1999 Rice Owls football team

1999 Rice Owls football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	5–6 (4–3 WAC)
Head coach	Ken Hatfield (6th season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium (Capacity: 70,000)

1999 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Hawaii +		5	–	2					9	–	4
TCU +		5	–	2					8	–	4
Fresno State +		5	–	2					8	–	5
Rice		4	–	3					5	–	6
SMU		3	–	3					4	–	6
UTEP		3	–	4					5	–	7
San Jose State		1	–	5					3	–	7
Tulsa		1	–	6					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1999 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 PM	at Houston*	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)		L 3–28	31,784
September 11	11:00 AM	at No. 6 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN2	L 3–37	110,501
September 18	6:00 PM	at Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	L 13–18	82,084
September 25	7:00 PM	Navy*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 20–17	44,217
October 2	11:00 AM	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	FSN	W 20–10	15,270
October 9	11:05 PM	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	KNWS	W 38–19	37,975
October 16	11:00 AM	San Jose State	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	FSN	W 49–7	10,213
October 23	2:00 PM	TCU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 42–21	28,535
October 30	2:00 PM	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		L 2–27	16,272
November 6	4:00 PM	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA		L 18–47	39,097
November 13	2:00 PM	UTEP	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 29–30	18,235
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time