# 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

| Name | Position | Seasons at Rice | Alma mater |
| David Bailiff | Head coach | 8 | Texas State University (1981) |
| Darrell Patterson | Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator | 6 | Texas Christian University (1984) |
| Chris Thurmond | Defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks | 4 | University of Tulsa (1975) |
| Larry Edmondson | Co-Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks | 6 | Texas A&M University (1983) |
| Larry Hoefer | Safeties | 3 | McMurry University (1972) |
| Billy Lynch | Co-Offensive coordinator/recruiting coordinator/Wide receivers | 4 | Ball State University (2002) |
| David Sloan | Recruiting Coordinator/tight ends | 5 | University of New Mexico (1995) |
| Michael Slater | Defensive line | 3 | Southwest Texas State University (1993) |
| Anthony Steward | Running backs | 1 | University of Kansas (2012) |
| Ronnie Vinklarek | Offensive line | 6 | Southwest Texas (1981) |
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## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 2:30 pm | at No. 17 Notre Dame* | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN | NBC | L 17–48 | 80,795 |
| September 13 | 8:00 pm | at No. 7 Texas A&M* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ESPN2 | L 10–38 | 103,867 |
| September 20 | 11:00 am | Old Dominion | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FSN | L 42–45 | 17,558 |
| September 27 | 6:00 pm | at Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | FCS | W 41–23 | 24,756 |
| October 4 | 6:00 pm | Hawaii* | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | ASN | W 28–14 | 17,465 |
| October 11 | 11:00 am | at Army* | Michie StadiumWest Point, NY | CBSSN | W 41–21 | 37,011 |
| October 25 | 11:00 am | North Texas | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FSN | W 41–21 | 18,430 |
| November 1 | 11:00 am | at FIU | FIU StadiumMiami, FL | ASN | W 31–17 | 12,097 |
| November 8 | 11:00 am | UTSA | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FSN | W 17–7 | 19,464 |
| November 15 | 1:30 pm | at No. 21 Marshall | Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV | FSN | L 14–41 | 30,680 |
| November 21 | 7:00 pm | UTEP | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FS1 | W 31–13 | 18,164 |
| November 29 | 11:00 am | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | CBSSN | L 31–76 | 18,029 |
| December 24 | 7:00 pm | vs. Fresno State* | Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI (Hawaii Bowl) | ESPN | W 30–6 | 25,365 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Notre Dame

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| • #17 Fighting Irish | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 48 |

### Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| #7 Aggies | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |

### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
| Owls | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 3 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |

### Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rainbow Warriors | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Owls | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### Army

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 7 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| Black Knights | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Owls | 14 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 41 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Panthers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Owls | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| #21 Thundering Herd | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
Previous meeting was in the 2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game.

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Owls | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |

### Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Bulldogs | 21 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 76 |

### Fresno State–Hawaii Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Owls | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 30 |