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: Ray Alborn Conference: Southwest-
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1980 Season Highlights |
Ray Alborn enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Rice. |
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1980 Season |
Date |
Opponent | Score |
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Sat., Sep. 13 | @
Clemson
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3 |
19 |
L |
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| Sat., Sep. 20 | @
Tulane
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14 |
35 |
L |
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| Sat., Sep. 27 | vs.
Louisiana State
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17 |
7 |
W |
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| Sat., Oct. 4 | vs.
Texas
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28 |
41 |
L |
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| Sat., Oct. 11 | @
Texas Christian
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28 |
24 |
W |
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| Sat., Oct. 18 | vs.
Texas Tech
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3 |
10 |
L |
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| Sat., Oct. 25 | @
Texas A&M
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10 |
6 |
W |
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| Sat., Nov. 1 | @
Arkansas
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17 |
16 |
W |
@ Little Rock, AR |
| Sat., Nov. 8 | vs.
Southern Methodist
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14 |
34 |
L |
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| Sat., Nov. 15 | vs.
Baylor
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6 |
16 |
L |
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| Sat., Nov. 29 | @
Houston
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35 |
7 |
W |
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1980 Season Totals |
Record | 5-6
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Points Scored | 175 |
Scoring Average | 15.9 |
Points Allowed | 215 |
Defense Average | 19.5 |
Opponents Record | 69-58
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Conference Record | 4-4 |
Home Record | 1-4
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Away Record | 4-2
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1980 NCAA Final Rankings |
Rank |
Record |
Source |
was not ranked. |
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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 |
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Some records may be incomplete.
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