Stadium Guide
Rice Stadium
Houston, TX • 47,000 capacity • home of Rice • opened 1950
- Capacity
- 47,000
- Games Hosted
- 655
- Surface + Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Opened
- 1950
Current listed capacity
Tracked historical total
Playing conditions
First season in use
Stadium overview
Stadium profile
Validated stadium facts and current dataset coverage for Rice Stadium.
- Primary Team
- Rice
- Conference
- American Athletic
- City / State
- Houston, TX
- Country
- US
- Surface / Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Venue Age
- 76 years
- Games Hosted
- 655
- First Recorded Game
- Nov 18, 1913
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 28, 2026
Home-field snapshot
Rice at Rice Stadium
Record
338-299-12
655 games
Win Rate
53%
Tracked games at this stadium
Average Margin
+1.3
Team score minus opponent score
Method
Primary home team only
Hidden when stadium team scope is ambiguous
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Country
- US
- Venue Age
- 76 years
- Linked Teams
- Rice
- First Recorded Game
- Nov 18, 1913
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 28, 2026
- Coordinates
- 29.7163, -95.4093
- Dataset Scope
- Tracked stadium dataset only
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Location
Map, address, and travel links for this stadium.
- Address
- Rice Stadium, Houston, TX, 77251
- Coordinates
- 29.7163, -95.4093
Context
Stadium rankings
Rankings are scoped to the tracked stadium dataset.
Numbers
Attendance and scoring
Stadium-wide scoring and crowd trends from the tracked archive.
Attendance Record
45,764
Texas at Rice • Sep 21, 2003
Average Attendance
14,995
124 games with attendance data
Average Points Scored
20.2
Rice at this stadium
Average Points Allowed
18.8
Rice at this stadium
Archive
Historic games
Rules-driven highlights selected from the tracked archive.
Rivalry
Houston at Rice
L 9-35
Rivalry pairing identified from the site rivalry dataset.
Highest Attendance
Texas at Rice
L 7-48
45,764 announced attendance.
Biggest Margin
SMU at Rice
W 146-3
143 point margin.
Highest Excitement
Middle Tennessee at Rice
L 34-40
Game excitement score 9.9 in the current dataset.
Rice Win
UAB at Rice
W 24-17
A tracked win for Rice at this stadium.
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Archive
Games at Rice Stadium
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| Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2026 Regular • Week 13 | Rice | Army Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 14, 2026 Regular • Week 11 | Rice | Tulane Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 17, 2026 Regular • Week 7 | Rice | Tulsa Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 3, 2026 Regular • Week 5 | Rice | UTSA Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 Regular • Week 3 | Rice | Western Michigan Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 5, 2026 Regular • Week 1 | Rice | Houston Christian Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 23, 2025 Regular • Week 13 | Rice | North Texas Campus | L 24-56 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 8, 2025 Regular • Week 11 | Rice | UAB Campus | W 24-17 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 31, 2025 Regular • Week 10 | Rice | Memphis Campus | L 14-38 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 25, 2025 Regular • Week 9 | Rice | UConn Campus | W 37-34 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 4, 2025 Regular • Week 6 | Rice | Florida Atlantic Campus | L 21-27 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 13, 2025 Regular • Week 3 | Rice | Prairie View A&M Campus | W 38-17 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 6, 2025 Regular • Week 2 | Rice | Houston Campus | L 9-35 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 30, 2024 Regular • Week 14 | Rice | South Florida Campus | W 35-28 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Nov 2, 2024 Regular • Week 10 | Rice | Navy Campus | W 24-10 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 12, 2024 Regular • Week 7 | Rice | UTSA Campus | W 29-27 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 28, 2024 Regular • Week 5 | Rice | Charlotte Campus | L 20-21 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 7, 2024 Regular • Week 2 | Rice | Texas Southern Campus | W 69-7 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Aug 31, 2024 Regular • Week 1 | Rice | Sam Houston Campus | L 14-34 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Nov 25, 2023 Regular • Week 13 | Rice | Florida Atlantic Campus | W 24-21 | 2023 Regular | 19,393 |
Context
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Guide
Stadium guide
Rice Stadium is a college football stadium in Houston, TX. Rice is the clearest current home team context in the tracked dataset. The listed capacity is 47,000. The stadium opened in 1950. #107 Largest Stadium in Dataset.
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