2013 Rice Owls football team

2013 Conference USA football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

Rice Owls football
2013 Rice Owls football
C-USA Champions; C-USA West Division Champions
C-USA Championship Game, W 41–24 vs. Marshall
Liberty Bowl vs. Mississippi State, L 7–44
Conference	Conference USA; West Division
2013 record	10–4 (7–1 C-USA)
Head coach	David Bailiff (7th year)
Offensive coordinator	John Reagan
Defensive coordinator	Chris Thurmond
Home stadium	Rice Stadium; (Capacity: 47,000)
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The 2013 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach David Bailiff and played its home games at Rice Stadium. The team was a member of the West Division of Conference USA.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 PM	at #7 Texas A&M*	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	L 31–52	86,686
September 14	6:30 PM	Kansas*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	W 23–14	22,974
September 21	2:00 PM	vs. Houston*	Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)	FSN	L 26–31	34,831
September 28	6:00 PM	Florida Atlantic	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	FCS	W 18–14	14,380
October 5	2:30 PM	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	W 30–27 ^OT	20,014
October 12	3:00 PM	at UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	TWCS	W 27–21	25,272
October 19	7:00 PM	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	CSNH+	W 45–19	16,164
October 26	2:30 PM	UTEP	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CSS	W 45–7	15,355
October 31	6:30 PM	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	FS1	L 16–28	22,835
November 16	6:00 PM	Louisiana Tech	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSSN	W 52–14	19,707
November 21	6:30 PM	at UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	FS1	W 37–34 ^OT	5,831
November 30	2:00 PM	Tulane	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	FCS	W 17–13	20,048
December 7	11:00 AM	Marshall	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (C-USA Championship)	ESPN2	W 41–24	20,247
December 31	3:00 PM	vs. Mississippi State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	L 7–44	57,846
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	14	7	0	10	31
#7 Texas A&M	7	21	10	14	52

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Venues	West End Park (1912) Rice Field (1913–1948) Rice Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston: Bayou Bucket Classic SMU Texas
Culture & lore	Sammy the Owl "Rice Fight" Marching Owl Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2013 Conference USA football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Marshall x		7	–	1		10	–	4
East Carolina		6	–	2		10	–	3
Middle Tennessee		6	–	2		8	–	5
Florida Atlantic		4	–	4		6	–	6
UAB		1	–	7		2	–	10
Southern Miss		1	–	7		1	–	11
FIU		1	–	7		1	–	11
West Division
Rice x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
UTSA		6	–	2		7	–	5
North Texas		6	–	2		9	–	4
Tulane		5	–	3		7	–	6
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5		4	–	8
Tulsa		2	–	6		3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll