1982 Rice Owls football team

The 1982 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Ray Alborn, the team compiled an 0–11 record.^[1]^[2]

Record0–11 (0–8 SWC)

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1982 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 SMU $	7	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
No. 17 Texas	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Arkansas	5	–	2	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Houston	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Baylor	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Southwestern Louisiana*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 14–21		^[3]
September 18	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 6–30	33,460	^[4]
September 25	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 13–52	75,040	^[5]
October 2	No. 15 Texas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 7–34	50,000	^[6]
October 9	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 16–24	20,278	^[7]
October 16	Texas Tech	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 21–23	25,000	^[8]
October 23	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 7–49	53,767	^[9]
October 30	at No. 5 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 6–24	44,620	^[10]
November 6	No. 2 SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 14–41	25,000	^[11]
November 13	Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 13–35	12,000	^[12]
November 27	at Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 21–28	20,103	^[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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