The 2020 Rice Owls football team represented

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...

in the

2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 151st season of college football games in the United States. Organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivisio ...

. The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach

Mike Bloomgren Michael Scott Bloomgren (born January 25, 1977) is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at Rice University. Prior to beginning his coaching career, Bloomgren played the tight end position at Culver–Stockton Colle ...

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

C-USA media poll

The preseason poll will be released prior to the Conference USA media days sometime during summer 2020 via a virtual conference due to the

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Preseason All–C-USA teams

The Preseason team will be released during the Virtual Media Day to be held in the summer of 2020.

Recruiting class

References:

Personnel

Schedule

Rice had games scheduled against Lamar,

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, and UTSA which were canceled due to the

Game summaries

Middle Tennessee

At Southern Miss

At North Texas

At Marshall

UAB

References

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Rice Owls football seasons

Rice Owls football The Rice Owls football program represents Rice University in the sport of American football. The team competes at the NCAA Division I FBS level and compete in the American Athletic Conference. Rice Stadium, built in 1950, hosts the Owls' home f ...

2020 in Houston