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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: American Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Rice 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1912  
  1975 - Forfeit win over Mississippi State.
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1934, 1937, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1994
2013
Division Championships
  2013
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 490-659-32
 Winning Pct. 43%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 490-659-32
 Winning Pct. 43%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 8
 Division Titles 1
 Conference Record 273-427-12
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 335-298-20
 Away Record 147-351-12
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 113
 Winning Seasons (#1) 46
 Losing Seasons (#1)65
 Most Wins in A Season 10 (2013)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (2018)
 10 Win Seasons 3
 Most Points Scored in a Game 77 (9/27/2008)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 537 (2008)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 77 (9/24/1977)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 517 (2009)
 Largest Margin of Victory 62 (9/7/2024)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 77 (9/24/1977)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 133 (10/2/2004)
 Last Shutout 12/5/2020
 Last Time Shutout 10/16/2021
 Shutouts All-Time 119
 Been Shutout All-Time 121
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 12 (10/8/1949-10/14/1950)
 Longest Losing  18 (10/3/1987-11/26/1988)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 7-7-0
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 3-1-0
 Orange 1-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-1-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  21-34
 2010-19  47-78
 2000-09  46-72
 1990-99 52-57
 1980-89 22-87-1
 1970-79 30-76-3
 1960-69 37-61-4
 1950-59 51-48-3
 1940-49 63-37-4
 1930-39 57-48-4
 1920-29 33-47-6
Next Game
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. Sam Houston State  14-34 L
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Texas Southern  69-7 W
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Houston  7-33 L
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Army  14-37 L
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Charlotte  20-21 L
 Sat., Oct. 5  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Texas San Antonio  29-27 W
 Sat., Oct. 19  @ Tulane  10-24 L
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ Connecticut  10-17 L
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Navy  24-10 W
 Fri., Nov. 8  @ Memphis  20-27 L
 Sat., Nov. 16  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Alabama Birmingham  14-40 L
 Sat., Nov. 30  vs. South Florida  35-28 W
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record4-8
  Scoring266-305
  Conference Record3-5
  Home Record4-2
  Away Record0-6
 
2024 American Athletic  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Army 11-18-0
Tulane 9-47-1
Memphis 10-26-2
Navy 8-36-2
East Carolina 7-55-3
Charlotte 5-74-4
South Florida 6-64-4
Texas San Antonio 6-64-4
North Texas 6-63-5
Rice 4-83-5
Alabama Birmingham 3-92-6
Temple 3-92-6
Florida Atlantic 3-91-7
Tulsa 3-91-7
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Rice & Texas have played 97 games.
Rice has won 21 games.
Texas has won 75 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-28
 10 or more 114-156
 20 or more  106-87
 30 or more 79-23
 40 or more 42-6
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 12-0
 10 or more 102-184
 20 or more 63-176
 30 or more 26-147
 40 or more 10-89
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

While playing for the University of Hawaii from 2000 to 2004, quarterback Timmy Chang set an NCAA passing record with 17,072 yards.