2006 Rice Owls football team

2006 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x	6	–	2	9	–	5
East Carolina	5	–	3	7	–	6
Marshall	4	–	4	5	–	7
UCF	3	–	5	4	–	8
UAB	2	–	6	3	–	9
Memphis	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$	7	–	1	10	–	4
Rice	6	–	2	7	–	6
Tulsa	5	–	3	8	–	5
SMU	4	–	4	6	–	6
UTEP	3	–	5	5	–	7
Tulane	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Owls were led by head coach Todd Graham, who left the school in January to coach Tulsa. They played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 pm	Houston	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	CSTV	L 30–31	23,352
September 9	9:00 pm	at UCLA*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	L 16–26	46,023
September 16	5:00 pm	No. 8 Texas*	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN2	L 7–52	40,069
September 23	2:30 pm	at No. 18 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPNU	L 7–55	78,154
September 30	2:30 pm	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	ESPNU	W 48–14	31,597
October 7	1:00 pm	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 24–38	15,064
October 14	6:30 pm	UAB	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	CSTV	W 34–33	10,153
October 21	3:00 pm	at UCF	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL		W 40–29	30,307
November 4	8:00 pm	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		W 37–31	42,685
November 11	2:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 41–38 ^2OT	18,632
November 18	2:00 pm	East Carolina	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 18–17	12,669
November 25	2:00 pm	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)		W 31–27	12,867
December 22	7:00 pm	vs. Troy*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN2	L 17–41	24,791
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

This college football 2000s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

v t e Rice Owls football
Venues	West End Park (1912, 1914–1915) Rice Field (1913–1949) Rice Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston SMU Texas
Culture & lore	Sammy the Owl "Rice Fight" Marching Owl Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024