Rice finally rewrote the win column last Saturday night at Rice Stadium. After withstanding a brutal non-conference schedule featuring Arkansas, Houston, and Texas, the Owls regrouped to defeat Texas Southern of the FCS, 48-34. The 48 points scored double Rice’s entire output from its first three games.
Rice asserted itself from the opening play of scrimmage — a 73-yard touchdown pass from Jake Constantine to Cedric Patterson III. The Owls also scored via a 64-yard rush from Jordan Myers to add explosiveness to an offense which only manufactured one 40-yard play in its first three showings. Prior to Week 4, Rice managed just seven points in its nine previous quarters, but Saturday resulted in the program’s highest point total since October 2016.