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-
2003 Season Highlights
Ken Hatfield enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Rice.
2003 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Aug. 30 @
Houston
14
48
L
Sat., Sep. 13 @
Duke
24
27
L
Sat., Sep. 20 vs.
Texas
7
48
L
@ Houston, TX
Sat., Sep. 27 @
Hawaii
21
41
L
Sat., Oct. 4 vs.
San Jose State
28
24
W
Sat., Oct. 18 vs.
Navy
6
38
L
Sat., Oct. 25 @
Fresno State
28
31
L
Sat., Nov. 1 vs.
Nevada
52
42
W
Sat., Nov. 8 vs.
Tulsa
28
31
L
Sat., Nov. 15 @
Southern Methodist
41
20
W
Sat., Nov. 22 vs.
Texas El Paso
45
14
W
Sat., Nov. 29 @
Louisiana Tech
49
14
W
2003 Season Totals
Record 5-7
Points Scored 343
Scoring Average 28.6
Points Allowed 378
Defense Average 31.5
Opponents Record 71-81
Conference Record 4-3
Home Record 3-3
Away Record 2-4
2003 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
2003 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
2003 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
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.