game · Saved from the official gamebook.

Q1 14:46 Touchdown Notre Dame Boubacar Traore 24 Yd Fumble Return (Spencer Porath Kick) 0-7
Q1 10:30 Touchdown Notre Dame No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete deep left to #6 J.Faison caught at Rice00, for 25 yards to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) 0-14
Q1 3:51 Touchdown Notre Dame No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete short left to #6 J.Faison caught at Rice14, for 11 yards to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) 0-21
Q2 13:43 Touchdown Notre Dame No Huddle-Shotgun #2 N.James Jr. rush middle for 1 yard gain to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN. PENALTY Rice Offside declined #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) 0-28
Q2 4:26 Touchdown Notre Dame No Huddle-Shotgun #2 N.James Jr. rush middle for 1 yard gain to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN. #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) PENALTY #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) PENALTY Rice Personal Foul (#57 A.Clemmons) #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) PENALTY Rice Personal Foul (#57 A.Clemmons) 15 yards from Rice00 to UND50 0-35
Q2 1:17 Touchdown Notre Dame No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete deep right to #14 M.Gilbert caught at Rice00, for 39 yards to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) 0-42
Q3 11:41 Touchdown Notre Dame No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete short middle to #87 C.Flanagan caught at Rice00, for 2 yards to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN. #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) 0-49
Q3 4:21 Field goal Notre Dame #35 S.Porath field goal attempt from 36 yards GOOD (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci) 0-52

Rivalry highlights

Series record
0-6
Rice first, 6 meetings since 1915
Series leader
Notre Dame
Notre Dame lead 0-6 in 6 meetings since 1915
Widest recent margin
53 points
Notre Dame 55-2 Rice, 1915
Tightest recent margin
7 points
Rice 3-10 Notre Dame, 1974
Highest recent total
65 points
Rice 17-48 Notre Dame, 2014

Head to head

Full rivalry page
Rice 0 6 meetings since 1915 6 Notre Dame

Notre Dame lead 0-6 in 6 meetings since 1915 Series leader: Notre Dame.

Team stats, this game

RiceNotre Dame
128Total yards478
64Passing yards360
64Rushing yards118
4Turnovers0
0Sacks1
7First downs24
37Penalty yards20

Key players by position

Starters by position
Rice Pos Notre Dame
Jacurri Brown QB CJ Carr
Tyvonn Byars RB Aneyas Williams
Barry Jackson Jr. WR Jordan Faison
- TE Cooper Flanagan
AJ Brown DL Bryce Young
Austin Harnetiaux LB Drayk Bowen
Jamir Benjamin DB Adon Shuler

Each side's leader at the position this season, by real production. Full rosters live on each team hub.

Rice vs Notre Dame player stats

Passing

Ricepassing
RiceC/ATTYDSTDINT
Jacurri Brown8/126400
Notre Damepassing
Notre DameC/ATTYDSTDINT
C.J. Carr16/2025340
Noah Grubbs7/117800
Teddy Jarrard2/22900

Rushing

Ricerushing
RiceCARYDSTDLONG
Jacurri Brown1632011
Tyvonn Byars72407
DAndre Hardeman Jr.91303
Davis Lane1-100
Notre Damerushing
Notre DameCARYDSTDLONG
Jonaz Walton848015
Aneyas Williams92907
Nolan James Jr.629215
Kedren Young4803
Javian Osborne5406

Receiving

Ricereceiving
RiceRECYDSTDLONG
Barry Jackson Jr.130030
Chris Bruce119019
Braylen Walker212010
Payton Matthews1606
Jordan Clark1505
Ben Grice2-800
Notre Damereceiving
Notre DameRECYDSTDLONG
Jerome Bettis Jr.261056
Jordan Faison454225
Jaden Greathouse348023
Micah Gilbert247139
Logan Saldate336021
Elijah Burress333016
Matt Jeffery228018
Mylan Graham224020
Devin Fitzgerald120020
Kedren Young1808
Cooper Flanagan1212
Nolan James Jr.1-100

Defense

Ricedefense
RiceTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Cooper King105000
AJ Brown7300.50
Stone Combs52000
Koa Akui52000
Kyren Condoll54000
Braden Bays53020
Chibby Nwajuaku40000
Aquantis Clemmons41000
Jo Chavez43000
Jamir Benjamin3100.50
Beau Barton32000
Austin Harnetiaux20000
Notre Damedefense
Notre DameTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Jaiden Ausberry52010
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa5201.50
Jaylen Sneed42000
Luke Talich43010
Keon Keeley31000
Bryce Young3212.50
Elijah Hughes31000
Teddy Rezac3100.50
Ethan Long31000
Rodney Dunham32000
Kahanu Kia2100.50
Drayk Bowen20000

Kicking

Ricekicking
RiceFGLONGXPPTS
No kicking stats
Notre Damekicking
Notre DameFGLONGXPPTS
Spencer Porath1/1367/710

Box score from CollegeFootballData via our data hub. Players link to their profiles.

Rice: last 15 games before this one

7-8 in the last 15 · 20.9 scored · 30.6 allowed
WON 35-28 scored 35 · allowed 28 See game WON 14-12 scored 14 · allowed 12 See game LOST 9-35 scored 9 · allowed 35 See game WON 38-17 scored 38 · allowed 17 See game WON 28-17 scored 28 · allowed 17 See game LOST 13-21 scored 13 · allowed 21 See game LOST 21-27 scored 21 · allowed 27 See game LOST 13-61 scored 13 · allowed 61 See game WON 37-34 scored 37 · allowed 34 See game LOST 14-38 scored 14 · allowed 38 See game WON 24-17 scored 24 · allowed 17 See game LOST 24-56 scored 24 · allowed 56 See game LOST 3-52 scored 3 · allowed 52 See game LOST 10-41 scored 10 · allowed 41 See game WON 31-3 scored 31 · allowed 3 See game

Notre Dame: last 15 games before this one

12-3 in the last 15 · 39.7 scored · 18.8 allowed
WON 27-24 scored 27 · allowed 24 See game LOST 23-34 scored 23 · allowed 34 See game LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game LOST 40-41 scored 40 · allowed 41 See game WON 56-30 scored 56 · allowed 30 See game WON 56-13 scored 56 · allowed 13 See game WON 28-7 scored 28 · allowed 7 See game WON 36-7 scored 36 · allowed 7 See game WON 34-24 scored 34 · allowed 24 See game WON 25-10 scored 25 · allowed 10 See game WON 49-10 scored 49 · allowed 10 See game WON 37-15 scored 37 · allowed 15 See game WON 70-7 scored 70 · allowed 7 See game WON 49-20 scored 49 · allowed 20 See game WON 41-13 scored 41 · allowed 13 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
Rice Split Notre Dame
1-02026 record entering1-0
31Points for41
3Points against13
W1FormW1

Recent meetings

2026
Rice 0 : 52 Notre Dame
2014
Rice 17 : 48 Notre Dame
1988
Rice 11 : 54 Notre Dame
1974
Rice 3 : 10 Notre Dame
1973
Notre Dame 28 : 0 Rice
1915
Notre Dame 55 : 2 Rice
Rice · QB Jacurri Brown
Pass yards
403
Pass TD
2
Comp-Att
35-66
INT
1
Brown rush
495 yds
Jr. rec
102 yds
Notre Dame · QB C.J. Carr
Pass yards
1197
Pass TD
13
Comp-Att
88-124
INT
1
Williams rush
266 yds
Faison rec
371 yds
Rice OwlsRice2026 roster
2 Lucas Scheerhorn QB 4 Gael Ochoa QB 11 Jacurri Brown QB 14 Ayden Wilhelm QB 15 Patrick Crayton Jr. QB 10 Quinton Jackson RB 26 Tyvonn Byars RB 27 Dionne Sims RB 28 D'Andre Hardeman Jr. RB 30 Carson Morgan RB 33 Justin Powell RB 0 Payton Matthews WR 5 Davis Lane WR 6 Ben Grice WR 7 Barry Jackson Jr. WR 8 Colin Leahey WR 13 Max Mosey WR 18 Owen Carter WR 19 Jordan Clark WR 20 Fisher Leftwich WR 21 Sawyer Rice WR 22 Michael Sifford WR 24 Larry DeBose IV WR 29 Jai Jacobs-Ford WR 43 Chris Bruce WR 81 Braylen Walker WR 83 Jackson Ranucci WR 88 Keenan Arcega-Whiteside WR 89 Preston Jackson WR 9 Preston Zinter TE 17 Jake Renda TE 25 Rhys Phillips TE 82 Colten Cole TE 84 Will Swartz TE 86 James Falk TE 87 Jackson DeAtley TE 50 Patrick Valent OL 53 Luke Miller OL 56 Nate Bledsoe OL 57 Leyonte Chandler OL 58 Peyton Farmer OL 59 Colter Alberding OL 60 Leo Bluhm OL 62 Cullen Witt OL 67 Luke Needham OL 68 Scott Becker OL 70 Bennett Eivens OL 71 Cole Principe OL 73 Justin Michaelis OL 74 Clay Mitchell OL 76 Marcus Page Jr. OL 77 Ian Bothwell OL 78 Erben Birkhoff OL 8 Joseph Mutombo DL 11 Christopher Clark-Jolivet DL 15 Matthew Aribisala DL 16 Chibby Nwajuaku DL 21 JD Singletary DL 43 Ian Harrell DL 57 Aquantis Clemmons DL 88 Tyler Lavallier DL 91 DD Oliver DL 92 Luca Akirtava DL 93 Quincy Tchikou DL 94 Braden Bays DL 95 Brock Reddic DL 96 Dillan Botts DL 97 Chris Knauls DL 98 Robert Rooks DL 2 Jo Chavez DE 7 AJ Brown DE 25 Caden VerMaas DE 14 Beau Barton LB 33 Stone Combs LB 34 Kaleb Blanton LB 40 Jayden Cupitt LB 44 Cooper King LB 54 Austin Harnetiaux LB 55 CJ Witten LB 13 Tariq May DB 41 Preston Healy DB 42 DeReyon Jenkins DB 56 Seth Clarke DB 1 Zach Cody CB 4 Tariq Watson CB 5 Jerrick Harper CB 10 Kyren Condoll CB 12 Jamir Benjamin CB 24 Jordan Mitchell CB 35 Elijah Brown CB 0 Daveon Hook S 3 Koa Akui S 6 Dylan Stephens S 18 Ahran Ogbor S 20 Bailey Fletcher S 23 Michael Amey III S 32 Seth Brown S 36 Austin Lee S 28 Enock Gota PK 49 Tommy Bauchiero PK 29 Charlie Durkin P 51 Phoenix Derichsweiler LS 52 Morrow Evans LS
Notre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame2026 roster
9 Teddy Jarrard QB 10 Noah Grubbs QB 12 Blake Hebert QB 13 CJ Carr QB 2 Nolan James Jr. RB 20 Jonaz Walton RB 21 Kedren Young RB 22 Aneyas Williams RB 26 Javian Osborne RB 37 Kurt Smith RB 46 Matt Williams RB 0 Quincy Porter WR 1 Jaden Greathouse WR 3 Mylan Graham WR 4 Bubba Frazier WR 5 Cam Williams WR 6 Jordan Faison WR 8 Jerome Bettis Jr. WR 11 Devin Fitzgerald WR 14 Micah Gilbert WR 15 Brayden Robinson WR 16 Dylan Faison WR 17 Elijah Burress WR 18 Kaydon Finley WR 19 Logan Saldate WR 31 Xavier Southall WR 33 Matt Jeffery WR 7 Ty Washington TE 24 Ian Premer TE 42 Henry Garrity TE 84 Preston Fryzel TE 85 Jack Larsen TE 86 Kaleb Johnson TE 87 Cooper Flanagan TE 88 James Flanigan TE 89 Austin Ratigan TE 50 Sullivan Garvin OL 51 Ben Nichols OL 52 Devan Houstan OL 54 Anthonie Knapp OL 55 Chris Terek OL 56 Charles Jagusah OL 57 Cam Herron OL 58 Matty Augustine OL 60 Max Anderson OL 61 Robbie Wollan OL 64 Joe Otting OL 65 Grayson McKeogh OL 66 Tyler Merrill OL 67 Gregory Patrick OL 68 Charlie Thom OL 70 Ashton Craig OL 71 Styles Prescod OL 74 Will Black OL 75 Sullivan Absher OL 76 Guerby Lambert OL 77 Peter Jones OL 78 Owen Strebig OL 0 Tionne Gray DL 5 Boubacar Traore DL 6 Christopher Burgess Jr. DL 7 Francis Brewu DL 10 Loghan Thomas DL 11 Keon Keeley DL 14 Ebenezer Ewetade DL 40 Dominik Hulak DL 42 Cole Mullins DL 44 Rodney Dunham DL 47 Jason Onye DL 55 Tiki Hola DL 56 Elijah Hughes DL 59 Sean Sevillano Jr. DL 60 Davion Dixon DL 88 Armel Mukam DL 90 Elijah Golden DL 91 Gordy Sulfsted DL 94 Joe Reiff DL 95 Bryce Young DL 3 Jaylen Sneed LB 4 Jaiden Ausberry LB 16 Ko'o Kia LB 19 Madden Faraimo LB 23 Ja'Kobe Clapper LB 27 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa LB 34 Drayk Bowen LB 35 Teddy Rezac LB 38 Tommy Powlus LB 43 Kahanu Kia LB 58 Thomas Davis Jr. LB 1 Dallas Golden CB 2 DJ McKinney CB 12 Jayden Sanders CB 13 Ayden Pouncey CB 15 Leonard Moore CB 21 Khary Adams CB 24 Mark Zackery IV CB 26 Chaz Smith CB 29 Christian Gray CB 32 Nick Reddish CB 8 Adon Shuler S 9 Brauntae Johnson S 20 Joey O'Brien S 22 Ethan Long S 25 Brandon Logan S 28 Luke Talich S 30 Patrick Downes S 48 Chase Young S 35 Spencer Porath PK 36 Micah Drescher PK 18 Erik Schmidt P 39 Jasper Scaife P 49 Andrew Kros LS 96 Joseph Vinci LS
Next up
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Next up
Notre Dame Fighting Irish StanfordvsNotre Dame Week 6 · 2026-10-10 Notre DamevsBYU Week 7 · 2026-10-17 Notre DamevsNavy Week 9 · 2026-10-31

Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

0% RICE
100% ND

Win probability from the current point spread

Last five games

RiceProvided by americanconference.co

DateOppResult
10-03 vsUTSA L 14-16
09-26 atFRES L 24-38
09-19 vsWMU L 21-28
09-12 atND L 0-52
09-05 vsHCU W 31-3

Notre Dame

DateOppResult
10-03 atUNC W 37-26
09-26 atPUR W 49-10
09-19 vsMSU W 27-10
09-12 vsRICE W 52-0
09-06 vsWIS W 41-13

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

American AthleticProvided by americanconference.co

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Memphis 410 .800193112
South Florida 410 .80013373
Florida Atlantic 410 .800186133
UTSA 410 .800157131
North Texas 320 .600203165
Tulsa 320 .600139106
UAB 320 .600120117
Army 220 .50013379
East Carolina 220 .50096101
Tulane 220 .5007593
Temple 230 .400129124
Navy 130 .25010191
Rice 140 .20090137
Charlotte 050 .00086203

FBS Independents

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Lake Forest 400 1.00025647
Notre Dame 500 1.00020659
Merchant Marine 300 1.00014847
Wabash 400 1.00012834
Franklin & Marshall 300 1.00010732
Trinity (CT) 200 1.0007714
Wesleyan (CT) 200 1.0007720
Dayton 300 1.0009041
Hardin Simmons 200 1.0007244
Amherst 200 1.0006235
Williams 200 1.0003614
Montana 410 .800187119
Colgate 410 .80011765
Richmond 410 .800100138
Newberry 310 .75010560
MIT 210 .66711826
Millsaps 210 .66712056
Washington & Jefferson 210 .6678833
Dickinson 210 .6678163
Hampden Sydney 210 .6679489
Coast Guard 220 .500150142
Tufts 110 .5004970
UConn 230 .400180131
Villanova 230 .400103154
West Virginia Wesleyan 230 .40094157
William & Mary 230 .400111205
Centre 120 .3335933
Simpson (IA) 120 .3339494
Erskine 120 .3337578
Coe 120 .3336273
Carnegie Mellon 120 .3335568
Sewanee 120 .3337596
Maryville (TN) 130 .25092128
Beloit 130 .2502178
Lafayette 130 .25084143
Duquesne 130 .25073152
Cornell (IA) 130 .25037117
Tennessee State 130 .25059145
Knox 130 .25035146
Fordham 140 .20089165
Bucknell 140 .20051134
Holy Cross 140 .20093183
Maine 140 .20071161
Florida A&M 140 .20087184
Alameda Coast Guard 000 .00000
Amarillo Field 000 .00000
Birmingham-Southern 000 .00000
Boston University 000 .00000
Camp Grant 000 .00000
Carlisle 000 .00000
Colorado College 000 .00000
Cumberland (TN) 000 .00000
Del Monte Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Detroit Mercy 000 .00000
Drury 000 .00000
Fort Benning 000 .00000
Fort Riley 000 .00000
Fort Warren 000 .00000
Georgia Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Gonzaga 000 .00000
Great Lakes Navy 000 .00000
Haskell 000 .00000
Iowa Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Jacksonville Naval Air Station 000 .00000
Lombard 000 .00000
Loyola (LA) 000 .00000
Loyola Marymount 000 .00000
Lubbock Field 000 .00000
Manhattan 000 .00000
March Field 000 .00000
Mare Island Marines 000 .00000
Marquette 000 .00000
Mississippi College 000 .00000
Nashville 000 .00000
New York University 000 .00000
Norman Naval Air Station 000 .00000
North Carolina Pre-Flight 000 .00000
Oglethorpe 000 .00000
Phillips 000 .00000
Portland 000 .00000
Quantico Marines 000 .00000
Randolph Field 000 .00000
Regis (CO) 000 .00000
Saint Mary's (CA) 000 .00000
Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight 000 .00000
San Francisco 000 .00000
Santa Clara 000 .00000
Second Air Force 000 .00000
Spring Hill 000 .00000
Swarthmore 000 .00000
Tampa 000 .00000
Tennessee Medical College 000 .00000
Union (NY) 000 .00000
Vermont 000 .00000
Whitman 000 .00000
Wichita State 000 .00000
Xavier 000 .00000
Southwestern U 030 .0006486
Bowdoin 020 .000733
Hamilton 020 .0004980
Colby 020 .0002153
Georgetown 030 .0005289
Bates 020 .0001467
Lawrence 030 .00028110
Centenary (LA) 030 .00021117
Rhodes 030 .00020134

Records computed from completed games this season

Rice vs Notre Dame: result and recap

Rice Owls vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished 0 - 52 on September 12, 2026. This American Conference game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the Rice and Notre Dame team hubs, the match center, the schedule and the live standings. For the wider grudge history between these teams, see the American Conference rivalry pages.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the final score of Rice vs Notre Dame?

Rice Owls vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished 0 - 52. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led Rice vs Notre Dame in passing, rushing and receiving?

C.J. Carr (Notre Dame) led passers with 253 yards. Jonaz Walton (Notre Dame) led rushers with 48 yards. Jerome Bettis Jr. (Notre Dame) led receivers with 61 yards on 2 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did Rice play Notre Dame?

This Rice vs Notre Dame game was played on September 12, 2026 at Notre Dame Stadium.