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The Houston–Rice rivalry is a crosstown college rivalry between the Houston Cougars of the University of Houston and Rice Owls of Rice University.The universities are located approximately five miles from one another.
The American Athletic Conference announced the 2025 football conference opponents for the Owls on August 15, 2024. [1] [2] The Owls will also compete against four nonconference opponents, rival Houston from the Big 12 Conference, Louisiana from the Sun Belt Conference, Prairie View A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and UConn, who will compete as an independent.
The 2024 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by Mike Bloomgren in his seventh year as the head coach. The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium, located in Houston.
The Cougars scored two first-quarter touchdowns to take a 15-6 lead over the Jaguars. Freitag ran for a 24-yard touchdown and Blake Steffl worked his way into the end zone off a 15-yard catch and ...
The Rice baseball team is the school's top athletic program and one of the NCAA's top baseball programs, having won 20 straight conference championships dating back to 1996. [5] The Owls won the College World Series in 2003 and finished third in both the 2006 and 2007 College World Series tournaments. [ 6 ]
Houston's most meaningful current rivalry is with cross-town Rice University, which is a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars and Rice Owls have competed in football, annually with a few exceptions, for a trophy known as the "Bayou Bucket", referencing one of the city of Houston's nicknames as the "Bayou City."
The Rice Owls baseball team is the interscholastic baseball team representing Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States.The Owls have appeared often in the NCAA tournament since the tenure of head coach Wayne Graham began in 1992.
Army makes its home debut in the American Athletic Conference against a solid Rice club. The Black Knights (2-0) will play their second game at Michie Stadium. Army is coming off a bye week ...