Rice Football Team History
Rice Owls
Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891 Stadium: Rice Stadium Capacity: 70,000 Colors: Dark Blue & Gray Coach: David Bailiff Conference: Conference USA-West
2017 Season Highlights
David Bailiff enters his 11th season as Head Coach at Rice.
2017 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Aug. 26
Stanford
7
62
L
@ Sydney, Australia
Sat., Sep. 9 @
Texas El Paso
31
14
W
Sat., Sep. 16 @
Houston
3
38
L
Sat., Sep. 23 vs.
Florida International
7
13
L
Sat., Sep. 30 @
Pittsburgh
10
42
L
Sat., Oct. 7 vs.
Army
12
49
L
Sat., Oct. 21 @
Texas San Antonio
7
20
L
Sat., Oct. 28 vs.
Louisiana Tech
28
42
L
Sat., Nov. 4 @
Alabama Birmingham
21
52
L
Sat., Nov. 11 vs.
Southern Mississippi
34
43
L
Sat., Nov. 18 @
Old Dominion
21
24
L
Sat., Nov. 25 vs.
North Texas
14
30
L
2017 Season Totals
Record 1-11
Points Scored 195
Scoring Average 16.3
Points Allowed 429
Defense Average 35.8
Opponents Record 82-70
Conference Record 1-7
Home Record 0-5
Away Record 1-5
2017 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2017 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2017 All Conference USA Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).