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-
2022 Season Highlights
Mike Bloomgren enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Rice.
2022 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 3 @
Southern California
14
66
L
Sat., Sep. 10 vs. McNeese State
52
10
W
Sat., Sep. 17 vs. Louisiana
33
21
W
Sat., Sep. 24 @
Houston
27
34
L
Sat., Oct. 1 vs.
Alabama Birmingham
28
24
W
Sat., Oct. 15 @
Florida Atlantic
14
17
L
Sat., Oct. 22 @
Louisiana Tech
42
41
W (OT)
Sat., Oct. 29 vs.
Charlotte
23
56
L
Thu., Nov. 3 vs.
Texas El Paso
37
30
W
Sat., Nov. 12 @
Western Kentucky
10
45
L
Sat., Nov. 19 vs.
Texas San Antonio
7
41
L
Sat., Nov. 26 @
North Texas
17
21
L
Sat., Dec. 17
Southern Mississippi
24
38
L
@ Mobile, AL
Lending Tree Bowl
2022 Season Totals
Record 5-8
Points Scored 328
Scoring Average 25.2
Points Allowed 444
Defense Average 34.2
Opponents Record 82-74
Conference Record 3-5
Home Record 4-2
Away Record 1-5
2022 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2022 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2022 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
During the 1990s, Prairie View College put together an 80-game losing streak. One season, they were outscored each game by an average margin of 56 to 4.