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
2018 Season Highlights
Mike Bloomgren enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Rice.
2018 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Aug. 25 vs. Prairie View A&M
31
28
W
Sat., Sep. 1 vs.
Houston
27
45
L
Sat., Sep. 8 @
Hawaii
29
43
L
Sat., Sep. 22 @
Southern Mississippi
22
40
L
Sat., Sep. 29 @
Wake Forest
24
56
L
Sat., Oct. 6 vs.
Texas San Antonio
3
20
L
Sat., Oct. 13 vs.
Alabama Birmingham
0
42
L
Sat., Oct. 20 @
Florida International
17
36
L
Sat., Oct. 27 @
North Texas
17
41
L
Sat., Nov. 3 vs.
Texas El Paso
26
34
L
Sat., Nov. 10 @
Louisiana Tech
13
28
L
Sat., Nov. 17 @
Louisiana State
10
42
L
Sat., Nov. 24 vs.
Old Dominion
27
13
W
2018 Season Totals
Record 2-11
Points Scored 246
Scoring Average 18.9
Points Allowed 468
Defense Average 36.0
Opponents Record 84-69
Conference Record 1-7
Home Record 2-4
Away Record 0-7
2018 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2018 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2018 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 first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.