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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 489-658-32
 Winning Pct. 43%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 489-658-32
 Winning Pct. 43%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 8
 Division Titles 1
 Conference Record 272-424-12
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 334-298-20
 Away Record 147-350-12
 
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  20-33
 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
 11/23/2024 (Sat)  
@ Alabama Birmingham in a Conference Game
Last Time: Rice won 28-24 in 2022.
All-Time:
 Rice vs. Alabama Birmingham 5-6-0 45.5% 
 
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  
 Sat., Nov. 30  vs. South Florida  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record3-7
  Scoring217-237
  Conference Record2-2
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record0-5
 
2024 American Athletic  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Memphis 10-15-1
Army 9-04-0
Tulane 9-24-0
East Carolina 6-43-0
Navy 7-33-1
Rice 3-72-2
Temple 3-72-1
Texas San Antonio 4-62-1
Alabama Birmingham 2-81-2
Charlotte 3-71-2
North Texas 5-51-2
South Florida 5-51-2
Tulsa 3-71-2
Florida Atlantic 2-80-3
 
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 113-155
 20 or more  105-87
 30 or more 78-23
 40 or more 42-6
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 12-0
 10 or more 101-183
 20 or more 62-175
 30 or more 26-146
 40 or more 10-88
 
  
 
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.

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