Venue & Event Details
Location: Rice Stadium, Houston, TX
Kickoff: 7:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM CST
Broadcast: ESPNU
Weather Forecast
Temperature: 63°F at kickoff, dropping into upper 50s by late evening
Conditions: Clear skies, winds 7–10 mph
Impact: Favorable conditions for both passing and rushing
Injury Report
North Texas Mean Green:
QB Drew Mestemaker (healthy, 2,990 yards, 23 TDs, 4 INTs, 68.8% completion)
RB Caleb Hawkins (healthy, 923 yards, 16 TDs)
WR Wyatt Young (healthy, 781 yards, 8 TDs)
Rice Owls:
QB Chase Jenkins (healthy, 885 yards, 8 TDs, 2 INTs, 69.7% completion)
RB Quinton Jackson (healthy, 758 yards, 6 TDs)
WR Drayden Dickmann (healthy, 302 yards, 3 TDs)
Key Player Matchups
Mestemaker (UNT QB) vs Rice Secondary: North Texas ranks 6th nationally in passing (306.3 YPG), while Rice allows 217.6 passing YPG (67th nationally).
Hawkins (UNT RB) vs Rice Front Seven: Hawkins’ 16 TDs against a defense allowing 144.4 rushing YPG (60th nationally).
Jackson (Rice RB) vs UNT Run Defense: Rice’s run-heavy offense (211.1 YPG, 16th nationally) against UNT’s weak run defense (202.7 YPG allowed, 131st nationally).
Recent Team Forms
North Texas: Beat UAB 53–24 (Nov. 15); Mestemaker threw for 298 yards, Hawkins rushed for 189 yards and 5 TDs.
Rice: Beat UAB 24–17 (Nov. 8); Jenkins threw 2 TDs, Jackson rushed for 81 yards.
Series History
All-time: North Texas leads 20–14.
Recent: UNT won 35–17 in 2024; Rice last won 27–21 in 2020.
Betting Trends:
UNT is 7–3 ATS this season.
Rice is 4–6 ATS.
UNT has hit overs in 6 of 10 games.
Historical Betting Results
UNT has covered in 4 of last 5 games.
Rice has failed to cover in 3 of last 5.
UNT has won 5 of last 6 head-to-head matchups.
Prediction: North Texas 41 – Rice 24
Game Odds
North Texas Mean Green – 18.5
Rice Owls 57.5
Odds Courtesy of Sports Odd Direct as of Friday, November 21, 2025
