In their 2024 season opener, on August 31, the Rice Owls will meet Sam Houston. For the full Rice schedule, keep scrolling.

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2024 Rice Game and TV Schedule

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Rice 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Owls are playing the 26th-easiest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last season).
• In terms of difficulty — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Rice will be facing the 98th-ranked schedule this year.
• The Owls will have the 62nd-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their AAC opponents’ combined win total last year (52).
• Rice’s schedule includes five games against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (two against teams with nine or more victories and three against squads that picked up three or fewer wins).
• The Owls will have four teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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Rice Stat Insights (2023)

• The Owls ranked 84th in total offense (362.9 yards per game) and 54th in total defense (364.5 yards allowed per game) last year.
• Rice put up 29.5 points per game on offense last season (56th in FBS), and it ranked 83rd defensively with 28.1 points allowed per game.
• From an offensive standpoint, the Owls ranked 45th in FBS with 252.5 passing yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 43rd in passing yards allowed per contest (211.6).
• Rice was a bottom-25 run offense last season, ranking 19th-worst with 110.5 rushing yards per game. Defensively, it ranked 71st in FBS (152.9 rushing yards allowed per game).
• Rice forced 12 total turnovers (117th in FBS) last season and turned it over 25 times (126th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -13, the worst in college football.

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