The Rice Owls will meet Sam Houston in their 2024 season opener, on August 31. 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

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

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Rice Stat Insights (2023)

• The Owls averaged 362.9 yards per game on offense last season (84th in FBS), and they gave up 364.5 yards per game (54th) on defense.
• Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 51st-worst in FBS last season (28.1 points allowed per game), Rice had more success on the other side of the ball, ranking 56th in FBS by averaging 29.5 points per game.
• The Owls put up 252.5 passing yards per game on offense last season (45th in FBS), and they ranked 43rd on the other side of the ball with 211.6 passing yards allowed per game.
• Rice was a bottom-25 run offense last year, ranking 19th-worst with 110.5 rushing yards per game. On the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 71st in FBS (152.9 rushing yards allowed per game).
• Rice owned 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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