The 2020 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2020 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 (CâÂÂUSA). They were led by third-year head coach Mike Bloomgren.
<small>Listed in the order that they were released</small>
The Preseason team will be released during the Virtual Media Day to be held in the summer of 2020.
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Rice had games scheduled against Lamar, Louisiana Tech, LSU, UTEP, and UTSA which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The game was particularly notable for the occurrence of a rare "quadruple doink," in which Rice kicker Collin Riccitelli's field goal attempt during the first overtime period hit the right upright, the crossbar, the left upright and the crossbar again before bouncing back into the field of play as no good.