2004 Rice Owls football team

2004 Rice Owls football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2004 record 3–8 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach Ken Hatfield
Home stadium Rice Stadium
(Capacity: 70,000)
2004 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#12 Boise State †   8 – 0         11 – 1  
UTEP   6 – 2         8 – 4  
#22 Fresno State   5 – 3         9 – 3  
Louisiana Tech   5 – 3         6 – 6  
Hawaii   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Nevada   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Tulsa   3 – 5         4 – 8  
SMU   3 – 5         3 – 8  
Rice   2 – 6         3 – 8  
San Jose State   1 – 7         2 – 9  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2004 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 5 4:00 PM vs. Houston* Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic) W 10–7   28,726
September 18 7:00 PM Hawaii Rice Stadium • Houston, TX SPW W 41–29   8,109
September 25 6:00 PM at #5 Texas* Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FSN L 13–35   82,931
October 2 8:00 PM at San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA L 63–70   4,093
October 9 7:00 PM SMU Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Battle for the Mayor's Cup) W 44–10   15,367
October 16 8:00 PM at Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV L 10–35   18,800
October 23 12:30 PM at Navy* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD L 13–14   31,117
October 30 6:00 PM at Tulsa Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK SPW L 22–39   12,218
November 6 2:00 PM Fresno Statedagger Rice Stadium • Houston, TX L 21–52   18,407
November 13 8:05 PM at #23 UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX L 28–35   43,507
November 29 7:00 PM Louisiana Tech Rice Stadium • Houston, TX L 14–51   8,317
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "2004 Schedule". Rice Athletics. Archived from the original on February 8, 2005. Retrieved October 19, 2012.