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Rice Weather Splits

Weather-driven scoring, style, and upset shifts.

Rice Stadium • Houston • TX

American AthleticRice Stadium
Team games analyzed
142
Neutral avg points
23.6
Adverse avg points
25.9
Weather delta
2.3

Weather context

Rice performance by game conditions

Weather can change scoring, pace, passing volume, and upset risk. This tab compares Ricegames against FBS baselines across temperature, wind, rain, snow, and other adverse-condition buckets.

The current model analyzes 142 team games, with a neutral scoring average of 23.6 points and an adverse-weather average of 25.9 points. Use the game table to inspect the exact scenarios behind those splits.

Team vs FBS by Temperature

Compares this team's scoring at each temperature range against the broader FBS baseline.

Pass/Rush Shift in Weather Conditions

Shows how the offense leans toward the pass or run as conditions get wetter or windier.

Upset Profile by Scenario

Estimates how often this team gets tagged with an upset in each weather scenario sample.

Adverse Weather Outliers

Calls out the strongest and weakest game outputs relative to the team's neutral-weather baseline.

Best adverse-weather performance

2024 vs Texas Southern: 45.4 points vs neutral baseline

Toughest adverse-weather performance

2018 vs UAB: -23.6 points vs neutral baseline

Game-Level Adverse Weather Deltas

Lists each adverse-weather game with sortable scoring deltas and the underlying conditions.

OpponentTempWindPrecipUpset
20242Windy69.045.4Texas Southern83.1F16.2 mph0.0 inNo
20233Wet59.035.4Texas Southern75.9F8.1 mph0.0 inNo
20228Windy42.018.4Louisiana Tech84.4F16.2 mph0.0 inNo
20147Wet41.017.4Army50.0F8.1 mph0.0 inYes
201315Cold41.017.4Marshall35.8F7.0 mph0.0 inYes
20158Wet38.014.4Army74.5F7.0 mph0.0 inYes
20153Wet38.014.4North Texas73.0F7.0 mph0.0 inNo
20259Wet37.013.4UConn77.7F3.7 mph0.2 inYes
202210Windy37.013.4UTEP77.7F16.2 mph0.0 inNo
202113Wet35.011.4Louisiana Tech53.8F3.7 mph0.0 inYes
201414Windy31.07.4Louisiana Tech68.2F18.3 mph0.0 inNo
20239Windy28.04.4Tulane84.9F16.2 mph0.0 inNo
201513Wet27.03.4Charlotte50.5F8.1 mph0.0 inNo
201810Windy26.02.4UTEP77.2F15.3 mph0.0 inNo
202410Wet24.00.4Navy77.7F8.1 mph0.1 inYes
20215Wet24.00.4Southern Miss80.8F3.7 mph0.0 inNo
20229Windy23.0-0.6Charlotte63.3F16.2 mph0.0 inYes
201712Windy21.0-2.6Old Dominion64.0F24.2 mph0.0 inNo
202014Cold20.0-3.6Marshall41.0F8.1 mph0.0 inYes
202213Wet17.0-6.6North Texas53.6F10.6 mph0.0 inNo
201613Wet17.0-6.6Stanford53.1F4.7 mph0.1 inNo
20159Windy17.0-6.6Louisiana Tech72.0F19.7 mph0.0 inNo
20141Windy17.0-6.6Notre Dame82.0F17.2 mph0.0 inNo
201412Cold14.0-9.6Marshall36.0F4.7 mph0.0 inNo
20255Wet13.0-10.6Navy73.4F8.1 mph0.1 inNo
201811Cold13.0-10.6Louisiana Tech43.3F2.7 mph0.0 inNo
20249Windy10.0-13.6UConn61.0F16.1 mph0.0 inNo
202211Cold10.0-13.6Western Kentucky34.2F4.7 mph0.0 inNo
202212Wet7.0-16.6UTSA45.3F12.4 mph0.1 inNo
20171Windy7.0-16.6Stanford61.9F20.8 mph0.0 inNo
20187Windy0.0-23.6UAB87.4F16.9 mph0.0 inNo

Quick Answers

Rice weather quick answers

Seasons

2,013-2,025

Weather delta

2.34

Games in scope
142
Neutral avg points
23.57
Adverse avg points
25.9
Top outlier
Windy (45.43)