The 2013 Rice Owls football team represented

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in the

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. The team was led by seventh-year head coach David Bailiff and played its home games at Rice Stadium. The team was a member of the West Division of

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(C-USA). They finished the season 10–4 overall, 7–1 in C-USA play, which was good for first place in the West Division. They won the C-USA championship by beating

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, the first-place team in the East Division, 41–24 in the C-USA conference championship game. They were invited to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, where they lost to

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, 44–7.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Texas A&M

Rankings

References

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Rice Owls football seasons Conference USA football champion seasons

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