1996 Rice Owls football team

1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Mountain Division
	Pacific Division
	Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 OT
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1996 Rice Owls football
1996 Rice Owls football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1996 record	7–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach	Ken Hatfield (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	David Lee (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Wally Ake (3rd season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Ken Hatfield, the team compiled a 7–4 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	at No. 10 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–70	93,479
September 14	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 21–14	38,839
September 21	No. 16 Kansas State*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–34	19,700
September 28	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 17–45
October 5	New Mexico	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 38–21
October 19	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 35–17	20,100
October 26	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 48–21	19,336
November 2	No. 20 Utah	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 51–10	23,250
November 9	at No. 12 BYU	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 0–49	65,732
November 16	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 30–17
November 23	Tulsa	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 42–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1996 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "2020 Rice Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rice University. 2020. p. 137. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
No. 5 BYU x$		8	–	0		14	–	1
Utah		6	–	2		8	–	4
Rice		6	–	2		7	–	4
SMU		4	–	4		5	–	6
New Mexico		3	–	5		6	–	5
TCU		3	–	5		4	–	7
Tulsa		2	–	6		4	–	7
UTEP		0	–	8		2	–	9
Pacific Division
No. 22 Wyoming x		7	–	1		10	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2		8	–	3
Colorado State		6	–	2		7	–	5
Air Force		5	–	3		6	–	5
Fresno State		3	–	5		4	–	7
San Jose State		3	–	5		3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7		2	–	10
UNLV		1	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 ^OT
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll