Schedule
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Rice announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Owls hosted C–USA foes Florida Atlantic, North Texas, UTEP, and UTSA, and traveled to Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU).[1]
The team played four non–conference games, two home games against Baylor from the Big 12 Conference and Prairie View A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road games against Army, which was independent from a conference, and Stanford from the Pac-12 Conference.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 7:00 pm | at Western Kentucky | | CBSSN | L 14–46 | 19,286 |
September 10 | 11:00 am | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 14–31 | 27,013 |
September 16 | 7:00 pm | No. 21 Baylor* | | ESPN | L 10–38 | 27,047 |
September 24 | 5:00 pm | North Texas | | CUSA.tv | L 35–42 2OT | 20,792 |
October 1 | 6:00 pm | at Southern Miss | | CI | L 28–44 | 28,325 |
October 15 | 6:00 pm | UTSA | | beIN | L 13–14 | 20,134 |
October 22 | 2:30 pm | Prairie View A&M* | | CUSA.tv | W 65–44 | 21,538 |
October 29 | 6:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | | CI | L 16–61 | 22,058 |
November 5 | 2:30 pm | Florida Atlantic | | ESPN3 | L 25–42 | 19,892 |
November 12 | 1:00 pm | at Charlotte | | CI | W 22–21 | 14,306 |
November 19 | 11:00 am | UTEP | | ESPN3 | W 44–24 | 19,148 |
November 26 | 7:00 pm | at Stanford* | | P12N | L 17–41 | 36,171 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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7
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7
|
0 |
14 |
Hilltoppers
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16
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14
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6
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10 |
46 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Owls
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7
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
Black Knights
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14
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7
|
7
|
3 |
31 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#21 Bears
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0
|
21
|
10
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7 |
38 |
Owls
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0
|
10
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0
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0 |
10 |
North Texas
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1
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2
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3
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4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Mean Green
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0
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14
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7
|
7 | 7 | 7 |
42 |
Owls
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10
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7
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3
|
8 | 7 | 0 |
35 |
At Southern Miss
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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7
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7
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14 |
28 |
Golden Eagles
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3
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10
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21
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10 |
44 |
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1
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2
|
3
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4 |
Total |
Roadrunners
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7
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7
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0
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0 |
14 |
Owls
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6
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0
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7
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0 |
13 |
Prairie View A&M
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Panthers
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7
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7
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16
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14 |
44 |
Owls
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14
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31
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13
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7 |
65 |
At Louisiana Tech
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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0
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9
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7 |
16 |
Bulldogs
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28
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13
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13
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7 |
61 |
Florida Atlantic
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
FAU Owls
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14
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7
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7
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14 |
42 |
Rice Owls
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7
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7
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3
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8 |
25 |
At Charlotte
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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10
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6
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6 |
22 |
49ers
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7
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14
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0
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0 |
21 |
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Miners
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3
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0
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7
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14 |
24 |
Owls
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6
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28
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7
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3 |
44 |
At Stanford
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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3
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7
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7 |
17 |
Cardinal
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13
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7
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21
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0 |
41 |
References
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