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.
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Previous season[edit]
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] He finished at Rice with an 11-year record of 57–80.
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Preseason[edit]
Preseason All-CUSA team[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Date
Time
Opponent
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
August 25
6:00 p.m.
Prairie View A&M*
ESPN+
W 31–28
20,050
September 1
11:00 a.m.
Houston*
CBSSN
L 27–45
26,390
September 8
11:00 p.m.
at Hawaii*
Stadium
L 29–43
23,112
September 22
6:00 p.m.
at Southern Miss
ESPN+
L 22–40
20,159
September 29
2:30 p.m.
at Wake Forest*
ACCRSN
L 24–56
24,519
October 6
6:00 p.m.
UTSA
ESPN3
L 3–20
19,170
October 13
12:00 p.m.
UAB
ESPN+
L 0–42
18,916
October 20
6:30 p.m.
at FIU
ESPN+
L 17–36
13,741
October 27
3:00 p.m.
at North Texas
ESPN+
L 17–41
25,375
November 3
2:30 p.m.
UTEP
ESPN3
L 26–34
18,420
November 10
6:00 p.m.
at Louisiana Tech
ESPN+
L 13–28
15,283
November 17
6:30 p.m.
at No. 10 LSU*
ESPNU
L 10–42
100,323
November 24
12:00 p.m.
Old Dominion
ESPN+
W 27–13
18,083
*Non-conference game
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[4]
Game summaries[edit]
Prairie View A&M[edit]
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.
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