1984 Rice Owls football team

1984 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 SMU +	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Houston +	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
TCU	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Texas	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Watson Brown, the team compiled a 1–10 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	at Minnesota*	Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 24–31	50,576
September 22	Lamar*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 36–19
September 29	at No. 16 Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 3–38	20,084
October 6	No. 1 Texas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 13–38	56,047
October 13	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 24–45
October 20	Texas Tech	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 10–30	13,105
October 27	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 14–38
November 3	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 6–28	54,290
November 10	No. 17 SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 17–31	15,692
November 17	Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 40–46	11,125
December 1	at Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 26–38	30,123
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1984 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "2020 Rice Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rice University. 2020. p. 136. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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