2011 Rice Owls football team

2011 Conference USA football standings
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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

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

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

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