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 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
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
Record 4-8
Scoring 266-305
Conference Record 3-5
Home Record 4-2
Away Record 0-6
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
Touchdowns in college football were originally counted as three points.