2017 Rice Owls football team

2017 Rice Owls football
Conference Conference USA
Division West Division
2017 record 1–11 (1–7 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
Florida Atlantic xy$  8 –0     11 –3  
FIU  5 –3     8 –5  
Marshall  4 –4     8 –5  
Western Kentucky  4 –4     6 –7  
Middle Tennessee  4 –4     7 –6  
Old Dominion  3 –5     5 –7  
Charlotte  1 –7     1 –11  
West Division
North Texas xy  7 –1     9 –5  
UAB  6 –2     8 –5  
Southern Miss  6 –2     8 –5  
Louisiana Tech  4 –4     7 –6  
UTSA  3 –5     6 –5  
Rice  1 –7     1 –11  
UTEP  0 –8     0 –12  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2017 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 eleventh-year head coach David Bailiff. They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place in the West Division.

On November 27, head coach David Bailiff was fired.[1] He finished at Rice with an 11-year record of 57–80.

Schedule

Rice announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 5 home, 6 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Owls hosted CUSA foes FIU, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, and Southern Miss, and traveled to Old Dominion, UAB, UTEP, and UTSA[2]

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

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 26 9:00 p.m. vs. No. 14 Stanford* Allianz Stadium • Sydney, Australia (Sydney Cup) ESPN L 7–62   33,101
September 9 7:00 p.m. at UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX CUSA.TV W 31–14   19,136
September 16 7:00 p.m. at Houston* TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic) ESPN3 L 3–38   38,900
September 23 6:30 p.m. FIU Rice Stadium • Houston, TX STADIUM L 7–13   18,932
September 30 11:00 a.m. at Pittsburgh* Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACCRSN L 10–42   33,051
October 7 5:30 p.m. Army* Rice Stadium • Houston, TX beIN L 12–49   21,766
October 21 6:00 p.m. at UTSA Alamodome • San Antonio, TX STADIUM L 7–20   25,270
October 28 2:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech Rice Stadium • Houston, TX FloFootball L 28–42   19,992
November 4 2:00 p.m. at UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 21–52   21,224
November 11 2:30 p.m. Southern Missdagger Rice Stadium • Houston, TX STADIUM L 34–43   18,124
November 18 1:00 p.m. at Old Dominion Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA ESPN3 L 21–24   20,118
November 25 12:00 p.m. North Texas Rice Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN3 L 14–30   17,956
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

vs Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 0 7 7
No. 14 Cardinal 21 17 14 10 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2016 L, 17–41

at UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 3 7 7 14 31
Miners 7 0 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–7 2016 W, 44–24

at Houston

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 0 3 3
Cougars 17 21 0 0 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–29 2013 L, 26–31

FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 10 3 0 13
Owls 0 7 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2014 W, 31–17

at Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 10 0 10
Panthers 21 7 0 14 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 1951 W, 21–13

Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Knights 21 14 7 7 49
Owls 0 0 6 6 12
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2–1 2016 L, 14–31

at UTSA

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 7 0 0 7
Roadrunners 10 0 10 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2016 L, 13–14

Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 14 7 14 42
Owls 0 7 7 14 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–6 2016 L, 16–61

at UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 7 0 14 21
Blazers 21 21 7 3 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2013 W, 37–34

Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 10 12 14 7 43
Owls 0 14 13 7 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3 2016 L, 28–44

at Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 0 0 14 21
Monarchs 7 3 7 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2014 L, 42–45

North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 17 3 3 30
Owls 7 7 0 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3 2016 L, 35–42

References

  1. ↑ Hill, Glynn A. (November 27, 2017). "Rice fires football coach David Bailiff". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "C-USA Announces 2017 Football Schedules" (Press release). Rice University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ "2017 Rice Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
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