Football

The 2025 Rice football season was an exciting ride filled with ups and downs. What can we take away from the Owls’ five-win bowl campaign? An Armed Forces Bowl appearance marked the end of an eventful 2025 Rice Football season, filled with high highs and discouraging lows. Ultimately, this year will be remembered most for […]

Rice Football kept it close for a half before Texas State prevailed in the Armed Forces Bowl, riding explosive plays and turnovers to a lopsided final score. More than a month removed from their final regular season game, Rice football came out of the gate with some gusto against Texas State. Without their starting quarterback, […]

2025 was filled with highs and lows for Rice Athletics. The Roost picked out 10 moments that stood out the most along the way. 10. Rice Football defeats Louisiana in Scott Abell’s debut On the road as double-digit underdogs against a team that played for a conference championship the season prior, Abell’s track record of […]

The 2026 Rice Football recruiting class got a late Christmas present, picking up a pledge from a versatile playmaker. Sawyer Rice has committed to the Owls. The Early Signing Period in mid-December represented the first big push for the 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class, but spots were left open for select additions to that initial […]

Rice Football will have a new QB1 for the Armed Forces Bowl and beyond. Starter Chase Jenkins has opted out of the game and intends to enter the Transfer Portal. The first wave of Rice football potential Transfer Portal entrants came in the days following the end of the Owls’ regular season. During that period, […]

Rice football draws another postseason bout with Texas State, this time in the Armed Forces Bowl. How to watch, key stats, x-factor picks and more. Both Rice football and Texas State entered the final week of the regular season one win shy of securing bowl eligibility. Texas State got that all-important sixth win, defeating South […]

Rice Football takes on Texas State in the Armed Forces Bowl just after the Christmas break. Here’s the latest from the practice field this week. The first week of Rice Football bowl practices was geared toward developing younger players. Things shifted toward preparing for Texas State after that, as the team began installing its gameplan […]

Rice Football is postseason-bound and will have the vast majority of its starting roster intact for the Armed Forces Bowl. Here’s the latest from the practice field this week. Finals are winding down, but the Rice football season is starting to ramp back up. After a brief break between official practices, the team returned to […]

Next up for Rice football, the Armed Forces Bowl against Texas State. Here’s what head coach Scott Abell had to say about the matchup and a few depth chart notes. Head coach Scott Abell and a set of players met with the media for their customary weekly availability. They previewed the Armed Forces Bowl game […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2025 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 15. There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player. Team NFL Owl(s) This Week Result Next Week Washington Commanders Luke […]

Rice Athletics isn’t waiting for a new stadium to introduce new sports traditions. A real-life train horn is the latest addition to the Owls’ game day experience. Scott Abell has always been the kind of guy who strives to get others involved. He’s a program builder, utilizing what he calls his WE values (Win Everything, […]

The 2025 Rice Football regular season is over, and the Transfer Portal is open. Here’s the latest on who’s coming and going from South Main. Outgoing Unlike previous years, the Transfer Portal window for the winter is not concurrent with the early signing period. Instead, it’s been pushed back a few weeks in an effort […]

Rice Football is postseason-bound, and The Roost wants to play along. Join our free Bowl Mania Challenge. We’ll dish out prizes to the top finishers in January. We’re running it back again this year with another edition of The Roost’s Bowl Challenge. Join the pool here, it’s completely free. This year’s winner can expect a […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2025 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 14. There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player. Team NFL Owl(s) This Week Result Next Week Washington Commanders Luke […]

The 2025 Rice Football season isn’t done yet. The Owls are going bowling and have drawn a postseason rematch with Texas State in the Armed Forces Bowl. Good grades have gotten Rice football to the postseason for the second time in four years. The Owls are officially going bowling and will play Texas State in […]

The 2025 Rice Football season isn’t done yet. The Owls are heading to the Armed Forces Bowl to play Texas State. For the second time in the past four seasons, good grades will work in the favor of Rice football. Although they finished the regular season 5-7 and one win away from securing bowl eligibility, […]

As we close the book on the 2025 Rice Football regular season, we review learnings from the year, signing day and what might be next for the program moving forward. Rice football finishes the regular season 5-7 with a big win over UConn and many reasons for optimism. On this week’s show, we talk through […]

The 2026 Rice Football recruiting class just keeps adding more playmakers during the Early Signing Period. Defensive lineman Chris Knauls has committed to the Owls. Months ago, Chris Knauls was one of the top targets in the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class but the timing wasn’t right. Knauls made plans to sign with Michigan State […]

The 2025 Rice Football season may not be over after all. Here’s what I’m hearing about a potential path for the Owls to play in a bowl game this year. Reports have surfaced over the last few days linking Rice football to a potential bowl opportunity as the highest-rated APR program. Up until recently, even […]

The 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class includes several hand-picked impact players on defense and special teams. Here’s how those sides of the ball stacks up. The 2026 Rice football recruiting class began with 18 signees during the Early Signing Period, the second recruiting haul for new head coach Scott Abell. Of those players, 16 are […]

The 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class includes several hand-picked impact players on offense. Here’s how that side of the ball stacks up. The 2026 Rice football recruiting class began with 18 signees during the Early Signing Period, the second recruiting haul for new head coach Scott Abell. Of those players, 16 are current high school […]

Anchored by offensive lineman Marcus Page, a top five rated signee in program history, the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class represents a tremendous win for head coach Scott Abell and the Owls. Scott Abell had been on campus for a matter of days when his first signing day arrived and while he honored every commitment […]

The 2026 Rice Football recruiting class just added more offensive firepower during the Early Signing Period. Slot Fisher Leftwich has committed to the Owls. Adding playmakers on offense was a focal point of the 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class, particularly those the staff could hand-pick for specialized roles in their unique offense. With that goal […]

The 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class, the first full cycle under head coach Scott Abell, will sign its first players during the Early Signing Period. Follow along here. With one year on South Main under his belt, head coach Scott Abell will welcome the first members of the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class on Wednesday […]

The 2026 Rice Football recruiting class just added its cornerstone in the trenches. North Forney offensive lineman Marcus Page has committed to the Owls. The fireworks got started early for the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class which picked up perhaps the most notable flip of the Scott Abell era on the eve of the Early […]