Rice Owls vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish

College Football

Rice

1-1

0-52

Final

Notre Dame

2-0

Notre Dame Stadium

Drive chart

Drives

End of Game
Fumble
Downs
Punt
Field Goal
Punt

Team	1	2	3	4	T
RICE	0	0	0	0	0
ND	21	21	10	0	52

Who won: Notre Dame 52-0

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the Rice Owls 52-0 on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Notre Dame Stadium. The Notre Dame outscored the Rice 21-0 in the 1st quarter. CJ Carr led the Notre Dame in passing yards (16/20, 253 YDS, 4 TD). Jacurri Brown led the Rice in passing yards (8/12, 64 YDS).

Win probability

100%ND final

RICEND

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Play by play

Q4 0:00
End of 4th quarter.
Q4 0:43
No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Osborne rush right for 4 yards loss to the Rice30 (#94 B.Bays)
3rd & 6 at RICE 26
Q4 1:25
No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Osborne rush right for 0 yards to the Rice26 (#13 T.May; #54 A.Harnetiaux)
2nd & 6 at RICE 26
Q4 1:54
Shotgun #26 J.Osborne rush middle for 4 yards gain to the Rice26 (#44 C.King)
1st & 10 at RICE 30
Q4 2:00
Timeout Notre Dame, clock 02:00
Q4 2:32
No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Osborne rush left for 6 yards gain to the Rice30 (#7 A.Brown), 1ST DOWN
3rd & 3 at RICE 36
Q4 3:19
No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Osborne rush right for 2 yards loss to the Rice36 (#94 B.Bays)
2nd & 1 at RICE 34
Q4 3:49
No Huddle-Shotgun #9 T.Jarrard pass complete short right to #19 L.Saldate caught at Rice38, for 9 yards to the Rice34 (#1 Z.Cody), out of bounds
1st & 10 at RICE 43
Q4 4:23
No Huddle-Shotgun #9 T.Jarrard pass complete short left to #11 D.Fitzgerald caught at UND41, for 20 yards to the Rice43 (#34 K.Blanton), 1ST DOWN
1st & 10 at ND 37
Q4 5:05
No Huddle-Shotgun #20 J.Walton rush right for 15 yards gain to the UND37 (#44 C.King), 1ST DOWN
2nd & 4 at ND 22
Q4 5:48
Shotgun #20 J.Walton rush right for 6 yards gain to the UND22 (#44 C.King; #57 A.Clemmons)
1st & 10 at ND 16
Q4 5:54
Timeout Rice, clock 05:54
Q4 5:54
TO
No Huddle-Shotgun #11 J.Brown rush right for 4 yards gain to the UND16 fumbled by #11 J.Brown at UND13 forced by #43 K.Kia recovered by UND #44 R.Dunham at UND16, End Of Play
1st & 10 at ND 20
Q4 6:32
Shotgun #11 J.Brown pass complete short right to #81 B.Walker caught at UND22, for 10 yards to the UND20 (#24 M.Zackery IV; #22 E.Long), 1ST DOWN
4th & 2 at ND 30
Q4 6:42
Timeout Rice, clock 06:42
Q4 7:11
Shotgun #11 J.Brown pass complete short left to #0 P.Matthews caught at UND31, for 6 yards to the UND30 (#35 T.Rezac)
3rd & 8 at ND 36
Q4 7:21
Timeout Rice, clock 07:21
Q4 7:21
Shotgun #11 J.Brown pass incomplete deep middle to #7 B.Jackson Jr. thrown to UND06
2nd & 8 at ND 36
Q4 8:00
Shotgun #28 D.Hardeman rush middle for 2 yards gain to the UND36 (#35 T.Rezac; #20 J.O'Brien)
1st & 10 at ND 38
Q4 8:38
Shotgun #11 J.Brown rush left for 8 yards gain to the UND38 (#22 E.Long), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
2nd & 7 at ND 46
Q4 9:15
Shotgun #28 D.Hardeman rush middle for 3 yards gain to the UND46 (#20 J.O'Brien; #42 C.Mullins)
1st & 10 at ND 49
Q4 9:49
Shotgun #11 J.Brown rush middle for 4 yards gain to the UND49 (#59 S.Sevillano Jr.), 1ST DOWN
4th & 2 at RICE 47
Q4 10:25
Shotgun #28 D.Hardeman rush middle for 1 yard loss to the Rice47 (#43 K.Kia; #35 T.Rezac)
3rd & 1 at RICE 48
Q4 11:03
Shotgun #11 J.Brown rush left for 3 yards gain to the Rice48 (#24 M.Zackery IV)
2nd & 4 at RICE 45
Q4 11:32
No Huddle-Shotgun #26 T.Byars rush middle for 6 yards gain to the Rice45 (#19 M.Faraimo; #22 E.Long). #26 T.Byars injured on the play
1st & 10 at RICE 39