Rice Owls

The Rice Owls are a CFBHC team playing in the West division of the C-USA. Rice began in the 2013 CFBHC season as a member of the Big 12 conference before moving to the AAC West division for the 2014-2017 seasons. 
 
== History ==
===GoldenCatcus Era (2013)===
Rice struggled in its inaugural season under head coach GoldenCatcus. The Owls finished the 2013 season at 1-11. The only win came against TCU in week 6. Rice lost 3 games by over 56 points.
===owl_man Era (2014-2015)===
The Rice Owls moved to the AAC in 2014. New head coach owl_man and starting freshman QB Teddy Rogers led Rice to a surprisingly decent season, finishing at 5-7 (5-2 in AAC). The momentum that owl_man and Rice had in 2014 did not carry over to 2015. In 2015, the Owls became the 2nd team in CFBHC history to go 0-12. 
===Bubada Era (2016-Present)===
2016 marked the first season for head coach Bubada. After leading the Owls to a win in their opening game against Indiana, Rice would go on to lose the last 11 games of the season. The highlight of the season came in week 1 when QB Teddy Rogers hit RB Kwendi Nkwenti out of the backfield for a 13 yard TD with 3 seconds remaining to give the Owls a 14-13 win at Indiana. The 2017 season brought in many new faces to the starting lineup. The Owls started 10 true freshman this year but was led by senior 4-year starting QB Teddy Rogers. The Owls improved compared to 2016 and were able to win 3 games including having a winning streak for the first time since the 2014 season. The Owls were moved to the new C-USA conference in 2018. The conference was composed of 11 new teams and 3 old teams (Rice, Marshall, North Texas). Rice and Marshall were early favorites to win the conference. The season started on a high note with a win at Oregon State in which free safety Koren Donahue had 3 INTs and a TD. The Owls would go on to sweep conference play and beat the Marshall Thundering Herd in the C-USA conference championship game. The Owls went to their first bowl game, the Heart of Dallas Bowl, in which they lost to Washington State. The Owls had a very similar season in 2019, once again going 9-5 with an 8-0 record in the C-USA, winning the C-USA championship, and losing in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. 
==All-time record vs. C-USA opponents==
This is the Owls football record against current Conference USA opponents through the 2020 season.
School 	Total Games	W 	L	T	Pct.	PF 	PA 	First Year	Last Year	Streak
Charlotte 	0 	0 	0	0	 	0 	0 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
FAU 	2 	1 	1	0	 	75 	33 	2018 	2020 	L1
FIU 	1 	1 	0	0	 	31 	28 	2020 	2020 	W1
Louisiana Tech 	3 	3 	0	0	 	92 	17 	2018 	2020 	W3
Marshall 	2 	2 	0	0	 	66 	14 	2018 	2019 	W2
MTSU 	0 	0 	0	0	 	0 	0 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
North Texas 	3 	3 	0	0	 	103	47 	2018 	2020 	W3
Old Dominion 	0 	0 	0	0	 	0 	0 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
Southern Miss 	3 	3 	0	0	 	98 	43 	2018 	2020 	W3
UAB 	3 	3 	0	0	 	90 	17 	2018 	2020 	W3
UTEP 	3 	3 	0	0	 	105	23 	2018 	2020 	W3
UTSA 	3 	3 	0	0	 	89 	38 	2018 	2020 	W3
Western Kentucky	2 	2 	0	0	 	83 	47 	2019 	2020 	W2
13 Opponents 	25 	24	1	0	 	832	307	 	 	3 Seasons
== Season-by-Season Records ==
Coach(es) 	Year 	Conference 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Conference Record	Conference Record 	Bowl	Final CP Ranking
Coach(es) 	Year 	Conference 	Wins 	Losses 	Wins 	Losses 	Bowl	Final CP Ranking
Rice Owls 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
GoldenCatcus 	2013 	Big 12 	1 	11 	1 	7 	- 	-
owl_man 	2014 	AAC 	5 	7 	5 	2 	- 	-
2015 	0 	AAC 	12 	0 	7 	- 	- 	
Bubada 	2016 	AAC 	1 	11 	0 	7 	- 	-
2017 	3 	AAC 	9 	3 	4 	- 	- 	
2018 	C-USA 	9 	5 	8 	0 	Lost Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Washington State (31-41)	- 	
2019 	C-USA 	9 	5 	8 	0 	Lost Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Maryland (9-22) 	- 	
2020 	C-USA 	10 	4 	8 	1 	Lost Hawaii Bowl vs. Hawaii (23-38) 	- 	
Total Games: 102	Total Games: 102	Total Games: 102	38 	64 	33 	28 	 	
National Champions	Conference Champions	Bowl game berth
== Bowl games == 
The Owls have appeared in 3 bowl games, posting a record of 0-3.
Season	Bowl 	Opponent 	Result 	 	
2018 	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Washington State	L, 31-41	 	
2019 	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Maryland 	L, 9-22 	 	
2020 	Hawaii Bowl 	Hawaii 	L, 23-38	 	
Total 	3 Bowl Games 	0–3 	0–3 	0–3	0–3
== Individual Award Winners ==
=== Players ===
====Paul Hornung Award====
*2020
:Nate Wooten
====C-USA Offensive Player of the Year====
*2019
:Eric McLean
*2020
:Eric McLean
====All-AAC Players ====
*2014
:Willie Fauria
:Terrell Hooks
====All-C-USA Players ====
*2018
:Brayden Whitten
:Thomas Marino
:Koren Donahue
*2019
:Lucas Giles
:Eric McLean
:Clarence Terrell
*2020
:Eric McLean
:Keith Triplett
=== Coaches ===
====C-USA Coach of the Year====
*2018
:Bubada
*2019
:Bubada
== External Links ==
2019 Depth Chart
Category:C-USA