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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: Ken Hatfield
Conference: Western Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1912  <-- 1997 <- 1998 -> 1999 --> 2024
1998 Season Highlights
 Ken Hatfield enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Rice.
 
1998 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 5  vs. Southern Methodist  23   17   W       
 Sat., Sep. 12  @ Purdue  19   21   L       
 Sat., Sep. 19  vs. Northwestern  14   23   L       
 Sat., Sep. 26  @ Texas  21   59   L       
 Sat., Oct. 10  @ San Jose State  17   20   L       
 Sat., Oct. 17  vs. Tulsa  14   10   W       
 Sat., Oct. 24  @ Wyoming  24   34   L       
 Sat., Oct. 31  vs. Colorado State  35   23   W       
 Sat., Nov. 7  @ Texas Christian  14   12   W       
 Sat., Nov. 14  vs. Nevada Las Vegas  38   16   W       
 Sat., Nov. 21  @ Air Force  16   22   L       
 
1998 Season Totals
  Record5-6
  Points Scored235
  Scoring Average21.4
  Points Allowed257
  Defense Average23.4
  Opponents Record69-62
  Conference Record4-3
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record1-5
1998 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1998 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Brigham Young 9-5402290Lost  27-417-2265176  Lavell Edwards
Colorado State 8-4345263 5-3235163  Sonny Lubick
New Mexico 3-9274397 1-7164286  Rocky Long
Air Force 12-1468185Won  45-258-1297146  Fisher DeBerry
San Diego State 7-5243244Lost  13-207-1194128  Ted Tollner
Wyoming 8-3222215 6-2165171  Dana Dimel
Utah 7-4339227 5-3246162  Ron McBride
Fresno State 5-6265225 5-3192135  Pat Hill
Rice 5-6235257 4-3143138  Ken Hatfield
Texas Christian 7-5267235Won  28-193-4139151  Dennis Franchione
Southern Methodist 5-7225248 3-4112107  Mike Cavan
San Jose State 4-8274385 3-5210235  Dave Baldwin
Texas El Paso 3-8226305 3-5173204  Charlie Bailey
Tulsa 4-7222258 1-697164  Dave Rader
Hawaii 0-12149422 0-8105280  Fred vonAppen
Nevada Las Vegas 0-11156389 0-8122265  Jeff Horton

1998 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1998 All Western Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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