Game Preview
On Thursday at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, the Tulsa Hurricanes welcome the Rice Owls in an AAC matchup. Although Rice comes into this game at .500, they lost their most recent game shockingly and have lost a pair of their past 3 games overall. Tulsa will be happy to return to their home for this game and also wants to bounce back into the winning column. Although Tulsa has triumphed in 6 of the 8 contests overall, these two haven’t faced off in a decade, with Rice taking the victory the last time out.
This year, the Rice Owls offense has proved to be something elegant, ranking 24th in EPA per play, thirty-second in success rate, and the nineteenth in explosiveness heading into this contest. Marquis Tuiasosopo, a third-year offensive coordinator, has a squad that regularly runs the chains and makes big plays. The risky passing approach that ranks twelfth in EPA per pass and fifteenth in passing success rate has served as the calling card. Given that the Owls pass at what is the seventh-highest rate for the country, Tuiasosopo has largely relied on this vertical approach.
Leading the way for Rice this campaign with 1,831 passing yards, JT Daniels has 15 passes for touchdowns and 5 interceptions while completing 63.6% of his attempts.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane hasn’t played well defensively, coming in at 87th in terms of success rate and explosiveness, and 97th in EPA per play. In this game, it’s especially concerning because the secondary has consistently been outperformed, ranking in 116th in EPA per pass and 119th in throwing success rate. Although the Golden Hurricane rank 9th nationwide in rush rate and 7th in passing explosiveness, they have made the majority of their offensive gains through huge plays through the air.
Cardell Williams has completed 62 of 102 passes for 955 yards and 8 touchdowns against 7 interceptions for an average passing yardage of 159.2 per game. Averaging 18.3 yards per carry, he has also carried the ball 37 times totaling 110 yards and 3 touchdowns.
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Rice vs Tulsa Game Information
- Date: 10/19/2023
- Time: 07:00 PM ET
- Location: Chapman Stadium.
- How to Watch Rice vs Tulsa: ESPN
- Live Stream: fubo.tv
