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Game Preview: Houston's Home Opener Against Rice For The Bayou Bucket

RICE at HOUSTON
Saturday, Sept. 16 • 8 p.m. • ESPN3
TDECU Stadium (40,000/Synthetic Turf)
Houston, Texas

Television
ESPN3
Robert Lee and Stanford Routt

Radio
KPRC-AM 950 (Houston flagship)

THE GAME • THE BAYOU BUCKET
Saturday’s game will be the 41st meeting between Houston and Rice … The schools met annually from 1971-95 and also played each year from 1999-2013 … Houston holds a 29-11 series lead and has taken the last three meetings, including a 31-26 decision in 2013 … The Houston and Rice campuses are separated by five miles.