2018_Rice_Owls_football_team

2018 Rice Owls football team

American college football season

The 2018 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at the Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Mike Bloomgren. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	6:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 31–28	20,050
September 1	11:00 a.m.	Houston*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	CBSSN	L 27–45	26,390
September 8	11:00 p.m.	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Stadium	L 29–43	23,112
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN+	L 22–40	20,159
September 29	2:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest*	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCRSN	L 24–56	24,519
October 6	6:00 p.m.	UTSA	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 3–20	19,170
October 13	12:00 p.m.	UAB	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	L 0–42	18,916
October 20	6:30 p.m.	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL	ESPN+	L 17–36	13,741
October 27	3:00 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN+	L 17–41	25,375
November 3	2:30 p.m.	UTEP	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 26–34	18,420
November 10	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN+	L 13–28	15,283
November 17	6:30 p.m.	at No. 10 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	L 10–42	100,323
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 27–13	18,083
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	21	7	0	28
Owls	13	6	0	12	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	3	14	14	14	45
Owls	7	17	3	0	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	3	3	16	29
Rainbow Warriors	14	7	7	15	43

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Middle Tennessee x	7	–	1	8	–	6
Marshall	6	–	2	9	–	4
FIU	6	–	2	9	–	4
Charlotte	4	–	4	5	–	7
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	5	–	7
Old Dominion	2	–	6	4	–	8
Western Kentucky	2	–	6	3	–	9
West Division
UAB x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
North Texas	5	–	3	9	–	4
Louisiana Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Southern Miss	5	–	3	6	–	5
UTSA	2	–	6	3	–	9
UTEP	1	–	7	1	–	11
Rice	1	–	7	2	–	11
Championship: UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	8	7	0	7	22
Golden Eagles	10	14	10	6	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	3	14	7	24
Demon Deacons	21	21	14	0	56

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	3	7	0	17
Mean Green	10	7	3	21	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	3	0	7	10
No. 10 Tigers	14	14	7	7	42