American college football season
2015 Rice Owls football Conference Conference USA Division West Division 2015 record 5–7 (3–5 C-USA) Head coach Offensive coordinator Larry Edmondson and Billy Lynch Defensive coordinator Chris Thurmond Home stadium Rice Stadium (Capacity: 47,000)Seasons
The 2015 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA . They were led by ninth year head coach David Bailiff and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas . They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the West Division.
Schedule [ ]
Rice announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Owls hosted CUSA foes Charlotte , Louisiana Tech , Southern Miss , and Western Kentucky (WKU) , and traveled to Florida Atlantic , North Texas , UTEP , and UTSA .[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 5 2:30 pm Wagner * ASN W 56–1618,296
September 12 7:00 pm at Texas * LHN L 28–4286,458
September 19 1:30 pm at North Texas FCS Central W 38–2419,602
September 26 2:00 pm at No. 5 Baylor * FSN /FCS CentralL 17–7043,619
October 3 2:30 pm WKU FSN L 10–4920,124
October 10 1:30 pm at Florida Atlantic FCS W 27–2613,191
October 24 11:00 am Army * FSN W 38–3124,409
October 30 7:00 pm Louisiana Tech FS1 L 17–4218,010
November 6 7:00 pm at UTEP CBSSN L 21–2423,031
November 14 2:30 pm Southern Miss ASN L 10–6518,656
November 21 6:00 pm at UTSA ASN L 24–3420,437
November 28 2:30 pm Charlotte ASN W 27–716,539
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule source: [2]
Game summaries [ ]
Wagner [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seahawks
3
0
6
7
16
Owls
14
21
7
14
56
at Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
14
0
14
28
Longhorns
21
0
21
0
42
at North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
17
21
0
38
Mean Green
3
7
7
7
24
at Baylor [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
10
0
7
0
17
#5 Bears
21
21
21
7
70
WKU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
21
14
0
14
49
Owls
3
7
0
0
10
at Florida Atlantic [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rice Owls
14
0
0
13
27
FAU Owls
7
7
6
6
26
Army [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Knights
0
14
7
10
31
Owls
14
10
0
14
38
Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
14
7
7
42
Owls
7
0
3
7
17
at UTEP [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
14
7
0
21
Miners
0
14
7
3
24
Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
7
35
10
13
65
Owls
0
0
0
10
10
at UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
10
7
7
0
24
Roadrunners
7
21
6
0
34
Charlotte [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
0
0
0
7
7
Owls
0
0
10
17
27
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