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Rice Football 2024 Spring Practice Notebook 1: Spring Intros

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The 2024 Rice Football spring practices are officially underway. Here’s the latest on the roster and their plans this spring.

Rice football was back on the grass for the first week of spring practices this week. The Owls will have a short hiatus for spring break, then return to finish the final four weeks of camp and conclude with their spring game on April 13. That’s a short window to accomplish a lot. Stay tuned here for updates throughout the weeks ahead, starting right now with more on their starting point, some news faces, a notable position change and more.

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2024 Rice Football Schedule Announced

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The 2024 Rice Football schedule was released by the American Conference on Thursday, including a full 12-game slate.

Opponents have been known for some time, but now we have dates. All of a sudden the 2024 Rice football season is starting to take shape following an announcement by the conference office on Thursday that laid out the full slate of games the Owls will undertake this fall.

The AAC released this statement concurrently with the schedule:

The nonconference portion of the schedule features 10 games against teams ranked in the top 25 of the final Associated Press poll of 2023, including seven games against top-15 teams. American Athletic Conference teams will face No. 3 Texas, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Florida State, No. 14 Notre Dame (two games), No. 15 Oklahoma (two games), No. 16 Oklahoma State, No. 18 Kansas State and No. 25 Liberty in nonconference play.

Teams from The American will play 11 nonconference games against opponents from the Sun Belt, six against Conference USA, five against the SEC, four each against the Big 12 and Mountain West, three against the ACC and two against the Big Ten. American teams will additionally play six games against FBS independents, including two against Notre Dame.

So, here it is, the 2024 Rice Football schedule:

Date Opponent H/A
Aug. 31, 2024 Sam Houston Home
Sep. 7, 2024 Texas Southern Home
Sep. 14, 2024 Houston Away
Sep. 21, 2024 Army Away
Sep. 28, 2024 Charlotte Home
Oct. 5, 2024 — OFF — —
Oct. 12, 2024 UTSA Home
Oct. 19, 2024 Tulane Away
Oct. 26, 2024 UConn Away
Nov. 2, 2024 Navy Home
Nov. 8, 2024 Memphis (Fri) Away
Nov. 16, 2024 — OFF — —
Nov. 23, 2024 UAB Away
Nov. 30, 2024 USF Home

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The Roost Podcast | Ep. 219 – Rice Football Edges UAB and Stadium News

Posted: November 9, 2025

Rice Football takes down UAB on homecoming to improve to 5-5 days following the massive renovation new for Rice Stadium. It was a wonderful Homecoming weekend on South Main. Rice Football triumphed over UAB in what was a rather workmanlike effort and the university announced some rather significant renovation plans for Rice Stadium. We talked […]

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Rice Football Holds on for Homecoming win over UAB

Posted: November 8, 2025

Rice Football trailed at halftime but pitched a shutout against UAB after the break, rallying to secure a crucial Homecoming win over the Blazers. A close game from wire to wire, Rice football got the stops in needed on defense late to earn its fifth win of the season, defeating UAB 24-17 on Homecoming. The […]

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Rice University Launches The Gateway Project, Rice Stadium Renovation

Posted: November 6, 2025

On Thursday, Rice University formally announced The Gateway Project, a bold renovation strategy for Rice Stadium and the west side of campus. Rumors of a reenvisioned Rice Stadium have been echoed throughout South Main for years. Renderings shared in murmurs of what could be. On Thursday afternoon in the West parking lot, behind a practice […]

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Rice Football 2025: UAB Game Week Practice Notes

Posted: November 5, 2025

Rice Football is assessing all their options this week from personnel to prep as they do all they can on the practice field to prepare for UAB. Three games remain on the Rice football scheduled and head coach Scott Abell is doing all he can to find a way to earn a fourth chance to […]

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Rice Football 2025: UAB presser quotes and depth chart

Posted: November 4, 2025

Next up for Rice football, a home game against UAB. 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 recapped the Memphis game and looked ahead at […]

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Biggest questions for Rice Football spring ball: February 2024 Q&A

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With Rice football set to open spring practice at the beginning of March, this month’s Q&A gets a jump start on key questions for the spring.

Basketball season is winding down. Baseball season is starting up. For Rice football, though, something is going on year-round. The latter was the focus of this month’s Q&A, specifically what sort of questions and expectations we should have for the Owls before they take the gridiron again for spring ball next week.

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The Roost Podcast | Ep 172 – Rice Football Offseason Roundup

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A lot has happened since the Rice football season ended. The Owls have signed new players, added a new assistant and more. We recap the news.

Once again, Rice football has made program history, signing the highest-rated class in school history. That feat included a couple of big wins in the run up to National Signing Day including stud North Shore defensive back Lavonte Johnson, Westfield running back Taji Atkins and more.

We recap signing day, discuss the latest on the transfer front and discuss the state of the Rice roster, coaching staff and more as we creep closer and closer to spring football.

You can find previous episodes on the podcast page. For now, give a listen to Episode 172.

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  • Lavonte Johnson, Taji Atkins and key new additions
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Bobby Kennedy named Rice Football WR Coach

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Rice football has a new position coach. The Owls have announced the addition of wide receivers coach Bobby Kennedy.

Bobby Kennedy has been named the wide receivers coach for Rice football by head coach Mike Bloomgren. He takes over the spot left by Mike Kershaw, who departed this offseason to be the head coach at Mississippi College after five seasons leading the room. Kennedy boasts and extensive track record of success and profiles as a great addition to the Owls’ staff.

Rice football issued this release summarizing Kennedy’s accomplishments:

“Kennedy brings over 30 years of coaching experience to Rice, including seven seasons at Texas from 2004 to 2010 where his receivers played a key role in the Longhorn’s 2005 BCS title and a return to the national championship game in 2009.  In addition to his seven seasons in the Big XII, he has coached in the Pac-12 for a combined 11 seasons (Stanford 2018-22; 2010-11; Washington 2002-03 and Arizona 2001), as well as three seasons in the Big Ten at Iowa (2013-16), and six in the ACC at Wake Forest (1995-2000) after beginning his career in the Mountain West at Wyoming (1993-94).  “

Consistency has been a hallmark of head coach Mike Bloomgren’s staff, with most offseasons featuring minimal turnover. The lone exception came a year ago when Rice brought in five new position coaches en route to their best program finish under Bloomgren to date.

The objective for this offseason was to build off that success as much as possible. So far, the Owls seem to be doing just that, returning the bulk of their starters on both sides of the ball and only making one change among position coaches, inserting Kennedy into an already impressive staff.

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