Western Michigan 28, Rice 21 · Box Score

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Final · Week 3 · Sat, Sep 19, 2026

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WMU	7	7	0	14	28
RICE	0	7	7	7	21

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Team stats

WMU		RICE
17	First downs	20
333	Total yards	330
116	Passing yards	121
14-21	Comp-Att	11-18
5.5	Yards per pass	6.7
217	Rushing yards	209
42	Rushes	44
5.2	Yards per rush	4.8
7-14	3rd down	1-10
1-2	4th down	1-2
4-45	Penalties-yards	5-60
1	Turnovers	0
1	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	0
32:53	Time of possession	27:07
1	Sacks	2
4	Tackles for loss	5
1	QB hurries	1
2	Passes defended	1
0	Defensive TDs	0
28	Kick return yards	20
4	Punt return yards	—
1	Passing TDs	1
3	Rushing TDs	2
4	Kicking points	3

Advanced stats

WMU		RICE
+0.13	EPA per play	+0.09
42%	Success rate	44%
1.21	Explosiveness	1.04
+0.26	Rushing EPA per play	+0.11
41%	Rushing success rate	45%
-0.09	Passing EPA per play	+0.08
43%	Passing success rate	42%
46%	Standard downs success	43%
35%	Passing downs success	47%
2.71	Line yards per rush	3.39
1.05	Second-level yards	1.12
1.81	Open-field yards	0.88
14%	Stuff rate	14%
67%	Power success	100%
10%	Havoc caused	11%
4	Scoring chances	4
7.00	Points per chance	5.25
Own 30	Avg. starting field position	Own 29
3	Explosive plays	4
61%	Postgame win expectancy	39%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q11:29
Western MichiganTD
(01:29) Shotgun #12 B.Lowry rush right for 5 yards gain to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:29, 1ST DOWN #32 D.Kelly kick attempt good (H: #25 R.Millmore, LS: #46 D.Doyle)
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yds
7-0
Q25:04
RiceTD
(05:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 J.Brown rush middle for 2 yards gain to the WMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:04 #28 E.Gota kick attempt good (H: #29 C.Durkin, LS: #51 P.Derichsweiler)
Drive: 9 plays, 81 yds
7-7
Q21:48
Western MichiganTD
(01:48) Shotgun #12 B.Lowry pass complete deep middle to #2 A.Chenault caught at Rice00, for 34 yards to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:48, 1ST DOWN #32 D.Kelly kick attempt good (H: #25 R.Millmore, LS: #46 D.Doyle)
Drive: 6 plays, 65 yds
14-7
Q39:15
RiceTD
(09:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #26 T.Byars rush middle for 1 yard gain to the WMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:15 #28 E.Gota kick attempt good (H: #29 C.Durkin, LS: #51 P.Derichsweiler)
Drive: 11 plays, 75 yds
14-14
Q414:19
Western MichiganTD
(14:19) #6 J.Buckley rush left for 1 yard gain to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:19 #32 D.Kelly kick attempt good (H: #25 R.Millmore, LS: #46 D.Doyle)
Drive: 16 plays, 72 yds
21-14
Q41:54
Western MichiganTD
(01:54) Shotgun #24 O.Mataele rush left for 1 yard gain to the Rice00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:54 #32 D.Kelly kick attempt good (H: #25 R.Millmore, LS: #46 D.Doyle)
Drive: 8 plays, 27 yds
28-14
Q40:09
RiceTD
(00:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 J.Brown pass complete short left to #7 B.Jackson Jr. caught at WMU03, for 22 yards to the WMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:09, 1ST DOWN #28 E.Gota kick attempt good (H: #29 C.Durkin, LS: #51 P.Derichsweiler)
Drive: 10 plays, 86 yds
28-21

Score shown WMU-RICE.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Broc Lowry	14/20	116	5.8	1	0	59.6
Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Jalen Buckley	13	117	9.0	1	66
Ofa Mataele	11	62	5.6	1	23
Broc Lowry	17	39	2.3	1	9
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Aveion Chenault	3	62	20.7	1	34
Baylin Brooks	5	31	6.2	0	13
Adam Parks	2	11	5.5	0	10
Emazon Littlejohn	1	8	8.0	0	8
Egypt Nelson	1	5	5.0	0	5
Ofa Mataele	2	-1	-0.5	0	2

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Daeh McCullough	7	1	0	0	0	0
Zavian Tibbs	7	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Pope	6	4	0	0	1	0
Dillon Moore	6	3	0	0	0	0
Brenden Anes	5	1	0	0	0	0
Justyce Betts	5	0	0	0.5	0	0
Domanick Moon	4	2	0	1	0	0
Micah Davis	4	2	0	0	0	0
Ahmed Tounkara	4	1	1	1	1	0
Kouri Crump	4	1	0	0	0	0
Will Gerig	4	0	0	0	0	0
Amarian Louis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Welch	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jordon Thomas	2	1	0	0	0	0
Scoop Gardner Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	1
Jori Benson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dalton Gustwiller	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gian Carter	2	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Franklin	1	1	0	1	0	0
Enese Tonga	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dakari Frazier	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Jarvarius Sims	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Brotherton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost
Joshua Franklin	1	1
Broc Lowry	1	0
Ofa Mataele	1	0
Kordell Gouldsby	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Dieter Kelly	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Ryan Millmore	4	175	43.8	0	2	54

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Joshua Franklin	1	28	28.0	28	0

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Kordell Gouldsby	3	4	1.3	6	0