2017 Rice Owls football team

2017 Rice Owls football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
2017 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	David Bailiff (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Billy Lynch (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Stewart (1st season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium (Capacity: 47,000)

2017 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
UAB		0	–	0		0	–	0
UTEP		0	–	0		0	–	0
UTSA		0	–	0		0	–	0

Championship: December 2, 2017
As of August 9, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Rice Owls football team will represent Rice University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls will play their home games at the Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and will compete in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They will be led by eleventh year head coach David Bailiff.

Schedule

Rice announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 5 home, 6 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Owls will host CUSA foes FIU, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Old Dominion, UAB, UTEP, and UTSA^[1]

The Owls will host one of the four non-conference opponents, Army who is independent from a conference and travel to Houston from the American Athletic Conference and Pittsburgh from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Rice will travel to Sydney, Australia to face Stanford from the Pac-12 Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV
August 26	9:00 PM	vs. Stanford*	Allianz Stadium • Sydney, Australia (Sydney Cup)	ESPN
September 9	7:00 PM	at UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
September 16	7:00 PM	at Houston*	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)	ESPN3
September 23	6:30 PM	FIU	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
September 30		at Pittsburgh*	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA
October 7	5:30 PM	Army*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	beIN
October 21		at UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
October 28	2:30 PM	Louisiana Tech	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
November 4		at UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL
November 11	2:30 PM	Southern Miss	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
November 18	1:00 PM	at Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	ESPN3
November 25	12:00 PM	North Texas	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

References

↑ "C-USA Announces 2017 Football Schedules" (Press release). Rice University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
↑ "2017 Rice Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.

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