Rice fielded its first team in 1914 and were John Heisman's final coaching job in the late 1920s. The Owls became Houston's premier college program in the 1940s and 50s under head coach Jess Neely in the Southwest Conference amassing three Cotton Bowl wins and four SWC championships. The Owls went 18 years without an All-American before quarterback Tommy Kramer in 1976 and another 15 years before Trevor Cobb's breakout season in 1991. Ken Hatfield broke a near 40-year conference title drought in 1994 and David Bailiff helped build the program back to respectability in 2007. Today, Mike Bloomgren has brought in the #IntellectualBrutality motto from Stanford and has built a rising power.
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| Position | Starter | Backup | Reserve |
| WR (X) | R- Soph Rawson MacNeill | Graham Walker | |
| WR(Z) | Soph Landon Ransom-Goelz | Braylen Walker | |
| WR (F) | Sr. Kobie Campbell | Tyson Thompson | |
| LT | R-Soph Miguel Cedeno | Brad Baur | |
| LG | Grad Brant Banks | Patrick Valent | |
| OC | Sr. David Stickle | Weston Kropp | |
| RG | Sr. Chad Lindberg | John Long | |
| RT | R-Jr. Ethan Onianwa | Spencer Cassell | |
| TE | Sr. Boden Groen | Elijah Mojarro | |
| QB | Jr. EJ Warner | AJ Padgett | |
| RB | Sr. Dean Conners | Coleman Bennett | |
| Defense - 3-4 | |||
| Position | Starter | Backup | Reserve |
| DE | Grad. Charlie Looes | Demone Green | |
| NT | Grad. Izeya Floyd | Michael Larbie | |
| DT | R-Jr Blake Boenisch | Elroyal Morris III | |
| RUSH | Grad. Josh Pearcy | Michael Daley | |
| MLB | R-Sr. Chris Conti | DJ Arkansas | |
| WLB | R-Sr. Myron Morrison | Andrew Awe | |
| CB | Sr. Sean Fresch | Faybian Marks | |
| CB | R-Jr. Lamont Narcisse | Max Ahoia | |
| SS | Sr. Gabe Taylor | Tyson Flowers | |
| FS | R-Jr. Jonathan Jean | Daveon Hook | |
| NB | R-Jr. Plae Wyatt | Chike Anigbogu | |
| Special Teams | |||
| Position | Starter | Backup | Reserve |
| Punter | Alex Bacchetta | Conor Hunt | |
| Kicker | Tim Horn |
Coming soon.
| Name | Title |
| Mike Bloomgren | Head Coach |
| Peter Alamar | Associate Head Coach and Special Teams |
| Marques Tuiasosopo | Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks |
| Brian Smith | Defensive Coordinator and Safeties |
| John Settle | Running Backs |
| Cedric Calhoun | Defensive Line |
| Sanders Davis | Offensive Line |
| Jon Kay | Linebackers |
| Bobby Kennedy | Wide Receivers |
| Jeremy Modkins | Cornerbacks |
| Lucas Reed | Tight Ends |
| Dan Gritti | Senior Offensive Assistant, Analytics Coordinator, Special Advisor to the Head Coach |
| Name | Position | Classification | Previous School |
| Thai Chiaokhiao-Bowman | Wide Receiver | SO | Florida |
| Faybian Marks | Cornerback | RS SR | Utah |
| Chad Lindberg | Offensive Tackle | RS SR | Georgia |
| Charlie Looes | Defensive Tackle | RS SR | Dartmouth |
| Coleman Bennett | Running Back | RS SR | Bucknell |
| Graham Walker | Wide Receiver | RS SR | Brown |
| Alex Bacchetta | Athlete | SO | Penn State |
| Spencer Cassell | Offensive Tackle | RS SR | Harvard |
| EJ Warner | Quarterback | JR | Temple |
| Michael Daley | Defensive End | RS JR | BYU |
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