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2015 Rice Owls football |
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Conference | Conference USA |
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Division | West Division |
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Record | 5–7 (3–5 C-USA) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Larry Edmondson and Billy Lynch |
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Defensive coordinator | Chris Thurmond |
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Home stadium | Rice Stadium (Capacity: 47,000) |
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The 2015 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA. They were led by ninth year head coach David Bailiff and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for third place in the West Division.
Schedule
Rice announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Owls hosted CUSA foes Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and traveled to Florida Atlantic, North Texas, UTEP, and UTSA.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 2:30 PM | Wagner* | | ASN | W 56–16 | 18,296 |
September 12 | 7:00 PM | at Texas* | | LHN | L 28–42 | 86,458 |
September 19 | 1:30 PM | at North Texas | | FCS Central | W 38–24 | 19,602 |
September 26 | 2:00 PM | at No. 5 Baylor* | | FSN/FCS Central | L 17–70 | 43,619 |
October 3 | 2:30 PM | WKU | | FSN | L 10–49 | 20,124 |
October 10 | 1:30 PM | at Florida Atlantic | | FCS | W 27–26 | 13,191 |
October 24 | 11:00 AM | Army* | | FSN | W 38–31 | 24,409 |
October 30 | 7:00 PM | Louisiana Tech | | FS1 | L 17–42 | 18,010 |
November 6 | 7:00 PM | at UTEP | | CBSSN | L 21–24 | 23,031 |
November 14 | 2:30 PM | Southern Miss![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | ASN | L 10–65 | 18,656 |
November 21 | 6:00 PM | at UTSA | | ASN | L 24–34 | 20,437 |
November 28 | 2:30 PM | Charlotte | | ASN | W 27–7 | 16,539 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
- All times are in Central time
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- Schedule source:[2]
Game summaries
Wagner
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Seahawks
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3
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0
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6
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7 |
16 |
Owls
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14
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21
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7
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14 |
56 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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First meeting
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at Texas
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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14
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0
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14 |
28 |
Longhorns
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21
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0
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21
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0 |
42 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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21–71–1
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2011
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TEX, 34–9
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at North Texas
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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17
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21
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0 |
38 |
Mean Green
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3
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7
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7
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7 |
24 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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3–2
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2014
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RICE, 41–21
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at Baylor
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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10
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0
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7
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0 |
17 |
#5 Bears
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21
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21
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21
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7 |
70 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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30–47–2
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2011
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BAYLOR, 56–31
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WKU
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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21
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14
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0
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14 |
49 |
Owls
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3
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7
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0
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0 |
10 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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First meeting
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at Florida Atlantic
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Rice Owls
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14
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0
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0
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13 |
27 |
FAU Owls
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7
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7
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6
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6 |
26 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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1–0
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2013
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RICE, 18–14
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Army
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Black Knights
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0
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14
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7
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10 |
31 |
Owls
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14
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10
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0
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14 |
38 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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3–1–1
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2014
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RICE, 41–21
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Louisiana Tech
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
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14
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14
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7
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7 |
42 |
Owls
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7
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0
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3
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7 |
17 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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4–4
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2014
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LT, 76–31
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at UTEP
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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0
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14
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7
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0 |
21 |
Miners
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0
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14
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7
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3 |
24 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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12–6
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2014
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RICE, 31–7
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Southern Miss
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
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7
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35
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10
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13 |
65 |
Owls
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0
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0
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0
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10 |
10 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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4–1
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2014
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RICE, 41–23
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at UTSA
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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10
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7
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7
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0 |
24 |
Roadrunners
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7
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21
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6
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0 |
34 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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3–0
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2014
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RICE, 17–7
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Charlotte
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
49ers
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0
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0
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0
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7 |
7 |
Owls
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0
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0
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10
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17 |
27 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
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Result
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First meeting
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