2019 Rice Owls football team

The 2019 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 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 second-year head coach Mike Bloomgren. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division. Rice started the season on a nine-game losing streak before closing out the season by winning its final three games.

Preseason

Award watch lists

<small>Listed in the order that they were released</small>

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C-USA media poll

The preseason poll was released prior to the Conference USA media days on July 17–18, 2019. The Owls were predicted to finish in sixth place in the C–USA West Division.

Preseason All–C-USA teams

The Owls were the only team in the West Division that had no players selected to the preseason All−Conference USA teams.

Recruiting class

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Personnel

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Army

Wake Forest

Vs. Texas

Baylor

Louisiana Tech

At UAB

At UTSA

Southern Miss

Marshall

At Middle Tennessee

North Texas

At UTEP

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