American college football season
The 2018 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Owls played their home games at the Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas , and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Mike Bloomgren . They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.
Previous season [ ] The Owls finished the 2017 season 1–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place in the West Division.
On November 27, head coach David Bailiff was fired.[1]
Preseason [ ] Preseason All-CUSA team [ ] Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Owls having one player selected.[2]
Special teams
Jack Fox – P
Preseason media poll [ ] Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Owls predicted to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.[3]
West Division
Predicted finish
Team
1
North Texas
2
Louisiana Tech
3
UAB
4
Southern Miss
5
UTSA
T–6
Rice
T–6
UTEP
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 25 6:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M * ESPN+ W 31–2820,050 September 1 11:00 a.m. Houston * CBSSN L 27–4526,390 September 8 11:00 p.m. at Hawaii * Stadium L 29–4323,112 September 22 6:00 p.m. at Southern Miss ESPN+ L 22–4020,159 September 29 2:30 p.m. at Wake Forest * ACCRSN L 24–5624,519 October 6 6:00 p.m. UTSA ESPN3 L 3–2019,170 October 13 12:00 p.m. UAB ESPN+ L 0–4218,916 October 20 6:30 p.m. at FIU ESPN+ L 17–3613,741 October 27 3:00 p.m. at North Texas ESPN+ L 17–4125,375 November 3 2:30 p.m. UTEP ESPN3 L 26–3418,420 November 10 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech ESPN+ L 13–2815,283 November 17 6:30 p.m. at No. 10 LSU * ESPNU L 10–42100,323 November 24 12:00 p.m. Old Dominion ESPN+ W 27–1318,083 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [4] Game summaries [ ] Prairie View A&M [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
21
7
0
28
Owls
13
6
0
12
31
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
PVAM
Rice
1
4:29
14
86
7:52
Rice
Austin Walker 10-yard touchdown run, Jack Fox kick good
0
7
1
1:53
3
44
0:57
Rice
Emmanuel Esukpa 15-yard touchdown run, Jack Fox kick failed
0
13
2
11:03
9
60
4:09
Rice
33-yard field goal by Jack Fox
0
16
2
9:06
6
75
1:57
PVAM
Zarrian Holcomb 20-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Morton, Zach Elder kick good
7
16
2
4:17
10
47
4:49
Rice
36-yard field goal by Haden Tobola
7
19
2
1:33
7
69
2:44
PVAM
Jose Medrano 2-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Morton, Zach Elder kick good
14
19
2
0:06
4
69
0:34
PVAM
Tristen Wallace 20-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Morton, Zach Elder kick good
21
19
3
8:05
8
94
3:04
PVAM
Bernard Good 27-yard touchdown run, Zach Elder kick good
28
19
4
11:46
4
25
1:53
Rice
Austin Walter 8-yard touchdown run, Jack Fox kick good
28
26
4
10:15
Rice
PVAM rush for loss of 31 yards, team safety
28
28
4
0:00
9
52
4:28
Rice
23-yard field goal by Jack Fox
28
31
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
28
31
Houston [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
14
14
14
45
Owls
7
17
3
0
27
at Hawaii [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
3
16
29
Rainbow Warriors
14
7
7
15
43
at Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
8
7
0
7
22
Golden Eagles
10
14
10
6
40
at Wake Forest [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
3
14
7
24
Demon Deacons
21
21
14
0
56
UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
3
10
0
7
20
Owls
0
0
3
0
3
UAB [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
14
14
14
0
42
Owls
0
0
0
0
0
at FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
7
0
17
Panthers
0
16
10
10
36
at North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
7
0
17
Mean Green
10
7
3
21
41
UTEP [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
20
7
0
34
Owls
0
3
7
16
26
at Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
3
7
3
13
Bulldogs
0
7
14
7
28
at LSU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
3
0
7
10
No. 10 Tigers
14
14
7
7
42
Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
3
3
7
0
13
Owls
6
7
7
7
27
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