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Rice Owls football | |||
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First season | 1912; 112 years ago | ||
Athletic director | Tommy McCleland | ||
Head coach | Pete Alamar (interim) | ||
Stadium | Rice Stadium (capacity: 47,000) | ||
Year built | 1950 | ||
Field surface | AstroTurf | ||
Location | Houston, Texas | ||
NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
Conference | The American | ||
Past conferences | Southwest (1915–1996) WAC (1996–2004) C-USA (2005–2022) | ||
All-time record | 492–652–32 (.432) | ||
Bowl record | 7–7 (.500) | ||
Conference titles | 8 (1934, 1937, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1994, 2013) | ||
Division titles | 2 (2008, 2013) | ||
Rivalries | SMU (rivalry) Houston (rivalry) Texas (rivalry) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 6 | ||
Colors | Blue and gray[1] | ||
Fight song | Rice Fight | ||
Mascot | Sammy the Owl | ||
Marching band | Marching Owl Band | ||
Website | RiceOwls.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.