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Rice Football 2025 Season Preview: Extended Schedule

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2025 Rice Football Extended Schedule

A favorite from the former digital magazine editions of the season preview, this Rice football extended schedule includes series breakdowns, updated coaching information/records and more for each of the Owls’ 2025 opponents.

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Full Schedule

DATETEAMTIMETVLOCATION
Aug. 30@ Louisiana7:00 PMESPN+Lafayette, LA
Sep. 6Houston6:00 PMESPN+Houston, TX
Sep. 13PVAMU6:00 PMESPN+Houston, TX
Sep. 18 (Thr)@ Charlotte6:30 PMESPNCharlotte, NC
Sep. 27@ Navy2:30 pmCBS Sports NetworkAnnapolis, MD
Oct. 4FAUTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Oct. 11@ UTSATBAESPN NetworksSan Antonio, TX
Oct. 25UConnTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Oct. 31 (Fri)Memphis6:00 PMESPN2Houston, TX
Nov. 8UABTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Nov. 22North TexasTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Nov. 29@ USFTBAESPN NetworksTampa, FL
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2025 Rice Football Season Preview live now

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The 2025 Rice Football season is right around the corner. Season Preview content starts rolling out this week! Subscribe now for access.

For the upcoming 2025 season, all Rice football preview content and opponent previews will be available for subscribers on Patreon and gathered into one portal on the website right here. Not a subscriber yet? We’re offering a 7-day free trial.

Subscribers will get access to every premium update on the site during their trial period. That includes hundreds of posts… and counting. There are a couple of 2025 Rice Football season preview pieces already on the site and more will be pushed out over the next several weeks. Subscribers get access to the entire series.

Read the previews, check out some of our recent features, go back and refresh yourself on spring ball and more. Then, once you’ve seen checked it out yourself, we hope you make the decision to stick around for the season.

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You can also check out these already unlocked pieces, one from spring practice, another from the incoming recruiting class and two from last year’s preview, to get a flavor of what to expect:

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Rice Football 2025 Spring Practice Notebook 5: Slot School

Posted: April 6, 2025

There’s been a lot to learn with this new-look Rice Football offense during spring practices, including the introduction of a new position: slot. Keeping track of where players are lining up and where they go after the snap has been an adventure in the new offense Rice football is installing this spring. Head coach Scott […]

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Rice Football Recruiting: Breaking Down the 2025 Signees – Defense

Posted: February 7, 2025

The 2025 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 2025 Rice football recruiting class began with 12 signees during the Early Signing Period, the first recruiting haul for new head coach Scott Abell. That group has since been […]

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2024 Rice Football Opponent Season Preview: Tulane

Posted: July 31, 2024

Under the leadership of a new head coach, Tulane aims to continue their winning ways. What can Rice Football expect from the Green Wave in 2024? Head Coach: Jon SumrallRecord at School: 0-0 (1 Yr) | Career FBS Record 23-4 (2 Yr)Offensive Coordinator: Joe Craddock | Defensive Coordinator: Greg Gasparato Jon Sumrall went 23-4 at […]

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2024 Rice Football Season Preview: Running Back

Posted: July 10, 2024

Next up in our 2024 Rice Football Season Preview: running back. Here’s our breakdown of the Owls’ plans for the group this season. Rice football has a bonafide star in the running back room, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be a one-man show in the Owls’ backfield this fall. How will the coaching […]

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The Roost Podcast | Ep 202 – 2025 Rice Football Opponent Previews: UAB

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The 2025 Rice Football season previews march on. This week, we’re joined by Evan Dudley to talk UAB and everything that is the Trent Dilfer experience.

The fourth edition of our Rice Football opponent summer preview series is in your podcast feeds. Returning guest Evan Dudley, who’s covered UAB throughout its rise, fall and subsequent bottoming out under new head coach Trent Dilfer, checks in with us to review the Blazers’ offseason. Is there hope for 2025? Listen in.

You can find previous episodes on the podcast page. For now, give a listen to Episode 202.

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Rice Football Recruiting: K Tommy Bauchiero commits to Owls

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The first specialist of the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class is on board. Kicker Tommy Bauchiero from Brentwood Academy (TN) has committed to the Owls.

An action-packed weekend on South Main doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Fresh off a wave of commitments in recent days, the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class continues to stockpile talent. This time, Rice has added its first specialist of the class into the fold. Kicker Tommy Baucheiro from Brentwood Academy (TN) has committed to the Owls.

Bauchiero also had an offer from UConn at the time of his commitment, picking the blue and white Owls over the similarly color-schemed Huskies. He earned his Rice offer in camp a few weeks ago by winning the field goal and kickoff competition.

The addition of Bauchiero brings the 2026 class to 11 members, and counting. He’s one of four players to announce a commitment to the Owls in the past four days, proof of an exciting round of camps and official visits on campus over recent weeks. SLOT Jai Jacobs-Ford, linebacker Jayden Cupitt and corner James Henderson are the other new additions from the weekend.

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Bauchiero’s highlights are exactly what you’d expect to see from a kicking prospect. He kicks the ball hard and far, including a 59-yard field goal during the year. He’s got a big leg and will give the Owls a kickoff man, in addition to his field goal duties.

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Rice Football Recruiting: SLOT Jai Jacobs-Ford commits to Owls

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Another offensive weapon has joined the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class. SLOT Jai Jacobs-Ford from Gosnell High School (AR) has committed to the Owls.

After a run of defensive additions to the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class, the offense got back on board in a big way. Listed as a wide receiver in some places and an athlete in others, the Owls’ latest addition is a perfect fit to play in the SLOT in this offense. Gosnell (AR) wide receiver Jai Jacobs-Ford has committed to the Owls.

Jacobs-Ford managed to fly a little bit under the radar throughout the spring, picking up offers from Sacramento State, Cornell and Central Arkansas, among others, before Rice football jumped into the mix with a formal offer in May. Following an official visit to campus in June, Jacobs-Ford had seen enough and made his pledge to the Blue and Gray.

“Coach Abell and [coach Eisenhofer] and the rest of the staff made me feel like I was at home,” Jacobs-Ford told The Roost. “The players played a big part in it. I like how everyone gets along. I also love the offense and the academics.”

The offensive skill talent in the 2026 class has really started to take shape with Jacobs-Ford into the mix. He joins fellow SLOT Jacob Swain and wide receiver Prince Hall, who have made their pledges in the past month. That’s a lot of athleticism for quarterback commit Aiden Smalls to work with.

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It’s probably no coincidence that the camera visibly blurs on the first rep of Jacobs-Ford’s highlight tape. The 5-foot-11, 165-pound pass catcher is lightning fast and explosive, able to make a move and accelerate into the open field. He’s going to be a lot of fun to watch in the Owls’ spread option attack.

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