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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: Todd Graham
Conference: Conference USA-West

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1912 <-- 2005 <- 2006 -> 2007 --> 2024

2006 Season Highlights

Todd Graham enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Rice.

2006 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 2	vs. Houston	30	31	L
Sat., Sep. 9	@ UCLA	16	26	L
Sat., Sep. 16	vs. Texas	7	52	L	@ Houston, TX
Sat., Sep. 23	@ Florida State	7	55	L
Sat., Sep. 30	@ Army	48	14	W
Sat., Oct. 7	@ Tulane	24	38	L
Sat., Oct. 14	vs. Alabama Birmingham	34	33	W
Sat., Oct. 21	@ Central Florida	40	29	W
Sat., Nov. 4	@ Texas El Paso	37	31	W
Sat., Nov. 11	@ Tulsa	35	28	W
Sat., Nov. 18	vs. East Carolina	18	17	W
Sat., Nov. 25	vs. Southern Methodist	31	27	W
Fri., Dec. 22	Troy	17	41	L	@ New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Bowl

2006 Season Totals
Record	7-6
Points Scored	344
Scoring Average	26.5
Points Allowed	422
Defense Average	32.5
Opponents Record	77-82
Conference Record	4-2
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	4-3

2006 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

2006 Conference USA-West Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Houston	10-4	462	329	Lost 36-44	8-1	309	193	Art Briles
Tulsa	8-5	350	256	Lost 13-25	4-3	186	129	Steve Kragthorpe
Rice	7-6	344	422	Lost 17-41	4-2	178	170	Todd Graham
Southern Methodist	6-6	325	294		3-3	173	179	Phil Bennett
Texas El Paso	5-7	328	375		3-5	202	246	Mike Price
Alabama Birmingham	3-9	225	297		2-5	160	184	Watson Brown

2006 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

2006 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

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).