1994 Rice Owls football team

1994 Southwest Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; *Texas A&M ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions; Rankings from AP Poll

1994 Rice Owls football
1994 Rice Owls football
Southwest Conference co-champion
Conference	Southwest Conference
1994 record	5–6 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach	Ken Hatfield (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	David Lee (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Wally Ake (1st season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1] The Owls, led by first-year head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The most notable win of the season was Rice's victory over Texas, their first victory over the Longhorns since 1965 along (as of 2021) their last victory over Texas.^[2] Due to Texas A&M being under sanctions from the NCAA, the Owls, along with Texas, Baylor, TCU, and Texas Tech, were all named co-champions of the Southwest Conference; all five teams had 4–3 conference win–loss records. This was Rice's first conference championship since 1957. Rice would not win another conference title until 2013, when it was a member of Conference USA.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	Tulane*	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas		L 13–15	15,400
September 17	at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		L 18–27	36,973
September 24	at Iowa State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 28–18	31,106
October 8	at Texas Tech	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas	Raycom	W 24–21	16,900
October 16	No. 12 Texas	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas	ESPN	W 19–17	34,700
October 22	at No. 6 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 0–7	56,214
October 29	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 25–27
November 5	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas	Raycom	W 17–10	17,800
November 12	at Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas	ABC	L 14–19	28,100
November 19	Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 17–29
November 26	at Houston	Astrodome Houston, TX		W 31–13
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "1994 Rice Owls Schedule and Results".
^ "When Rice beat Texas: Oct.16, 1994". 11 September 2015.

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[1] "1994 Rice Owls Schedule and Results".

[2] "When Rice beat Texas: Oct.16, 1994". 11 September 2015.

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1994 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Texas A&M*	6	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
No. 25 Texas +	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Baylor +	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
TCU +	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech +	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Rice +	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Houston	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
SMU	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions *Texas A&M ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll