Texas Southern at Rice 9/25/2021 - NCAA Football Picks & Predictions

Rice Stadium will host a week four matchup between the Texas Southern Tigers and the Rice Owls. Texas Southern comes into this game winless within 0-2 record on the year following a 66-7 blowout loss against the Baylor Bears. Texas Southern struggled to throw the ball against Baylor using two quarterbacks combining to go 12 for 22 through the air for 120 total yards and no touchdowns.

The only positive for the Texas Southern offense came on the ground combining for 161 yards and one touchdown on 40 carries. Jacorey Howard led Texas Southern with 68 yards on 11 carries, while Andrew Body added 67 yards on seven touches.

The Rice Owls are struggling with an 0-3 record following a 58-0 blowout loss against the Texas Longhorns in week 3. Rice had no offensive production as three different quarterbacks combined to complete 19 of 24 for 128 yards and no touchdowns on the day.

Rice ran the ball well against Texas with 144 yards on 32 carries as a team. Khalan Griffin had the most offensive production for Rice with 52 yards on 7 carries, while Jordan Myers carried the ball seven times as well for 41 yards.