The weather Saturday afternoon should be just about perfect. No rain, low humidity, temps in the upper 60s.

No excuses. Time for the Owls to get a win over an FBS opponent.

(10-14-2026 06:31 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  The weather Saturday afternoon should be just about perfect. No rain, low humidity, temps in the upper 60s.

No excuses. Time for the Owls to get a win over an FBS opponent.

Sounds good to me!

Also, for those who didn’t remember or don’t have an app handy with the schedule…

The game will be played at Rice
(In historic First Community Stadium)

And the sport is football.


At one point in time we called this the Williams Trophy, but that corporate deal may have long since lapsed.

Go Owls let’s rock them like a Hurricane! (Even if the actual weather looks good)

I'll be there.

What would constitute a positive game on Saturday the way we play or a 30 point victory?

(10-15-2026 10:25 AM)Lasko305 Wrote:  What would constitute a positive game on Saturday the way we play or a 30 point victory?

No moral victories at this point in the season.

I'm shocked we're only 3 point dogs against any team at this point. We need to be up by 10 for me to have any confidence.

(10-15-2026 11:53 AM)austinbirds Wrote:  I'm shocked we're only 3 point dogs against any team at this point. We need to be up by 10 for me to have any confidence.

I think we would be favored or at least even if they hadn't upset OkSt. Sems to be the big difference in their resume and ours.

Or if we had made just one or two more plays in any of four contests.


We have been close, in most games just a couple of plays away. A few passes not dropped, a couple of blocks made, one onside kick that bounces our way, and I think more people would be feeling better about this team.

(10-15-2026 10:25 AM)Lasko305 Wrote:  What would constitute a positive game on Saturday the way we play or a 30 point victory?

Why not both?

(10-15-2026 02:24 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 11:53 AM)austinbirds Wrote:  I'm shocked we're only 3 point dogs against any team at this point. We need to be up by 10 for me to have any confidence.

I think we would be favored or at least even if they hadn't upset OkSt. Sems to be the big difference in their resume and ours.

Or if we had made just one or two more plays in any of four contests.


We have been close, in most games just a couple of plays away. A few passes not dropped, a couple of blocks made, one onside kick that bounces our way, and I think more people would be feeling better about this team.

The thing about the teams left on our schedule is that while they are probably all better than us, they are all not much better than us. Just stochastically (to use a big Rice word) we should be expected to win a game or two.

(10-15-2026 02:24 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 11:53 AM)austinbirds Wrote:  I'm shocked we're only 3 point dogs against any team at this point. We need to be up by 10 for me to have any confidence.

I think we would be favored or at least even if they hadn't upset OkSt. Sems to be the big difference in their resume and ours.

Or if we had made just one or two more plays in any of four contests.


We have been close, in most games just a couple of plays away. A few passes not dropped, a couple of blocks made, one onside kick that bounces our way, and I think more people would be feeling better about this team.

I think that we have a good chance at a win.

(10-15-2026 03:05 PM)WestGrayStreetOwl Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 10:25 AM)Lasko305 Wrote:  What would constitute a positive game on Saturday the way we play or a 30 point victory?

Why not both?

Yes definitely need both.

I really hope we don’t win by 30 playing sloppily. That’d just stick in my craw.

East Carolina loses to UAB 30-17 (in OT)

This does not bode well for the quality of our football team…

(10-15-2026 11:10 PM)sammyleadstheway Wrote:  East Carolina loses to UAB 30-17 (in OT)

This does not bode well for the quality of our football team…

You don’t see that very often. Had to look up the details.

Tulsa has had trouble against the run and is on a 3 game skid (by single digits) . Navy beat them but that gives Tulsa 2 weeks of triple option defense prep.RICE injuries continue to hurt. Should be a tight game.

(10-16-2026 09:23 AM)RiceRICE47 Wrote:  Tulsa has had trouble against the run and is on a 3 game skid (by single digits) . Navy beat them but that gives Tulsa 2 weeks of triple option defense prep.RICE injuries continue to hurt. Should be a tight game.

I don't see why any game against an FBS opponent should be tight if we can't pass *at all*, as with ECU. Until we develop a semblance of a passing game, I'm expecting an easy win for Tulsa (and everyone else)

Tulsa has had trouble against the run and is on a 3 game skid (by single digits) . Navy beat them but that gives Tulsa 2 weeks of triple option defense prep.RICE injuries continue to hurt. Should be a tight game.

We are wasting our time with Abel.

Only three AMERICAN teams are 0-2, and two of them play here today.

With both Memphis and ECU losing so far this week (Thursday and Friday) the conference race is wide open and 6-2 might actually make the title game.

Do either Tulsa or Rice have a run in them?

We’ll find out part of the answer this afternoon… cause tonight one of these two squads will have a 1-game winning streak to build on.

#SomebodysGottaWin

I had planned to stay away, but now I see the free Sammy the Owl bobbleheads for the first 1000 fans. Got to have one of these.

https://www.facebook.com/RiceFootball/po...250443992/

Series History:

All-time series: Tulsa leads 10-9-1

Before Tulsa and Rice joined the WAC in 1996, the two had played only once, a scoreless tie in 1937.

In the WAC, Rice and Tulsa initially shared the eastern quadrant with SMU and TCU, until the Airport 5 split to form the MWC. Rice and Tulsa continued playing annually from 1996-2014, when Tulsa accepted a Big East invitation. With Rice reuniting with the Hurricane in the American, the series resumed last season.

In the modern era, Rice won the first four and 6 of the first 7 in the WAC.
Tulsa dominated with 9 of 10 from ‘03-‘12, winning the last two WAC meetings and continuing to win as the pair moved to C-USA. The only Rice win in that stretch came in 2006, Rice’s first bowl season in 40 years. That was the one year that Rice was coached by a former Tulsa assistant (and future Tulsa HC).

Rice has now won the last two in a row, a 30-27 OT win in 2013 (Tulsa’s last year in C-USA), and a 42-10 blowout in 2023 (Rice’s first year in the American).

Fun fact: Since leaving the WAC in 2006, Rice has made a bowl appearance in every season that they beat Tulsa (‘06,’13,’23). In the WAC era (a league short on automatic bowl tie-ins) Rice averaged 6 wins each (6-5) in the six seasons that they beat Tulsa. We were officially bowl eligible 3 of those 6 years (7 wins or better) and 5-6 two more.

The connection is simple.

Beat Tulsa. Go bowling.