Rice Football Team History
Rice Owls
Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891 Stadium: Rice Stadium Capacity: 70,000 Colors: Dark Blue & Gray Coach: Watson Brown Conference: Southwest-
1984 Season Highlights
Watson Brown enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Rice.
1984 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 8 @
Minnesota
24
31
L
Sat., Sep. 22 vs. Lamar
36
19
W
Sat., Sep. 29 @
Miami
3
38
L
Sat., Oct. 6 vs.
Texas
13
38
L
Sat., Oct. 13 @
Texas Christian
24
45
L
Sat., Oct. 20 vs.
Texas Tech
10
30
L
Sat., Oct. 27 @
Texas A&M
14
38
L
Sat., Nov. 3 @
Arkansas
6
28
L
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Nov. 10 vs.
Southern Methodist
17
31
L
Sat., Nov. 17 vs.
Baylor
40
46
L
Sat., Dec. 1 @
Houston
26
38
L
1984 Season Totals
Record 1-10
Points Scored 213
Scoring Average 19.4
Points Allowed 382
Defense Average 34.7
Opponents Record 66-49
Conference Record 0-8
Home Record 1-4
Away Record 0-6
1984 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1984 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1984 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.