Summary
The 1994 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Owls, led by first-year head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The most notable win of the season was Rice's victory over Texas, their first victory over the Longhorns since 1965 along (as of 2022) their last victory over Texas.[2] Due to Texas A&M being under sanctions from the NCAA, the Owls, along with Texas, Baylor, TCU, and Texas Tech, were all named co-champions of the Southwest Conference; all five teams had 4–3 conference win–loss records. This was Rice's first conference championship since 1957. Rice did not win another conference title until 2013, when it was a member of Conference USA.
| 1994 Rice Owls football | |
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SWC co-champion | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (4–3 SWC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | David Lee (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Wally Ake (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Texas A&M* | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Texas + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | Tulane* | L 13–15 | 15,400 | [3] | ||
| September 17 | at Kansas State* | L 18–27 | 36,973 | |||
| September 24 | at Iowa State* | W 28–18 | 31,106 | |||
| October 8 | Texas Tech |
| Raycom | W 24–21 | 16,900 | |
| October 16 | No. 12 Texas |
| ESPN | W 19–17 | 34,700 | |
| October 22 | at No. 6 Texas A&M | L 0–7 | 56,214 | |||
| October 29 | at TCU | L 25–27 | ||||
| November 5 | SMU |
| Raycom | W 17–10 | 17,800 | |
| November 12 | Baylor |
| ABC | L 14–19 | 28,100 | |
| November 19 | at Navy* | L 17–29 | ||||
| November 26 | at Houston |
| W 31–13 | 14,963 | ||
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References edit
- ^ "1994 Rice Owls Schedule and Results".
- ^ "When Rice beat Texas: Oct.16, 1994". September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Rice falls, 15–13, in Hatfield's first game". Abilene Reporter-News. September 11, 1994. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.