Rice Football Team History
Rice Owls
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Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891 Stadium: Rice Stadium Capacity: 70,000 Colors: Dark Blue & Gray Coach: David Bailiff Conference: Conference USA-West
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2008 Season Highlights |
David Bailiff enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Rice. |
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2008 Season |
Date |
Opponent | Score |
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Fri., Aug. 29 | vs.
Southern Methodist
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56 |
27 |
W |
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| Sat., Sep. 6 | @
Memphis
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42 |
35 |
W |
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| Sat., Sep. 13 | @
Vanderbilt
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21 |
38 |
L |
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| Sat., Sep. 20 | @
Texas
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10 |
52 |
L |
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| Sat., Sep. 27 | vs.
North Texas
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77 |
20 |
W |
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| Sat., Oct. 4 | @
Tulsa
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28 |
63 |
L |
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| Sat., Oct. 18 | vs.
Southern Mississippi
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45 |
40 |
W |
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| Sat., Oct. 25 | @
Tulane
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42 |
17 |
W |
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| Sat., Nov. 1 | @
Texas El Paso
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49 |
44 |
W |
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| Sat., Nov. 8 | vs.
Army
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38 |
31 |
W |
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| Sat., Nov. 22 | vs.
Marshall
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35 |
10 |
W |
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| Sat., Nov. 29 | vs.
Houston
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56 |
42 |
W |
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| Tue., Dec. 30 |
Western Michigan
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38 |
14 |
W |
@ Houston, TX |
Texas Bowl |
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2008 Season Totals |
Record | 10-3
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Points Scored | 537 |
Scoring Average | 41.3 |
Points Allowed | 433 |
Defense Average | 33.3 |
Opponents Record | 76-88
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Conference Record | 6-1 |
Home Record | 6-0
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Away Record | 3-3
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2008 NCAA Final Rankings |
Rank |
Record |
Source |
was not ranked. |
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2008 All American Awards |
Player |
Position |
Class |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Award |
Team |
Source |
Coming Someday |
2008 All Conference USA Conference Players |
Player |
Position |
Class |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Team |
Source |
Coming Someday |
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Some records may be incomplete.
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