American college football season
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.
Preseason All-CUSA team [ edit ] Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Owls having one player selected.[ 1]
Special teams
Jack Fox – P
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.[ 2]
West Division Predicted finish Team 1 North Texas 2 Louisiana Tech 3 UAB 4 Southern Miss 5 UTSA T–6 Rice T–6 UTEP
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 25 6:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M * ESPN+ W 31–2820,050 September 1 11:00 a.m. Houston * CBSSN L 27–4526,390 September 8 11:00 p.m. at Hawaii * Stadium L 29–4323,112 September 22 6:00 p.m. at Southern Miss ESPN+ L 22–4020,159 September 29 2:30 p.m. at Wake Forest * ACCRSN L 24–5624,519 October 6 6:00 p.m. UTSA ESPN3 L 3–2019,170 October 13 12:00 p.m. UAB ESPN+ L 0–4218,916 October 20 6:30 p.m. at FIU ESPN+ L 17–3613,741 October 27 3:00 p.m. at North Texas ESPN+ L 17–4125,375 November 3 2:30 p.m. UTEP ESPN3 L 26–3418,420 November 10 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech ESPN+ L 13–2815,283 November 17 6:30 p.m. at No. 10 LSU * ESPNU L 10–42100,323 November 24 12:00 p.m. Old Dominion ESPN+ W 27–1318,083 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 3] 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 . 28 31
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 14 14 14 45 Owls 7 17 3 0 27
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 3 3 16 29 Rainbow Warriors 14 7 7 15 43
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 8 7 0 7 22 Golden Eagles 10 14 10 6 40
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 3 14 7 24 Demon Deacons 21 21 14 0 56
1 2 3 4 Total Roadrunners 3 10 0 7 20 Owls 0 0 3 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total Blazers 14 14 14 0 42 Owls 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 3 7 0 17 Panthers 0 16 10 10 36
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 3 7 0 17 Mean Green 10 7 3 21 41
1 2 3 4 Total Miners 7 20 7 0 34 Owls 0 3 7 16 26
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 3 7 3 13 Bulldogs 0 7 14 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 3 0 7 10 No. 10 Tigers 14 14 7 7 42
1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 3 3 7 0 13 Owls 6 7 7 7 27
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