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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: Ken Hatfield
Conference: Western Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1912  <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024
1996 Season Highlights
 Ken Hatfield enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Rice.
 
1996 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 7  @ Ohio State  7   70   L       
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Tulane  21   14   W       
 Sat., Sep. 21  vs. Kansas State  7   34   L       
 Sat., Sep. 28  @ Air Force  17   45   L       
 Sat., Oct. 5  vs. New Mexico  38   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Southern Methodist  35   17   W       
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ Texas El Paso  48   21   W       
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Utah  51   10   W       
 Sat., Nov. 9  @ Brigham Young  0   49   L       
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ Texas Christian  30   17   W       
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Tulsa  42   14   W       
 
1996 Season Totals
  Record7-4
  Points Scored296
  Scoring Average26.9
  Points Allowed312
  Defense Average28.4
  Opponents Record71-57
  Conference Record6-2
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record3-3
1996 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1996 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Brigham Young 14-1590277Won  19-1510-0410170  Lavell Edwards
Colorado State 7-5380336 6-2248169  Sonny Lubick
New Mexico 6-5331280 3-5237233  Dennis Franchione
Wyoming 10-2464284 7-2341180  Joe Tiller
San Diego State 8-3428303 6-2300209  Ted Tollner
Utah 8-4313309Lost  10-386-2224199  Ron McBride
Rice 7-4296312 6-2261194  Ken Hatfield
Air Force 6-5360231 5-3316171  Fisher DeBerry
Southern Methodist 5-6246267 3-4150211  Tom Rossley
Fresno State 4-7267344 3-5199245  Jim Sweeney
San Jose State 3-9221448 3-5168273  John Ralston
Texas Christian 4-7211302 1-5107174  Pat Sullivan
Tulsa 4-7245333 1-6140238  Dave Rader
Hawaii 2-10161433 1-7100315  Fred vonAppen
Nevada Las Vegas 1-11276551 1-8239383  Jeff Horton
Texas El Paso 2-9183314 0-8129278  Charlie Bailey

1996 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1996 All Western Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.