1987_Rice_Owls_football_team

1987 Rice Owls football team

American college football season

The 1987 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Jerry Berndt, the team compiled a 2–9 record.^[1]^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Lamar*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 34–30
September 12	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 13–35	38,132
September 19	at No. 4 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	L 16–49	73,558	^[3]
September 26	Southwest Texas State*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 38–26		^[4]
October 3	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		L 26–45	54,740
October 10	TCU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 16–30
October 17	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 7–59	25,314
October 24	Texas A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 21–34	32,500
October 31	Arkansas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 14–38	13,200
November 14	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		L 31–34	20,075
November 28	Houston	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		L 21–45	10,300
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Texas A&M $	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Arkansas	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Texas	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Baylor	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
TCU	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Houston	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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