Rice Football Team History
Rice Owls
Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891 Stadium: Rice Stadium Capacity: 70,000 Colors: Dark Blue & Gray Coach: Fred Goldsmith Conference: Southwest-
1989 Season Highlights
Fred Goldsmith enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Rice.
1989 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 2 @
Southern Methodist
35
6
W
Sat., Sep. 9 @
Tulane
19
20
L
Sat., Sep. 23 vs. Louisiana Lafayette
3
18
L
Sat., Sep. 30 @
Wake Forest
17
17
T
Sat., Oct. 7 @
Texas
30
31
L
Sat., Oct. 14 vs.
Texas Christian
16
30
L
Sat., Oct. 21 @
Texas Tech
25
41
L
Sat., Oct. 28 vs.
Texas A&M
7
45
L
Sat., Nov. 4 vs.
Arkansas
17
38
L
Sat., Nov. 18 @
Baylor
6
3
W
Sat., Dec. 2 vs.
Houston
0
64
L
1989 Season Totals
Record 2-8
-1
Points Scored 175
Scoring Average 15.9
Points Allowed 313
Defense Average 28.5
Opponents Record 58-55
Conference Record 2-6
Home Record 0-5
Away Record 2-3
-1
1989 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1989 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1989 All Southwest 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.