Rice Owls
| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 30August 30 (Thu) | vs UCLA (9-5, 6-4) | L 24-49 | 4.59 | 8.96 | -4.37 | 0.00%
| 0 |
| Sep 8September 8 | at Kansas (1-11, 0-9) | W 25-24 | 5.30 | 5.30 | +0.01 | 50.13%
| 0 |
| Sep 15September 15 | at Louisiana Tech (9-3, 4-2) | L 37-56 | 5.36 | 8.46 | -3.10 | 2.94%
| -1 |
| Sep 22September 22 | vs Marshall (5-7, 4-4) | L 51-54 | 6.96 | 6.66 | +0.29 | 57.42%
| 0 |
| Sep 29September 29 | vs Houston (5-7, 4-4) * | L 14-35 | 4.90 | 6.99 | -2.09 | 8.31%
| +2 |
| Oct 6October 6 | at Memphis (4-8, 4-4) | L 10-14 | 3.81 | 3.77 | +0.04 | 51.03%
| +1 |
| Oct 13October 13 | vs UT San Antonio (8-4, 3-3) | W 34-14 | 5.96 | 4.35 | +1.62 | 85.55%
| -1 |
| Oct 20October 20 | at Tulsa (11-3, 8-1) | L 24-28 | 4.52 | 6.61 | -2.09 | 8.31%
| -1 |
| Oct 27October 27 | vs Southern Mississippi (0-12, 0-8) | W 44-17 | 5.87 | 4.65 | +1.22 | 78.60%
| +2 |
| Nov 3November 3 | at Tulane (2-10, 2-6) | W 49-47 | 5.61 | 7.56 | -1.95 | 9.84%
| +3 |
| Nov 17November 17 | vs SMU (7-6, 5-3) | W 36-14 | 5.49 | 5.76 | -0.27 | 43.14%
| +2 |
| Nov 24November 24 | at UTEP (3-9, 2-6) | W 33-24 | 5.33 | 7.51 | -2.18 | 7.41%
| -2 |
| Dec 29December 29 | at Air Force (6-7, 5-3) * | W 33-14 | 6.06 | 3.57 | +2.49 | 95.00%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-6, 4-4 | 5.42 | 6.23 | -0.817 | 4.98-8.02 (+2.02) | +5 |