Rice Owls football

Rice Owls football
2025 Rice Owls football team
First season1912; 114 years ago
Athletic directorTommy McCleland
Head coachScott Abell
1st season, 5–7 (.417)
LocationHouston, Texas
StadiumRice Stadium
(capacity: 47,000)
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceAmerican
ColorsBlue and gray
   
All-time record501–667–32 (.431)
Bowl record7–7 (.500)
Conference championships
SWC: 1934, 1937, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1994
C-USA: 2013
Conference division championships
C-USA West: 2008, 2013
Consensus All-Americans6
RivalriesBaylor (rivalry)
Houston (rivalry)
SMU (rivalry)
Texas (rivalry)
North Texas
Tulsa
Fight songRice Fight
MascotSammy the Owl
Marching bandMarching Owl Band
WebsiteRiceOwls.com

The Rice Owls football program represents Rice University in the sport of American football. The team competes at the NCAA Division I FBS level and compete in the American Athletic Conference. Rice Stadium, built in 1950, hosts the Owls' home football games. Rice has the second-smallest undergraduate enrollment of any FBS member, ahead of only Tulsa.