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-
1983 Season Highlights
Ray Alborn enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Rice.
1983 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Thu., Sep. 1 vs.
Houston
14
45
L
Sat., Sep. 10 vs.
Minnesota
17
21
L
Sat., Sep. 17 vs.
Louisiana State
10
24
L
Sat., Sep. 24 vs. Louisiana Lafayette
22
21
W
Sat., Oct. 1 @
Texas
6
42
L
Sat., Oct. 8 vs.
Texas Christian
3
34
L
Sat., Oct. 15 @
Texas Tech
3
14
L
Sat., Oct. 22 vs.
Texas A&M
10
29
L
Sat., Oct. 29 @
Arkansas
0
35
L
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Nov. 5 @
Southern Methodist
6
20
L
Sat., Nov. 12 @
Baylor
14
48
L
1983 Season Totals
Record 1-10
Points Scored 105
Scoring Average 9.5
Points Allowed 333
Defense Average 30.3
Opponents Record 52-56
Conference Record 0-8
Home Record 1-5
Away Record 0-5
1983 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1983 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1983 All Southwest 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).