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Rice Owls vs. Texas Longhorns
The Rice Owls and the Texas Longhorns will be battling on the gridiron at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium/Jamail Field on Saturday in season-opening action.
Oddsmakers opened the Longhorns as -35-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total opened at 60.
Last time out for Texas, they were a 27-20 loser as they battled Huskies on the road. Texas failed to cover in the match as a -3-point favorite, while 47 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
In their last action, Rice was a 38-24 loser on the road against Golden Eagles. They failed to cover the +6-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (62) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Rice:
Team record: 5-8 SU,7-6 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
Rice is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Rice is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Rice's last 17 games
Texas:
Team record: 8-5 SU,8-5 ATS
Texas is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas's last 6 games
Texas is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Rice
Next up:
Rice home to Houston Saturday, September 9
Texas at Alabama Saturday, September 9