2007 Rice Owls football team

The 2007 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Owls, led by 1st year head coach David Bailiff, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. Rice finished the season 3–9 and 3–5 in CUSA play.

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2007 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
UCF x$	7	–	1	10	–	4
East Carolina	6	–	2	8	–	5
Memphis	6	–	2	7	–	6
Southern Miss	5	–	3	7	–	6
Marshall	3	–	5	3	–	9
UAB	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Tulsa xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
Houston x	6	–	2	8	–	5
Tulane	3	–	5	4	–	8
Rice	3	–	5	3	–	9
UTEP	2	–	6	4	–	8
SMU	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: UCF 44, Tulsa 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	Nicholls State*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 14–16	11,859
September 8	6:00 pm	at Baylor*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 17–42	29,107
September 15	2:00 pm	Texas Tech*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	FSSW	L 24–59	21,543
September 22	6:00 pm	at No. 7 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	L 14–58	84,571
October 3	7:00 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN2	W 31–29	25,656
October 13	2:30 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	CSTV	L 48–56	26,514
October 20	2:00 pm	Memphis	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 35–38	11,122
October 27	3:30 pm	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CSTV	L 21–34	31,768
November 3	2:00 pm	UTEP	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 56–48	12,313
November 10	2:00 pm	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)		W 43–42	13,902
November 17	2:00 pm	Tulane	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 31–45	11,539
November 24	2:00 pm	Tulsa	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 43–48	11,742
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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