2001 Rice Owls football team

2001 Rice Owls football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2001 record 8–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach Ken Hatfield
Home stadium Rice Stadium
(Capacity: 70,000)
2001 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Louisiana Tech †   7 – 1         7 – 5  
Fresno State   6 – 2         11 – 3  
Boise State   6 – 2         8 – 4  
Hawaii   5 – 3         9 – 3  
Rice   5 – 3         8 – 4  
SMU   4 – 4         4 – 7  
Nevada   3 – 5         3 – 8  
San Jose State   3 – 5         3 – 9  
UTEP   1 – 7         2 – 9  
Tulsa   0 – 8         1 – 10  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 PM at Houston* Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic) W 21–14   23,985
September 8 7:00 PM Duke* Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 15–13   17,745
September 20 7:30 PM at Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE L 3–48   77,344
September 29 11:00 PM at Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 27–24   35,443
October 6 7:00 PM Boise State Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 45–14   14,630
October 13 11:00 AM at Navy* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 21–13   29,106
October 20 7:00 PM Nevada Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 33–30 OT  11,390
October 27 1:30 PM at Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA FSN L 38–41 OT  23,368
November 3 6:00 PM at Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA L 24–52   42,881
November 10 2:00 PM Tulsadagger Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 59–32   29,317
November 17 7:00 PM UTEP Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 27–17   11,535
November 24 2:00 PM at SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX L 20–37   14,820
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "2003 Schedule". Rice Athletics. Archived from the original on April 29, 2003. Retrieved October 19, 2012.