1989 Rice Owls football team

1989 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Arkansas $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Houston	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
SMU	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Fred Goldsmith, the team compiled a 2–8–1 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at SMU	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	W 35–6	23,227
September 9	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–20	29,469	^[3]
September 23	Southwestern Louisiana*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 3–18
September 30	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	T 17–17	12,100	^[4]
October 7	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 30–31	57,038
October 14	TCU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 16–30
October 21	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 25–41	26,902
October 28	No. 21 Texas A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–45	30,900
November 4	No. 11 Arkansas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 17–38	11,800
November 18	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	W 6–3	22,133
December 2	No. 13 Houston	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 0–64	22,700
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1989 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. 137. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Mistakes cost Rice at Tulane". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 10, 1989. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rice tied by Wake Forest on last-second field goal". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 1, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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