2011 Rice Owls football team

2011 Rice Owls football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	West
Record	4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	David Bailiff (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	John Reagan (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Driesbach (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

2011 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 20 Southern Miss x$		6	–	2					12	–	2
Marshall		5	–	3					7	–	6
East Carolina		4	–	4					5	–	7
UAB		3	–	5					3	–	9
UCF		3	–	5					5	–	7
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
No. 18 Houston x		8	–	0					13	–	1
Tulsa		7	–	1					8	–	5
SMU		5	–	3					8	–	5
Rice		3	–	5					4	–	8
UTEP		2	–	6					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 10, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by fifth-year head coach David Bailiff and played their home games at Rice Stadium. They are a member of the West Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	at No. 24 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	LHN	L 9–34	101,624
September 10	2:30 pm	Purdue*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	CBSSN	W 24–22	25,317
September 24	6:00 pm	at No. 19 Baylor*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	FSN	L 31–56	40,088
October 1	6:30 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	L 24–48	28,656
October 8	11:30 am	Memphis	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	CSS	W 28–6	14,179
October 15	2:00 pm	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		L 20–24	27,504
October 22	6:00 pm	Tulsa	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	FSN	L 20–38	17,314
October 27	7:00 pm	at No. 18 Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 34–73	32,112
November 5	2:30 pm	UTEP	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	FSN	W 41–37	14,372[3]
November 12	11:00 am	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 6–28	26,886[4]
November 19	2:30 pm	Tulane	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 19–7	15,461
November 26	11:00 am	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX (Mayor's Cup)	FSN	L 24–27	23,326
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2011 Rice Owls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Sam McGuffie Jr QB 3 Taylor Cook  Jr WR 4 Randy Kitchens  Sr WR 5 Lovett Gibson Fr QB 6 Driphus Jackson Fr QB 7 Nick Fanuzzi Sr OL 70 Bobby Janisch  So OL 71 Davon Allen  Sr WR 80 Drew Travis  Fr WR 81 Donte Moore  So TE 82 Luke Willson  Jr WR 83 Andre Gautreaux  So WR 85 Mario Hull  Fr WR 87 Michael Patterson Sr WR 88 Vance McDonald Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach David Bailiff Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. Rice Owls Schedule – 2011, ESPN, retrieved 25 July 2011
2. NCAA Football TV Listings, NCAAFootball.com, retrieved July 29, 2011
3. "UTEP Miners vs. Rice Owls Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.
4. "Rice Owls vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score". ESPN.com. November 12, 2011.