September 13, 2023
Trivia Answer:
Before Saturday night against Houston, the last Power Five opponent defeated by Rice football was Kansas on September 14, 2013.
Trivia Answer:
Before Saturday night against Houston, the last Power Five opponent defeated by Rice football was Kansas on September 14, 2013.
Trivia Question:
Before Saturday night against Houston, name the last Power Five opponent defeated by Rice football. For a bonus point, when was the game played? Email your answer(s) here.
Trivia Answer:
Since 2018, QB JT Daniels has played for USC (9/15/18), West Virginia (10/1/22) and Rice (9/2/23) against UT at DKR Texas Memorial Stadium. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the quarterback who has started for three different teams against UT at DKR Texas Memorial Stadium since 2018. For three bonus points, name the three teams. Email your answer(s) here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
Penn head volleyball coach is Meredith Schamun, a four-year Rice letterwinner (2007-10). This weekend, the Quakers open their 2023 season with three games at the Houston Christian University tournament. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Ivy League head volleyball coach who is a four-year Rice letterwinner. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
Sarah Piper is a grad transfer from Duke (Biomedical Engineering) on the Rice soccer team. Her brother Philip played soccer at Yale and her sister Grace played soccer at Texas A&M. Both were team captains. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
First, my apologies to Richard Avant and Mike Ross who answered both trivia questions on Thursday!
Name the graduate transfer on the Rice soccer roster with two siblings who also played soccer in college and were team captains for their programs. For two bonus points, name their two schools. Email your answer(s) here.
Trivia Answer:
TE James Casey was a minor league pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization and for the independent Fort Worth Alley Cats before he retired from baseball to pursue his football career, starting at Rice. Lennie Waite, an Olympic Track and Field athlete after her college days, originally played soccer at Rice before switching to distance running events. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Rice Trivia:
Name the former Alley Cats pitcher who will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame on October 27. For a bonus point, name the two-year Rice soccer letterwinner who will also be inducted at the same time. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
Four-year Texas A&M letterwinner Genny Volpe and Houston Community College professor Chris Caldwell will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame on October 27. Table registration is now available here.
Trivia Question:
Name the four-year Texas A&M letterwinner who will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame on October 27. For a bonus point, name the Houston Community College professor who will also be inducted at the same time. Email your answer(s) here.