2020 Rice Football Schedule: How to watch, tv channels and broadcast info

The broadcast lineup for the 2020 Rice football schedule is as up in the air as the season itself. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the Owls.

Every game of the Rice Football schedule in 2020 should be available to watch either through a local cable provider or some sort of streaming service. This guide will have the most up to date information for all of the Owls’ broadcasts, so be sure to bookmark it and refer back every Saturday.

Basketball update

Most of the currently scheduled Rice men’s and women’s basketball games will air on ESPN+. It is a separate, stand-alone streaming service from ESPN3. This streaming-only service is not included in a basic cable subscription or any other ESPN offering. You can subscribe to ESPN+ here. They also offer seven day free trials at any time.

Radio

Rice Owls Voice JP Heath will be on the call for every Rice football game of the season. Listen to him here:

  • Sports Map 94.1 (FM)
  • Stretch Internet (Online)

TV Schedule

The original Rice football schedule featured games exclusively on ESPN3 or ESPN +. The list below will be updated as revised information is made available.

  • 10/24 – vs Middle Tennessee | ESPN3
  • 10/31 – at Southern Miss | ESPN3
  • 11/7 – vs UTSA | ESPN3
  • 11/14 – at Louisiana Tech | ESPN3
  • 11/21 – at North Texas | ESPN3
  • 11/28 – vs UTEP | ESPN3
  • 12/5 – at Marhsall | ESPN+
  • 12/12 – vs UAB | ESPN3

Get to know the Owls’ Opponents

Profiles on every opponent on the 2020 Rice Football schedule as well as all Conference USA peers, including key conference games to watch and storylines across Conference USA are featured in our 2020 Rice Football Season Preview, available for purchase now.

How to watch

ESPN+ is a separate, stand-alone streaming service from ESPN3. This streaming-only service is not included in a basic cable subscription or any other ESPN offering. You can subscribe to ESPN+ here. They also offer seven day free trials at any time.

ESPN3 is available with all major cable providers and can be streamed on the ESPN mobile device or online. Access the streaming service here.

Possible Alternates

CBS SN (Channel Information | DirecTv 221, Dish 158, AT&T Uverse, 643, Xfinity 106). This is not the same as CBS. Depending on your cable provider, it might require a subscription beyond the basic package.

Stadium will broadcast through Facebook for this year’s game with no tv broadcast component. You can find the Stadium page on Facebook here.

Game Previews

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Know Your Foe: Rice Football vs Florida Atlantic

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Rice Football 2026 Game Preview: Florida Atlantic

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Know Your Foe: Rice Football vs Tulsa

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Rice Football 2026 Game Preview: Tulsa

Rice football returns home this week to take on Tulsa. How to watch, key stats, x-factor picks and more. For the fourth time in as many weeks, Rice football found itself in a one-score game against a quality opponent and came up short. This time, it was the East Carolina Pirates that hung on to … Read more

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Know Your Foe: Rice Football vs East Carolina

East Carolina is next up on the 2026 Rice football schedule, so we’re going behind enemy lines with Pirates’ insider Stephen Igoe Stephen Igoe of Hoist The Colors (247 Sports) was kind enough to stop by and answer a few questions about the upcoming matchup between Rice Football and East Carolina. The answers below should … Read more

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Rice Football 2026 Game Preview: East Carolina

Rice football continues conference play this week against East Carolina. How to watch, key stats, x-factor picks and more. A week removed from a narrow defeat to UTSA, Rice football hits the road to face another challenging American Conference opponent, East Carolina. The Pirates will be coming off a Week 4 bye and should be … Read more

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Know Your Foe: Rice Football vs UTSA

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Rice Football 2026 Game Preview: UTSA

Rice football kicks off conference play this week against UTSA on Families Weekend. How to watch, key stats, x-factor picks and more. Points were scored last week, both by Rice football and their upcoming opponent, UTSA. The Roadrunners put up 59 against Colorado State, winning a shootout in the Alamodome against a Pac-12 foe. The … Read more

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Know Your Foe: Rice Football vs Fresno State

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