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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 1–10 (0–8 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Texas $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Arkansas | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1977 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their second year under head coach Homer Rice, the team compiled a 1–10 record.[1][2]
Coach Rice departed following the season to become head coach of the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | Idaho* | W 31–10 | 14,000 | [3] | |
September 17 | No. 19 Florida* |
| L 3–48 | 24,000 | [4] |
September 24 | at LSU* | L 0–77 | 67,844 | [5] | |
October 1 | at No. 8 Texas | L 15–72 | 47,500 | ||
October 8 | TCU |
| L 15–35 | 12,000 | |
October 15 | at No. 15 Texas Tech | L 7–42 | 42,689 | ||
October 22 | No. 12 Texas A&M |
| L 14–28 | 57,500 | |
October 29 | No. 8 Arkansas |
| L 7–30 | 20,000 | |
November 5 | at SMU | L 24–41 | 6,918 | ||
November 12 | at Baylor | L 14–24 | 25,000 | ||
November 26 | Houston |
| L 21–51 | 25,000 | |
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References
- ↑ "1977 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ↑ "2020 Rice Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rice University. 2020. p. 136. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ↑ Payne, Bob (September 11, 1977). "Owls rap Vandals in opener". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ↑ "Wilder, LeCount direct Florida's rout of Rice". The El Paso Times. September 18, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "LSU crushes Rice, 77–0". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. September 25, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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