Rice 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 3:50 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Rice Owls will open their 2024 college football schedule versus 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

  • The Owls will have the 26th-easiest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year (62).
  • Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this season (58), Rice has the 98th-ranked schedule in college football.
  • According to their AAC opponents’ combined win total last season (52), the Owls have the 62nd-ranked conference schedule in college football.
  • Rice has a schedule that includes five games in 2024 against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (two of those teams won nine or more games and three of them picked up three or fewer wins).
  • The Owls have four games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.

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Rice Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Owls totaled 362.9 yards per game on offense last year (84th in FBS), and they gave up 364.5 yards per game (54th) on defense.
  • With 28.1 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 51st-worst in FBS last season, Rice was forced to lean on its 56th-ranked offense (29.5 points per contest) to keep it competitive.
  • The Owls averaged 252.5 passing yards per game on offense last season (45th in FBS), and they ranked 43rd on defense with 211.6 passing yards allowed per game.
  • Rice was a bottom-25 run offense last year, ranking 19th-worst with 110.5 rushing yards per contest. On defense, it ranked 71st in FBS (152.9 rushing yards allowed per game).
  • Rice owned 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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