2011 Rice Owls football team

2011 Rice Owls football
Conference Conference USA
Division West
2011 record 4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach David Bailiff (5th year)
Offensive coordinator John Reagan
Defensive coordinator Chuck Driesbach
Home stadium Rice Stadium
(Capacity: 47,000)
2011 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
#20 Southern Miss x$   6 2         12 2  
Marshall   5 3         7 6  
East Carolina   4 4         5 7  
UAB   3 5         3 9  
UCF   3 5         5 7  
Memphis   1 7         2 10  
West Division
#18 Houston x   8 0         13 1  
Tulsa   7 1         8 5  
SMU   5 3         8 5  
Rice   3 5         4 8  
UTEP   2 6         5 7  
Tulane   1 7         2 10  
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by fifth-year head coach David Bailiff and played their home games at Rice Stadium. They are a member of the West Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.

Schedule

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Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 PM at No. 24 Texas* Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX LHN L 9–34   101,624
September 10 2:30 PM Purdue* Rice StadiumHouston, TX CBSSN W 24–22   25,317
September 24 6:00 PM at No. 19 Baylor* Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, TX FSN L 31–56   40,088
October 1 6:30 PM at Southern Miss M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS CSS L 24–48   28,656
October 8 11:30 AM Memphis Rice Stadium • Houston, TX CSS W 28–6   14,179
October 15 2:00 PM at Marshall Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV L 20–24   27,504
October 22 6:00 PM Tulsa Rice Stadium • Houston, TX FSN L 20–38   17,314
October 27 7:00 PM at No. 18 Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic) FSN L 34–73   32,112
November 5 2:30 PM UTEPdagger Rice Stadium • Houston, TX FSN W 41–37   14,372[3]
November 12 11:00 AM at Northwestern* Ryan FieldEvanston, IL BTN L 6–28   26,886[4]
November 19 2:30 PM Tulane Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 19–7   15,461
November 26 11:00 AM at SMU Gerald J. Ford StadiumUniversity Park, TX (Mayor's Cup) FSN L 24–27   23,326
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. Rice Owls Schedule – 2011, ESPN, retrieved 25 July 2011
  2. NCAA Football TV Listings, NCAAFootball.com, retrieved July 29, 2011
  3. "UTEP Miners vs. Rice Owls Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.
  4. "Rice Owls vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score". ESPN.com. November 12, 2011.
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