2016 Rice Owls football team

2016 Rice Owls football
Conference Conference USA
West Division
2016 record 0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach David Bailiff (10th year)
Offensive coordinator Larry Edmondson and Billy Lynch
Defensive coordinator Chris Thurmond
Home stadium Rice Stadium
(Capacity: 47,000)
2016 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Charlotte   0 – 0         0 – 0  
FIU   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Florida Atlantic   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Marshall   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Middle Tennessee   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Old Dominion   0 – 0         0 – 0  
WKU   0 – 0         0 – 0  
West Division
Louisiana Tech   0 – 0         0 – 0  
North Texas   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Rice   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Southern Miss   0 – 0         0 – 0  
UTEP   0 – 0         0 – 0  
UTSA   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Championship: December 3, 2016
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Rice Owls football team will represent Rice University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls will play their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They will be led by tenth year head coach David Bailiff.

Schedule

Rice announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Owls will host C–USA foes Florida Atlantic, North Texas, UTEP, and UTSA, and will travel to Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU).[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Baylor from the Big 12 Conference and Prairie View A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road games against Army and Stanford from the Pac-12 Conference.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 at WKU Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY      
September 10 at Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, NY      
September 17 Baylor* Rice Stadium • Houston, TX      
September 24 North Texas Rice Stadium • Houston, TX      
October 1 at Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS      
October 15 UTSA Rice Stadium • Houston, TX      
October 22 Prairie View A&M* Rice Stadium • Houston, TX      
October 29 at Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA      
November 5 Florida Atlantic Rice Stadium • Houston, TX      
November 12 at Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC      
November 19 UTEP Rice Stadium • Houston, TX      
November 26 at Stanford* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA      
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Schedule Source:[2]

Game notes

WKU

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Hilltoppers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2015 WKU, 49–10

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Black Knights 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1–1 2015 RICE, 38–31

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Owls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–48–2 2015 BAYLOR, 70–17

North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0
Owls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 2015 RICE, 38–24

at Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Golden Eagles 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5 2015 USM, 65–10

UTSA

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0
Owls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2015 UTSA, 34–24

Prairie View A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Owls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–5 2015 LT, 42–17

Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
FAU Owls 0
Rice Owls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–5 2015 RICE, 27–26

at Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
49ers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2015 RICE, 27–7

UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0
Owls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–7 2015 UTEP, 24–21

at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Cardinal 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 1964 STAN, 34–7

References

  1. ↑ "Owls Face C-USA Champs in 2016 Opener" (Press release). Rice University Department of Athletics. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Rice Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
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