2014 Rice Owls football team


The 2014 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach David Bailiff and played its home games at Rice Stadium. The team was a member of the West Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they defeated Fresno State.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Schedule

Game summaries

Notre Dame

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–41988Notre Dame, 54–11

Texas A&M

Overall recordLast meetingResult
27–51–32013Texas A&M, 52–31

Old Dominion

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting

Southern Miss

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–12012Rice, 44–17

Hawaii

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–22004Rice, 41–29

Army

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–1–12008Rice, 38–31

North Texas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–22013North Texas, 28–16

FIU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
First meeting

UTSA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02013Rice, 27–21

Marshall

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–32013Rice, 41–24

Previous meeting was in the 2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game.

UTEP

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–62013Rice, 45–7

Louisiana Tech

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–32013Rice, 52–14

Fresno State–Hawaii Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–62004Fresno, 52–21