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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:
Conference: Conference USA-West

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Rice News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1912  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1934, 1937, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1994
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 429-564-32
 Winning Pct. 43.2%
 National Championships 0
 Conference USA Conference Titles 0
 Other Conference Titles 7
 Conference Record 8-16-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 299-262-20
 Away Record 125-298-12
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 101
 Winning Seasons (#1) 43
 Losing Seasons (#1)55
 Most Wins in A Season 10 (2008)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (1988)
 10 Win Seasons 2
 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 57 (9/23/1944)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 77 (9/24/1977)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 133 (10/2/2004)
 Last Shutout 9/2/1995
 Last Time Shutout 10/28/2000
 Shutouts All-Time 118
 Been Shutout All-Time 118
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 12 (10/8/1949-10/14/1950)
 Longest Losing  18 (10/3/1987-11/26/1988)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 5-4-0
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 3-1-0
 Orange 1-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-1-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  54-88
 1990-99 52-57-1
 1980-89 22-87-1
 1970-79 29-77-3
 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
 8/30/2012 (Thu)  
vs. UCLA in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Time: Rice lost 16-26 in 2006.
All-Time:
 Rice vs. UCLA 0-4-0 0.0% 
 
2012 Season
 Thu., Aug. 30  vs. UCLA
 Sat., Sep. 8  @ Kansas
 Sat., Sep. 15  @ Louisiana Tech
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Marshall
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Houston
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Memphis
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Texas-San Antonio
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Tulsa
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Southern Miss
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Tulane
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Southern Methodist
 Sat., Nov. 24  @ Texas-El Paso
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Conference USA West Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Rice & Texas have played 93 games.
Rice has won 21 games.
Texas has won 71 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-13
 10 or more 54-75
 20 or more  49-45
 30 or more 39-13
 40 or more 23-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 3-0
 10 or more 51-88
 20 or more 33-86
 30 or more 17-74
 40 or more 6-42
 
  
 
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

Before every home game, flowers are placed at the graves of every former Uga (the English Bulldog mascot of Georgia).