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53
at its 5-year level▲ Up 3 this season
Career61since 1936
Peak881953
Last 552seasons
#111 nationally · 1-5 (0-2 conf)
Résumé #128 · better than its record
Schedule so far #42
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Rice Owls
American Athletic · Houston, TX · Rice Stadium · Head coach Scott Abell
12-35 all time (47 meetings since 1971)
Houston leads
Last: lost 35-9 (2025) · Houston has won 2 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
4AP top-10
7All-Americans
24NFL picks
39.9%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1912. Every season →
Chemistry
58
56Foundation
61Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +8
early · #69 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters27%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Class | Rank | Commits | Avg rating | Top recruit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | #111 | 4 | 0.846 | Jacob Lee CB ★★★ |
| 2026 | #57 | 22 | 0.842 | Marcus Page Jr. IOL ★★★ |
| 2025 | #62 | 21 | 0.840 | Colter Alberding IOL ★★★ |
| 2024 | #110 | 13 | 0.832 | LaVonte Johnson S ★★★ |
| 2023 | #52 | 20 | 0.830 | Ashton Ojiaku ATH ★★★ |
| 2022 | #104 | 11 | 0.822 | Rawson MacNeill WR ★★★ |
| 2021 | #78 | 18 | 0.822 | DJ Arkansas LB ★★★ |
| 2020 | #95 | 17 | 0.827 | Gabe Taylor S ★★★ |
| 2019 | #20 | 28 | 0.790 | Jake Bailey ATH ★★★ |
| 2018 | #71 | 22 | 0.785 | Cameron Valentine SDE ★★★ |
| 2017 | #110 | 17 | 0.785 | Miklo Smalls ATH ★★★ |
| 2016 | #101 | 18 | 0.778 | Sam Glaesmann PRO ★★★ |
| 2015 | #44 | 18 | 0.789 | Zach Abercrumbia DT ★★★ |
| 2014 | #67 | 17 | 0.787 | Samuel Stewart APB ★★★ |
| 2013 | #79 | 16 | 0.792 | Kenneth Thompson OG ★★★ |
| 2012 | #29 | 23 | 0.788 | Luke Turner ATH ★★★ |