2016 Rice Owls football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2016 Rice Owls Rice Owls logo.svg 100 Conference USA West Division C-USA 3–9 2–6 David Bailiff 10th Larry Edmondson 3rd Billy Lynch 3rd Chris Thurmond 5th Spread 4–3 Rice Stadium The 2016 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by tenth year head coach David Bailiff. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the East Division. Schedule Rice announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Owls hosted C–USA foes Florida Atlantic, North Texas, UTEP, and UTSA, and traveled to Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU).http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020416aad.html Owls Face C-USA Champs in 2016 Opener Rice University Department of Athletics February 4, 2016 February 8, 2016 The team played four non–conference games, two home games against Baylor from the Big 12 Conference and Prairie View A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and two road games against Army, which was independent from a conference, and Stanford from the Pac-12 Conference. 2016 AP Central September 1 7:00 pm l y Western Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY CBSSN 14–46 19,286 September 10 11:00 am l y y Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY CBSSN 14–31 27,013 September 16 7:00 pm l y Baylor 21 Rice Stadium Houston, TX ESPN 10–38 27,047 September 24 5:00 pm l North Texas Rice Stadium Houston, TX http://conferenceusa.com/watch/default.aspx?Live=405&path=rice CUSA.tv 35–42 2OT 20,792 October 1 6:00 pm l y Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS CI 28–44 28,325 October 15 6:00 pm l UTSA Rice Stadium Houston, TX beIN 13–14 20,134 October 22 2:30 pm w y y Prairie View A&M Rice Stadium Houston, TX CUSA.tv 65–44 21,538 October 29 6:00 pm l y Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA CI 16–61 22,058 November 5 2:30 pm l Florida Atlantic Rice Stadium Houston, TX ESPN3 25–42 19,892 November 12 1:00 pm w y Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC CI 22–21 14,306 November 19 11:00 am w UTEP Rice Stadium Houston, TX ESPN3 44–24 19,148 November 26 7:00 pm l y y Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA P12N 17–41 36,171 2016 Rice Owls Football Schedule https://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-rice-owls-football-schedule.php FB Schedules February 8, 2016 Game summaries WKU Owls 0 7 7 0 Hilltoppers 16 14 6 10 At Army Owls 7 0 7 0 Black Knights 14 7 7 3 Baylor #21 Bears 0 21 10 7 Owls 0 10 0 0 North Texas Mean Green 0 14 7 7 7 7 Owls 10 7 3 8 7 0 At Southern Miss Owls 0 7 7 14 Golden Eagles 3 10 21 10 UTSA Roadrunners 7 7 0 0 Owls 6 0 7 0 Prairie View A&M Panthers 7 7 16 14 Owls 14 31 13 7 At Louisiana Tech Owls 0 0 9 7 Bulldogs 28 13 13 7 Florida Atlantic FAU Owls 14 7 7 14 Rice Owls 7 7 3 8 At Charlotte Owls 0 10 6 6 49ers 7 14 0 0 UTEP Miners 3 0 7 14 Owls 6 28 7 3 At Stanford Owls 0 3 7 7 Cardinal 13 7 21 0 References Rice Category:Rice Owls football seasons Rice Owls football Category:2016 in Houston