The Rice Owls will meet Sam Houston in their 2024 season opener, on August 31. For the full Rice schedule, see below.

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2024 Rice Game and TV Schedule

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Rice 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Owls will face the 26th-easiest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total from last season (62).
• According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (58), Rice has the 98th-ranked schedule in college football.
• According to their AAC opponents’ combined win total last season (52), the Owls have the 62nd-ranked conference schedule in college football.
• Rice will play 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 collected less than four 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 season.
• With 28.1 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 51st-worst in FBS last season, Rice was forced to lean on its 56th-ranked offense (29.5 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Owls averaged 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 ranked 19th-worst in rushing offense (110.5 rushing yards per game) last season, but it played better on defense, ranking 71st with 152.9 rushing yards allowed per contest.
• 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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