1989 RICE OWLS FOOTBALL TEAM

1989 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Arkansas $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Houston	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
SMU	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Fred Goldsmith, the team compiled a 2–8–1 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at SMU	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX ( rivalry)	W 35–6	23,227
September 9	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–20	29,469	^[3]
September 23	Southwestern Louisiana*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 3–18
September 30	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	T 17–17	12,100	^[4]
October 7	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ( rivalry)	L 31–30	57,038
October 14	TCU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 16–30
October 21	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 25–41	26,902
October 28	No. 21 Texas A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–45	30,900
November 4	No. 11 Arkansas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 17–38	11,800
November 18	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	W 6–3	22,133
December 2	No. 13 Houston	Rice Stadium Houston, TX ( rivalry)	L 0–64	22,700
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1989 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "2020 Rice Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rice University. 2020. p. 137. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Mistakes cost Rice at Tulane". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 10, 1989. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rice tied by Wake Forest on last-second field goal". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 1, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e Rice Owls football
Venues	West End Park (1912, 1914–1915) Rice Field (1913–1949) Rice Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston SMU Texas
Culture & lore	Sammy the Owl " Rice Fight" Marching Owl Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024