Rice 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 7:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Rice Owls will open their 2024 college football schedule against Sam Houston on August 31 — see below for more.

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2024 Rice Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
Sam Houston August 31 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+)
Texas Southern (FCS) September 7 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+)
@ Houston September 14 | 8:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+)
@ Army September 21 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub CBS Sports Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Charlotte September 28 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
UTSA October 12 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Tulane October 19 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ UConn October 26 | 3:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub CBS Sports Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Navy November 2 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Memphis November 8 | 9:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN2 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ UAB November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
South Florida November 30 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA

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Rice 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total from last season (62), the Owls have the 26th-easiest schedule in college football.
  • Rice will face the 98th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (58).
  • According to their AAC opponents’ combined win total last year (52), the Owls have the 62nd-ranked conference schedule in college football.
  • Rice will play five games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes two teams that ended with nine or more victories and three squads with three or fewer wins last season.
  • The Owls have four teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Rice Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Owls totaled 362.9 yards per game on offense last season (84th in FBS), and they ranked 54th on defense with 364.5 yards allowed per game.
  • Rice ranked 56th in scoring offense (29.5 points per game) and 83rd in scoring defense (28.1 points allowed per game) last season.
  • The Owls averaged 252.5 passing yards per game on offense last year (45th in FBS), and they allowed 211.6 passing yards per game (43rd) on the other side of the ball.
  • Rice was a bottom-25 run offense last season, ranking 19th-worst with 110.5 rushing yards per game. On the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 71st in FBS (152.9 rushing yards allowed per game).
  • Rice had the worst turnover margin in college football last season at -13, forcing 12 turnovers (117th in FBS) while turning it over 25 times (126th in FBS).

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