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Rice Football Team History


Rice Owls
Rice University
 Houston, TX
Founded: 1891
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Capacity: 70,000
Colors: Dark Blue & Gray
Coach: Mike Bloomgren
Conference: Conference USA-West

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1912  <-- 2019 <- 2020 -> 2021 --> 2024

2020 Season Highlights
 Mike Bloomgren enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Rice.
 
2020 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Oct. 24  vs. Middle Tennessee State  34   40   L (2OT)      
 Sat., Oct. 31  @ Southern Mississippi  30   6   W       
 Sat., Nov. 21  @ North Texas  17   27   L       
 Sat., Dec. 5  @ Marshall  20   0   W       
 Sat., Dec. 12  vs. Alabama Birmingham  16   21   L       
 
2020 Season Totals
  Record2-3
  Points Scored117
  Scoring Average23.4
  Points Allowed94
  Defense Average18.8
  Opponents Record23-25
  Conference Record2-3
  Home Record0-2
  Away Record2-1
2020 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
2020 Conference USA-West Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Texas San Antonio 7-5339308Lost  24-315-2204164  Jeff Traylor
Louisiana Tech 5-5267347Lost  3-384-2174174  Skip Holtz
Alabama Birmingham 6-3256193 3-111380  Bill Clark
North Texas 4-6344428Lost  28-563-4224276  Seth Littrell
Southern Mississippi 3-7253323 2-4149156  Jay Hopson/Scotty Walden/Tim Billings
Rice 2-311794 2-311794  Mike Bloomgren
Texas El Paso 3-5184248 0-4109156  Dana Dimel

2020 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

2020 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

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.