# 2015 Rice Owls football team

The 2015 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA. They were led by ninth year head coach David Bailiff and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the West Division.

## Schedule

Rice announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Owls hosted CUSA foes Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and traveled to Florida Atlantic, North Texas, UTEP, and UTSA.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 2:30 pm | Wagner* | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | ASN | W 56–16 | 18,296 |
| September 12 | 7:00 pm | at Texas* | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | LHN | L 28–42 | 86,458 |
| September 19 | 1:30 pm | at North Texas | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | FCS Central | W 38–24 | 19,602 |
| September 26 | 2:00 pm | at No. 5 Baylor* | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | FSN/FCS Central | L 17–70 | 43,619 |
| October 3 | 2:30 pm | Western Kentucky | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FSN | L 10–49 | 20,124 |
| October 10 | 1:30 pm | at Florida Atlantic | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | FCS | W 27–26 | 13,191 |
| October 24 | 11:00 am | Army* | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FSN | W 38–31 | 24,409 |
| October 30 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FS1 | L 17–42 | 18,010 |
| November 6 | 7:00 pm | at UTEP | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | CBSSN | L 21–24 | 23,031 |
| November 14 | 2:30 pm | Southern Miss | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | ASN | L 10–65 | 18,656 |
| November 21 | 6:00 pm | at UTSA | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ASN | L 24–34 | 20,437 |
| November 28 | 2:30 pm | Charlotte | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | ASN | W 27–7 | 16,539 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Wagner

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Owls | 14 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 56 |

### At Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Longhorns | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 42 |

### At North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| Mean Green | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### At Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| #5 Bears | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 70 |

### WKU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hilltoppers | 21 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 49 |
| Owls | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rice Owls | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| FAU Owls | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 |

### Army

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Knights | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Owls | 14 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 38 |

### Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Owls | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### At UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Miners | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 7 | 35 | 10 | 13 | 65 |
| Owls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |

### At UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 34 |

### Charlotte

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 49ers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Owls | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 27 |