American college football season
2016 Rice Owls football Conference Conference USA Division West Division 2016 record 3–9 (2–6 C-USA) Head coach Co-offensive coordinator Larry Edmondson (8th season) Co-offensive coordinator Billy Lynch (6th season) Defensive coordinator Chris Thurmond (5th season) Home stadium Rice Stadium Seasons
The 2016 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston , Texas , and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by tenth year head coach David Bailiff . They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the East Division.
Schedule [ ] Rice announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Owls hosted C–USA foes Florida Atlantic , North Texas , UTEP , and UTSA , and traveled to Charlotte , Louisiana Tech , Southern Miss , and Western Kentucky (WKU).[1]
The team played 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 , which was independent from a conference, and Stanford from the Pac-12 Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 pm at WKU CBSSN L 14–4619,286 September 10 11:00 am at Army * CBSSN L 14–3127,013 September 16 7:00 pm No. 21 Baylor * ESPN L 10–3827,047 September 24 5:00 pm North Texas CUSA.tv L 35–42 2OT 20,792 October 1 6:00 pm at Southern Miss CI L 28–4428,325 October 15 6:00 pm UTSA beIN L 13–1420,134 October 22 2:30 pm Prairie View A&M * CUSA.tv W 65–4421,538 October 29 6:00 pm at Louisiana Tech CI L 16–6122,058 November 5 2:30 pm Florida Atlantic ESPN3 L 25–4219,892 November 12 1:00 pm at Charlotte CI W 22–2114,306 November 19 11:00 am UTEP ESPN3 W 44–2419,148 November 26 7:00 pm at Stanford * P12N L 17–4136,171 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [2] Game summaries [ ] WKU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
7
7
0
14
Hilltoppers
16
14
6
10
46
at Army [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
0
7
0
14
Black Knights
14
7
7
3
31
Baylor [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#21 Bears
0
21
10
7
38
Owls
0
10
0
0
10
North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Mean Green
0
14
7
7 7 7
42
Owls
10
7
3
8 7 0
35
at Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
7
7
14
28
Golden Eagles
3
10
21
10
44
UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
7
7
0
0
14
Owls
6
0
7
0
13
Prairie View A&M [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
7
16
14
44
Owls
14
31
13
7
65
at Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
0
9
7
16
Bulldogs
28
13
13
7
61
Florida Atlantic [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
FAU Owls
14
7
7
14
42
Rice Owls
7
7
3
8
25
at Charlotte [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
10
6
6
22
49ers
7
14
0
0
21
UTEP [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
3
0
7
14
24
Owls
6
28
7
3
44
at Stanford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
3
7
7
17
Cardinal
13
7
21
0
41
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