1988 Rice Owls football team

1988 Rice Owls football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	0–11 (0–7 SWC)
Head coach	Jerry Berndt (3rd season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

1988 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Arkansas $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M*	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
No. 18 Houston	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Baylor	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Texas	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
TCU	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion *- Ineligible for conference championship and postseason bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team compiled a 0–11 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Indiana*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 14–41	17,300
September 24	at Southwestern Louisiana*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	L 16–41
October 1	Texas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 13–20	35,000
October 8	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 10–21
October 15	Texas Tech	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 36–38	10,500
October 22	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 10–24
October 29	at No. 11 Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 14–21	50,612
November 5	No. 1 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 11–54	59,075
November 12	Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 10–20	13,200
November 19	North Texas*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 17–33	8,500	[1]
November 26	at No. 14 Houston	Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 14–45	16,923
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "North Texas hands Rice seventeenth-straight loss". Victoria Advocate. November 20, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "1988 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 30, 2019.