Rice football has a schedule, sort of. With the game dates still to be set the Owls now know all of their 2019 opponents.
2019 Rice Football opponents
| Home | Away |
| Wake Forest | Army |
| Baylor | UTSA |
| Southern Miss | UAB |
| North Texas | UTEP |
| Louisiana Tech | Middle Tennessee |
| Marshall | |
| Texas (at NRG Stadium) |
1. More home games
Rice played 13 games last season, but the majority of them were away from Rice stadium. They’ll get the reverse in 2019, with seven games played in Houston including one game against the Texas Longhorns at NRG Stadium. The mass of burnt orange will still be plentiful, but staying home is always preferable to a long road trip.
2. Statement games
Rice gets three Power 5 opponents in Houston in 2019: Baylor, Wake Forest
All three of these games come relatively early in the season giving the Owls a chance to get a quick jump on their opponent as both sides work out the kinks. Rice took Hawaii and Houston to the brink early on in 2018, coming a few plays short.
3. Tough draw from the East
The final two teams added to the schedule were Marshall and Middle Tennessee. The Owls couldn’t have gotten much more challenging of a draw. MTSU was only CUSA team to beat eventual conference champion UAB. Rick Stockstill was named CUSA Coach of the Year for his efforts. The Blue Raiders will need to find a new starting quarterback, but they’ll still be a
Marshall finished as the runner up in the East in 2018, narrowly missing out on a divisional crown themselves. The Thundering Herd have gone to bowl games in five of the last six seasons, winning double-digit games in three of those seasons under current head coach Doc Holliday.
