Rice Football Team History
Rice Owls
Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891 Stadium: Rice Stadium Capacity: 70,000 Colors: Dark Blue & Gray Coach: Ray Alborn Conference: Southwest-
1980 Season Highlights
Ray Alborn enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Rice.
1980 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 13 @
Clemson
3
19
L
Sat., Sep. 20 @
Tulane
14
35
L
Sat., Sep. 27 vs.
Louisiana State
17
7
W
Sat., Oct. 4 vs.
Texas
28
41
L
Sat., Oct. 11 @
Texas Christian
28
24
W
Sat., Oct. 18 vs.
Texas Tech
3
10
L
Sat., Oct. 25 @
Texas A&M
10
6
W
Sat., Nov. 1 @
Arkansas
17
16
W
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Nov. 8 vs.
Southern Methodist
14
34
L
Sat., Nov. 15 vs.
Baylor
6
16
L
Sat., Nov. 29 @
Houston
35
7
W
1980 Season Totals
Record 5-6
Points Scored 175
Scoring Average 15.9
Points Allowed 215
Defense Average 19.5
Opponents Record 69-58
Conference Record 4-4
Home Record 1-4
Away Record 4-2
1980 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1980 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1980 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.