2018 Rice Owls football team

2018 Conference USA football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: December 1, 2018
	As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Rice Owls football
2018 Rice Owls football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
2018 record	1–6 (0–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Mike Bloomgren (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jerry Mack (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Smith (1st season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium; (Capacity: 47,000)

The 2018 Rice Owls football team represents Rice University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls play their home games at the Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They are led by first-year head coach Mike Bloomgren.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2017 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.

Preseason

Preseason All-CUSA team

Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Owls having one player selected.^[2]

Special teams

Jack Fox – P

Preseason media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Owls predicted to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.^[3]

Predicted finish	Team
West Division
1	North Texas
2	Louisiana Tech
3	UAB
4	Southern Miss
5	UTSA
T–6	Rice
T–6	UTEP

Schedule

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 (Bayou Bucket Classic)	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+
October 27	3:00 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN+
November 3	2:30 p.m.	UTEP	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3
November 10	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN+
November 17		at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Old Dominion	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:^[4]

Game summaries

Prairie View A&M

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2016	W, 65–44

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	PVAM	Rice
1	4:29	14	86	7:52	Rice	Austin Walker 10-yard touchdown run, Jack Fox kick good	0	7
1	1:53	3	44	0:57	Rice	Emmanuel Esukpa 15-yard touchdown run, Jack Fox kick failed	0	13
2	11:03	9	60	4:09	Rice	33-yard field goal by Jack Fox	0	16
2	9:06	6	75	1:57	PVAM	Zarrian Holcomb 20-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Morton, Zach Elder kick good	7	16
2	4:17	10	47	4:49	Rice	36-yard field goal by Haden Tobola	7	19
2	1:33	7	69	2:44	PVAM	Jose Medrano 2-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Morton, Zach Elder kick good	14	19
2	0:06	4	69	0:34	PVAM	Tristen Wallace 20-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Morton, Zach Elder kick good	21	19
3	8:05	8	94	3:04	PVAM	Bernard Good 27-yard touchdown run, Zach Elder kick good	28	19
4	11:46	4	25	1:53	Rice	Austin Walter 8-yard touchdown run, Jack Fox kick good	28	26
4	10:15				Rice	PVAM rush for loss of 31 yards, team safety	28	28
4	0:00	9	52	4:28	Rice	23-yard field goal by Jack Fox	28	31
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							28	31

Houston

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–30	2017	L, 3–38

at Hawaii

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2014	W, 28–14

at Southern Miss

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2017	L, 34–43

at Wake Forest

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0–1	1990	W, 33–17

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	3	10	0	7	20
Owls	0	0	3	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2017	L, 7–20

UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blazers	14	14	14	0	42
Owls	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2017	L, 21–52

at FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Panthers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2017	L, 9–13

at North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Mean Green					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2017	L, 14–30

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–7	2017	W, 31–14

at Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Bulldogs					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–7	2017	L, 28–42

at LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Tigers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–37–5	1995	L, 7–52

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2017	L, 21–24

References

↑ Hill, Glynn A. (November 27, 2017). "Rice fires football coach David Bailiff". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
↑ http://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/16/football-fb-2018-preseason-awards.aspx
↑ http://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/17/football-fb-preseason-media-poll.aspx
↑ "2018 Rice Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

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[1] Hill, Glynn A. (November 27, 2017). "Rice fires football coach David Bailiff". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

[2] ttp://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/16/football-fb-2018-preseason-awards.aspx

[3] ttp://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/17/football-fb-preseason-media-poll.aspx

[4] "2018 Rice Owls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

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2018 Rice Owls football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
2018 record	1–6 (0–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Mike Bloomgren (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jerry Mack (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Smith (1st season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium (Capacity: 47,000)

2018 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
FIU		2	–	0		4	–	2
Middle Tennessee		2	–	1		3	–	3
Marshall		2	–	1		4	–	2
Charlotte		2	–	1		3	–	3
Florida Atlantic		1	–	1		3	–	3
Western Kentucky		0	–	2		1	–	5
Old Dominion		0	–	4		1	–	6
West Division
UAB		3	–	0		5	–	1
Louisiana Tech		2	–	1		4	–	2
North Texas		2	–	1		6	–	1
UTSA		2	–	1		3	–	4
Southern Miss		1	–	1		2	–	3
UTEP		0	–	2		0	–	6
Rice		0	–	3		1	–	6

Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll