Rice Owls football
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| First season | 1912 | ||
| Athletic director | Joe Karlgaard | ||
| Head coach |
David Bailiff 10th year, 56–69 (.448) |
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| Stadium | Rice Stadium | ||
| Year built | 1950 | ||
| Seating capacity | 47,000 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Conference USA | ||
| Division | West | ||
| Past conferences |
Southwest (1915-1996) WAC (1996-2004) |
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| All-time record | 463–581–32 (.445) | ||
| Bowl record | 7–5 (.583) | ||
| Conference titles | 8 (1934, 1937, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1994, 2013) | ||
| Division titles | 2 (2008, 2013) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 6 | ||
| Colors | Blue and Gray |
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| Fight song | Rice Fight | ||
| Mascot | Sammy the Owl | ||
| Marching band | Marching Owl Band | ||
| Website | www.riceowls.com | ||
The Rice Owls football team represents Rice University in NCAA Division I college football. The Owls have competed in Conference USA's Western Division since 2005. Rice Stadium, built in 1950, hosts the Owls' home football games.
Rice Stadium was built in 1950, and has been the home of Owls football ever since. It hosted the NFL Super Bowl on January 1974. It replaced the old Rice Field (now Rice Track/Soccer Stadium) to increase seating. Total seating capacity in the current stadium was reduced from 70,000 to 47,000 before the 2006 season. The endzone seating benches were removed and covered with tarps, and all of the wooden bleachers were replaced with new, metal seating benches in 2006, as well. The stadium is also currently undergoing further renovations.
The Owls played in the eighteenth Cotton Bowl Classic against the Crimson Tide of Alabama. The game featured one of the most famous plays in college football history when Rice's Dickey Moegle (later Maegle) burst free on a sweep play, and on his way down the sideline, was tackled by Tommy Lewis, who had come off the Alabama sideline without his helmet to tackle Moegle. Referee Cliff Shaw saw Lewis come off the bench and gave the Owls the 95 yard touchdown. Rice would win the game 28-6, with the only Crimson Tide score coming from Lewis. The yardage added to Moegle's 265 yards rushing, a Cotton Bowl Classic record that would stand until Tony Temple's effort in 2008. This would be the Owls' last bowl win until the 2008 Texas Bowl, a win which also secured the Owls their first 10-win season since 1949.
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