The Rice Owls will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, versus Sam Houston. See below for more.

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2024 Rice Game and TV Schedule

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Rice 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Owls are facing the 26th-easiest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Using its opponents’ projected win total this season, Rice will be playing the 98th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
• According to their AAC opponents’ combined win total last year (52), the Owls have the 62nd-ranked conference schedule in college football.
• Rice has five games scheduled against teams that finished with winning records in 2023, including two teams that had nine or more wins and three with less than four wins last year.
• The Owls have four teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Rice Stat Insights (2023)

• The Owls put up 362.9 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 84th in FBS. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 54th, surrendering 364.5 yards per game.
• From an offensive standpoint, Rice ranked 56th in FBS with 29.5 points per game last season. Meanwhile, it ranked 83rd in points allowed (364.5 points allowed per contest).
• The Owls compiled 252.5 passing yards per game on offense last season (45th in FBS), and they ranked 43rd on defense 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 game.
• Rice forced 12 total turnovers (117th in FBS) last season and turned it over 25 times (126th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -13, the worst in college football.

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