2016 Rice Owls football team

2016 Rice Owls football
Conference	Conference USA West Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	David Bailiff (10th year)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Edmondson and Billy Lynch
Defensive coordinator	Chris Thurmond
Home stadium	Rice Stadium (Capacity: 47,000)

2016 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Charlotte		0	–	0					0	–	0
FIU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0					0	–	0
Marshall		0	–	0					0	–	0
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	0
Old Dominion		0	–	0					0	–	0
WKU		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Louisiana Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
North Texas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rice		0	–	0					0	–	0
Southern Miss		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTEP		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTSA		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Rice Owls football team will represent Rice University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls will play their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They will be led by tenth year head coach David Bailiff.

Schedule

Rice announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Owls will host C–USA foes Florida Atlantic, North Texas, UTEP, and UTSA, and will travel to Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU).

The team will play 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 and Stanford from the Pac-12 Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		at WKU		Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY
September 10		at Army*		Michie Stadium • West Point, NY
September 16	7:00 PM	Baylor*		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN
September 24		North Texas		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
October 1		at Southern Miss		M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS
October 15		UTSA		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
October 22		Prairie View A&M*		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
October 29		at Louisiana Tech		Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
November 5		Florida Atlantic		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
November 12		at Charlotte		Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC
November 19		UTEP		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX
November 26		at Stanford*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:

Game notes

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Hilltoppers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	WKU, 49–10

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Black Knights					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1–1	2015	RICE, 38–31

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–48–2	2015	BAYLOR, 70–17

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2015	RICE, 38–24

at Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Golden Eagles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2015	USM, 65–10

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2015	UTSA, 34–24

Prairie View A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Bulldogs					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	2015	LT, 42–17

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
FAU Owls					0
Rice Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	2015	RICE, 27–26

at Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
49ers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	RICE, 27–7

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners					0
Owls					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–7	2015	UTEP, 24–21

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls					0
Cardinal					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	1964	STAN, 34–7