Rice 49-51 Florida Atlantic (Oct 24, 2026)

Scoring Plays All Drives

RICE

FAU

1

14

7

2

7

16

3

21

4

7

49

51

Win Probability

RICE 0%

Final

100% FAU

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1Q 13:44

7 - 0

G. Ochoa 55-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

1Q 07:05

14 - 0

G. Ochoa 52-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

1Q 00:51

14 - 7

B. Hoch 30-yard TD catch from C. Veltkamp.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

2Q 13:34

14 - 9

Safety.

Safety

4th & 13

2Q 09:30

14 - 16

E. Messer 2-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

2Q 05:22

14 - 23

E. Messer 1-yard TD catch from C. Veltkamp.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & Goal

2Q 04:42

21 - 23

G. Ochoa 74-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 9

3Q 12:40

21 - 30

E. Messer 5-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

3Q 12:00

28 - 30

M. Mosey 41-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

3Q 11:15

28 - 37

E. Messer 68-yard TD catch from C. Veltkamp.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 11

3Q 06:46

35 - 37

D. Hardeman Jr. 1-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & Goal

3Q 02:05

35 - 44

C. Veltkamp 1-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

3Q 01:19

42 - 44

G. Ochoa 69-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 4

4Q 03:56

42 - 51

E. Messer 82-yard TD punt return.

Touchdown

Made XP

4th & 11

4Q 03:04

49 - 51

B. Walker 71-yard TD catch from G. Ochoa.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 6

Top Performers

Pass Yds

339

Veltkamp

FAU

Rush Yds

259

Ochoa

RICE

Rec Yds

162

Messer

FAU

Scrim TD

4

Ochoa

RICE

Matchup

Pass Rush Rec

Gael Ochoa

RICE QB #4

Caden Veltkamp

FAU QB #10

80

Pass Yds

339

1

Pass TD

3

0

Int

1

RICE

Team Stats

FAU

600

Total Yds

445

29:03

Possession

30:57

18

1st Downs

29

4/10

3rd Down

7/15

1

Turnovers

1

2026 American Athletic

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

Game Summary

The Florida Atlantic Owls emerged victorious over the Rice Owls, 51 to 49, on October 24.

Game Info

October 24, 2026

ESPNU

Flagler Credit Union Stadium

Boca Raton, Florida

81°

17 mph NNE

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Gael Ochoa G. Ochoa #4	2/5	80	16.0	1	0	1-8	240.4
Patrick Crayton Jr. P. Crayton Jr. #15	2/2	29	14.5	0	0	0-0	221.8

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp #10	29/37	339	9.2	3	1	2-16	176.7

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Gael Ochoa G. Ochoa #4	12	259	21.6	4	74
Tyvonn Byars T. Byars #26	16	93	5.8	0	34
Max Mosey M. Mosey #13	7	84	12.0	1	41
Patrick Crayton Jr. P. Crayton Jr. #15	3	39	13.0	0	31
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. D. Hardeman Jr. #28	10	19	1.9	1	6
Jordan Clark J. Clark #19	1	5	5.0	0	5
Davis Lane D. Lane #5	2	0	0.0	0	0

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Leonard Farrow L. Farrow #5	17	86	5.1	0	19
Easton Messer E. Messer #8	3	18	6.0	2	11
Kaden Shields-Dutton K. Shields-Dutton #28	3	14	4.7	0	11
Ethan Ervin E. Ervin #21	6	7	1.2	0	8
Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp #10	11	5	0.5	1	7
Jordan Magwood J. Magwood #7	1	1	1.0	0	1
Dominique Henry D. Henry #9	1	-6	-6.0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Braylen Walker B. Walker #81	1/1	71	71.0	1	71
Jordan Clark J. Clark #19	2/2	34	17.0	0	25
Max Mosey M. Mosey #13	1/2	4	4.0	0	4
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. D. Hardeman Jr. #28	0/1	0	0	0	0
Preston Zinter P. Zinter #9	0/1	0	0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Easton Messer E. Messer #8	12/14	162	13.5	2	68
Kelby Valsin K. Valsin #2	7/8	78	11.1	0	17
Branden Hoch B. Hoch #0	2/4	38	19.0	1	30
Leonard Farrow L. Farrow #5	4/4	28	7.0	0	12
Owen Pollock O. Pollock #86	2/2	14	7.0	0	9
Ethan Ervin E. Ervin #21	1/1	10	10.0	0	10
Tucker Holloway T. Holloway #3	1/1	9	9.0	0	9
Kaden Shields-Dutton K. Shields-Dutton #28	0/1	0	0	0	0
Dominique Henry D. Henry #9	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. D. Hardeman Jr. #28	1	1	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp #10	1	0	0
Ahlston Ware A. Ware #24	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Koa Akui K. Akui #3	8-6	2	1.0	0	0
AJ Brown AJ Brown #7	8-5	2	0.0	0	0
Jamir Benjamin J. Benjamin #12	6-3	0	0.0	0	0
Kyren Condoll K. Condoll #10	6-4	1	0.0	1	0
Cooper King C. King #44	6-2	0	0.0	0	0
Stone Combs S. Combs #33	5-3	0	0.0	0	0
Daveon Hook D. Hook #0	5-2	1	0.0	0	0
Jo Chavez J. Chavez #2	4-1	0	0.0	0	0
Braden Bays B. Bays #94	4-0	0	0.0	0	0
Joseph Mutombo J. Mutombo #8	4-3	0	1.0	0	1
Austin Harnetiaux A. Harnetiaux #54	3-2	1	0.0	0	0
Matthew Aribisala M. Aribisala #15	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Bailey Fletcher B. Fletcher #20	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Bruce C. Bruce #43	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Ahran Ogbor A. Ogbor #18	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Seth Clarke S. Clarke #56	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Aquantis Clemmons A. Clemmons #57	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Beau Barton B. Barton #14	2-1	1	0.0	0	0
Tariq May T. May #13	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Brock Reddic B. Reddic #95	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Michael Amey III M. Amey III #23	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Robert Rooks R. Rooks #98	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Luca Akirtava L. Akirtava #92	1-0	0	0.0	0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Blake Burris B. Burris #98	8-1	0	0.0	0
Damon Allen D. Allen #0	7-3	0	0.0	0
Joseph Sipp Jr. J. Sipp Jr. #18	7-2	0	0.0	0
Kenyon Garner K. Garner #31	5-2	1	0.0	0
CJ Doggette Jr. CJ Doggette Jr. #1	5-1	1	0.0	0
Leon Hart Jr. L. Hart Jr. #6	4-0	0	0.5	0
Nate Fischer N. Fischer #21	3-3	0	0.0	0
Travis Jackson T. Jackson #27	3-2	0	0.0	0
JK Johnson JK Johnson #23	3-1	0	0.0	0
Jayden Sweeney J. Sweeney #22	3-1	0	0.0	0
Wilky Denaud W. Denaud #2	2-1	0	0.5	0
Bo Simpson-Nealy B. Simpson-Nealy #20	2-1	0	0.0	0
Josh Roberts J. Roberts #10	2-1	0	0.0	0
Ahlston Ware A. Ware #24	2-1	0	0.0	1
Tyson Rooks T. Rooks #19	2-1	0	0.0	0
Jonathan Bax J. Bax #9	2-0	0	0.0	0
Deshaun Batiste D. Batiste #5	2-0	0	0.0	0
Chris Tooley III C. Tooley III #8	2-2	0	0.0	0
Gavench Marcelin G. Marcelin #11	1-0	0	0.0	0
Khmari Johnson K. Johnson #7	1-0	0	0.0	0
Thomas Jackson T. Jackson #45	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jay Crable J. Crable #12	1-0	0	0.0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Tommy Bauchiero T. Bauchiero #49	0/1	7/7	7	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Collin Rogers C. Rogers #41	0/0	7/7	7	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Charlie Durkin C. Durkin #29	1	38	38.0	38

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Reed Chandley R. Chandley #91	5	193	38.6	41

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Max Mosey M. Mosey #13	1	12	12.0	0	0

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Leonard Farrow L. Farrow #5	2	43	21.5	0	0
Tucker Holloway T. Holloway #3	2	36	18.0	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Easton Messer E. Messer #8	1	82	82.0	82	1

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Gael Ochoa G. Ochoa #4	2/5	80	16.0	1	0	1-8	240.4
Patrick Crayton Jr. P. Crayton Jr. #15	2/2	29	14.5	0	0	0-0	221.8

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Gael Ochoa G. Ochoa #4	12	259	21.6	4	74
Tyvonn Byars T. Byars #26	16	93	5.8	0	34
Max Mosey M. Mosey #13	7	84	12.0	1	41
Patrick Crayton Jr. P. Crayton Jr. #15	3	39	13.0	0	31
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. D. Hardeman Jr. #28	10	19	1.9	1	6
Jordan Clark J. Clark #19	1	5	5.0	0	5
Davis Lane D. Lane #5	2	0	0.0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Braylen Walker B. Walker #81	1/1	71	71.0	1	71
Jordan Clark J. Clark #19	2/2	34	17.0	0	25
Max Mosey M. Mosey #13	1/2	4	4.0	0	4
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. D. Hardeman Jr. #28	0/1	0	0	0	0
Preston Zinter P. Zinter #9	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
D'Andre Hardeman Jr. D. Hardeman Jr. #28	1	1	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Koa Akui K. Akui #3	8-6	2	1.0	0	0
AJ Brown AJ Brown #7	8-5	2	0.0	0	0
Jamir Benjamin J. Benjamin #12	6-3	0	0.0	0	0
Kyren Condoll K. Condoll #10	6-4	1	0.0	1	0
Cooper King C. King #44	6-2	0	0.0	0	0
Stone Combs S. Combs #33	5-3	0	0.0	0	0
Daveon Hook D. Hook #0	5-2	1	0.0	0	0
Jo Chavez J. Chavez #2	4-1	0	0.0	0	0
Braden Bays B. Bays #94	4-0	0	0.0	0	0
Joseph Mutombo J. Mutombo #8	4-3	0	1.0	0	1
Austin Harnetiaux A. Harnetiaux #54	3-2	1	0.0	0	0
Matthew Aribisala M. Aribisala #15	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Bailey Fletcher B. Fletcher #20	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Bruce C. Bruce #43	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Ahran Ogbor A. Ogbor #18	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Seth Clarke S. Clarke #56	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Aquantis Clemmons A. Clemmons #57	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Beau Barton B. Barton #14	2-1	1	0.0	0	0
Tariq May T. May #13	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Brock Reddic B. Reddic #95	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Michael Amey III M. Amey III #23	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Robert Rooks R. Rooks #98	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Luca Akirtava L. Akirtava #92	1-0	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Tommy Bauchiero T. Bauchiero #49	0/1	7/7	7	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Charlie Durkin C. Durkin #29	1	38	38.0	38

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Max Mosey M. Mosey #13	1	12	12.0	0	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp #10	29/37	339	9.2	3	1	2-16	176.7

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Leonard Farrow L. Farrow #5	17	86	5.1	0	19
Easton Messer E. Messer #8	3	18	6.0	2	11
Kaden Shields-Dutton K. Shields-Dutton #28	3	14	4.7	0	11
Ethan Ervin E. Ervin #21	6	7	1.2	0	8
Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp #10	11	5	0.5	1	7
Jordan Magwood J. Magwood #7	1	1	1.0	0	1
Dominique Henry D. Henry #9	1	-6	-6.0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Easton Messer E. Messer #8	12/14	162	13.5	2	68
Kelby Valsin K. Valsin #2	7/8	78	11.1	0	17
Branden Hoch B. Hoch #0	2/4	38	19.0	1	30
Leonard Farrow L. Farrow #5	4/4	28	7.0	0	12
Owen Pollock O. Pollock #86	2/2	14	7.0	0	9
Ethan Ervin E. Ervin #21	1/1	10	10.0	0	10
Tucker Holloway T. Holloway #3	1/1	9	9.0	0	9
Kaden Shields-Dutton K. Shields-Dutton #28	0/1	0	0	0	0
Dominique Henry D. Henry #9	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp #10	1	0	0
Ahlston Ware A. Ware #24	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Blake Burris B. Burris #98	8-1	0	0.0	0
Damon Allen D. Allen #0	7-3	0	0.0	0
Joseph Sipp Jr. J. Sipp Jr. #18	7-2	0	0.0	0
Kenyon Garner K. Garner #31	5-2	1	0.0	0
CJ Doggette Jr. CJ Doggette Jr. #1	5-1	1	0.0	0
Leon Hart Jr. L. Hart Jr. #6	4-0	0	0.5	0
Nate Fischer N. Fischer #21	3-3	0	0.0	0
Travis Jackson T. Jackson #27	3-2	0	0.0	0
JK Johnson JK Johnson #23	3-1	0	0.0	0
Jayden Sweeney J. Sweeney #22	3-1	0	0.0	0
Wilky Denaud W. Denaud #2	2-1	0	0.5	0
Bo Simpson-Nealy B. Simpson-Nealy #20	2-1	0	0.0	0
Josh Roberts J. Roberts #10	2-1	0	0.0	0
Ahlston Ware A. Ware #24	2-1	0	0.0	1
Tyson Rooks T. Rooks #19	2-1	0	0.0	0
Jonathan Bax J. Bax #9	2-0	0	0.0	0
Deshaun Batiste D. Batiste #5	2-0	0	0.0	0
Chris Tooley III C. Tooley III #8	2-2	0	0.0	0
Gavench Marcelin G. Marcelin #11	1-0	0	0.0	0
Khmari Johnson K. Johnson #7	1-0	0	0.0	0
Thomas Jackson T. Jackson #45	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jay Crable J. Crable #12	1-0	0	0.0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Collin Rogers C. Rogers #41	0/0	7/7	7	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Reed Chandley R. Chandley #91	5	193	38.6	41

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Leonard Farrow L. Farrow #5	2	43	21.5	0	0
Tucker Holloway T. Holloway #3	2	36	18.0	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Easton Messer E. Messer #8	1	82	82.0	82	1

RICE

FAU

1

14

7

2

7

16

3

21

4

7

49

51

Touchdown

3 plays, 75 yd, 01:27

7-0

Punt

6 plays, 21 yd, 02:32

7-0

Touchdown

7 plays, 77 yd, 04:07

14-0

Punt

3 plays, -3 yd, 01:59

14-0

Fumble

5 plays, 7 yd, 02:09

14-0

Touchdown

6 plays, 53 yd, 02:04

14-7

Safety

3 plays, 2 yd, 02:18

14-9

Touchdown

11 plays, 65 yd, 04:05

14-16

Downs

4 plays, 9 yd, 02:08

14-16

Touchdown

5 plays, 24 yd, 01:52

14-23

Touchdown

2 plays, 75 yd, 00:52

21-23

Interception

10 plays, 39 yd, 03:51

21-23

End of Half

1 play, 3 yd, 00:36

21-23

Touchdown

9 plays, 75 yd, 02:25

21-30

Touchdown

2 plays, 75 yd, 00:46

28-30

Touchdown

3 plays, 67 yd, 00:44

28-37

Touchdown

8 plays, 75 yd, 04:25

35-37

Touchdown

11 plays, 90 yd, 04:41

35-44

Touchdown

2 plays, 75 yd, 00:47

42-44

Punt

9 plays, 26 yd, 04:09

42-44

Punt

9 plays, 29 yd, 05:35

42-44

Punt

3 plays, 2 yd, 01:05

42-44

Punt Return TD

3 plays, -1 yd, 01:46

42-51

Touchdown

2 plays, 75 yd, 00:46

49-51

Punt

3 plays, 5 yd, 00:45

49-51

Missed FG

8 plays, 32 yd, 01:21

49-51

End of Game

2 plays, -3 yd, 00:45

49-51

RICE

Team Stats

FAU

600

Total Yds

445

101

Pass Yds

323

499

Rush Yds

122

14

Total Drives

13

59

Total Plays

83

10.2

Yards Per Play

5.4

12.6

Yards Per Pass

8.3

9.8

Yards Per Rush

2.8

29:03

Possession

30:57

14

Biggest Lead

9

18

1st Downs

29

3

Passing 1st Downs

16

15

Rushing 1st Downs

9

0

1st Downs from Penalties

4

4/10

3rd Down

7/15

1/2

4th Down

2/2

3

Punts

5

1

Turnovers

1

0

Interceptions Thrown

1

Fumbles Lost

0

6

Penalties

6

50

Penalty Yards

45

2

Sacks

1

16

Sack Yards

8

9

Tackles For Loss

2

0

D/ST TD

1

1-7 RICE

FAU 5-2

Win Probability

Top Performers

Matchup

Team Stats

2026 American Athletic

Game Summary

Game Info

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