RICE STADIUM
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HOUSTON, TX
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Home of the Rice Owls football team, Rice Stadium is the largest
stadium in the conference. By 1950, a new stadium for the Rice
football program was needed as the old Rice Field was showing its age. Construction
for a new stadium began in January 1950 and was completed nine months
later.
The Owls made their debut at the stadium on
September 30, 1950 against Santa Clara. The stadium had a seating
capacity of 70,000 when it opened. The lower deck encloses the playing
field and upper decks are located on both sides of the gridiron. In
the 1990s Rice Stadium saw several improvements: new lights in 1995,
new scoreboards in 1996 and the following year, new Astroturf. In
recent years there have been several improvements to Rice Stadium. The
Astroturf playing surface was replaced with Fieldturf and a new
scoreboard was added in 2006. Current capacity of Rice Stadium is
listed at 47,000 because sections of the stadium are covered with
tarps. Other than being the home of the Rice Owls, the stadium was
home of the Houston Oilers before they moved in the Houston Astrodome.
It was also the site of Super Bowl VIII between the Miami Dolphins and
the Minnesota Vikings.
In recent years there has been discussions of possibly replacing
the stadium with a smaller one for the team as average attendance for games is under 20,000.
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2015 RICE
OWLS SCHEDULE
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-9/5 - WAGNER
-9/12 - at Texas
-9/19 - at North Texas
-9/26 - at Baylor
-10/3 - WESTERN KY
-10/10 - at Florida Atlantic |
-10/24 - ARMY
-10/31 - LOUISIANA TECH
-11/7 - at UTEP
-11/14 - SOUTHERN MISS
-11/21 - at UTSA
-11/28 -
CHARLOTTE |
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MAP & DIRECTIONS TO
THE STADIUM
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Address: 6100 South Main
Street, Houston, TX 77005
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