1977 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record1–10 (0–8 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
1977 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Texas $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 3 Arkansas 7 1 011 1 0
Texas A&M 6 2 08 4 0
Houston 4 4 06 5 0
Texas Tech 4 4 07 5 0
Baylor 3 5 05 6 0
SMU 3 5 04 7 0
TCU 1 7 02 9 0
Rice 0 8 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10Idaho*W 31–1014,000[3]
September 17No. 19 Florida*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 3–4824,000[4]
September 24at LSU*L 0–7767,844[5]
October 1at No. 8 TexasL 15–7247,500
October 8TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 15–3512,000
October 15at No. 15 Texas TechL 7–4242,689
October 22No. 12 Texas A&M
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 14–2857,500
October 29No. 8 Arkansas
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–3020,000
November 5at SMUL 24–416,918
November 12at BaylorL 14–2425,000
November 26Houston
L 21–5125,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1977 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. "2020 Rice Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rice University. 2020. p. 136. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. Payne, Bob (September 11, 1977). "Owls rap Vandals in opener". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  4. "Wilder, LeCount direct Florida's rout of Rice". The El Paso Times. September 18, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "LSU crushes Rice, 77–0". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. September 25, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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