In their 2024 season opener, on August 31, the Rice Owls will face 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 from last year).
• Rice will face the 98th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (58).
• The Owls are playing the 62nd-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their AAC opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Rice has a schedule that features five games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (two of those teams won nine or more games and three of them had three or fewer wins).
• The Owls have four games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.

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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.
• With 28.1 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 51st-worst in FBS last season, Rice had to lean on its 56th-ranked offense (29.5 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Owls ranked 45th in pass offense (252.5 passing yards per game) and 43rd in pass defense (211.6 passing yards allowed per game) last year.
• 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 had the worst turnover margin in college football last season at -13, forcing 12 turnovers (117th in FBS) while turning it over 25 times (126th in FBS).

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