1979 Rice Owls football team

1979 Rice Owls football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	1–10 (0–8 SWC)
Head coach	Ray Alborn (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

1979 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Arkansas +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Texas	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Baylor	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	2
TCU	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Ray Alborn, the team compiled a 1–10 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at SMU	Texas Stadium Irving, TX (rivalry)	L 17–35	60,217
September 15	Tulane*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 21–17
September 22	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 3–47	74,934
September 29	No. 3 Oklahoma*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 21–63	30,442
October 6	at No. 4 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 9–26	65,227
October 13	TCU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–17	12,000
October 20	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 7–30	41,732
October 27	Texas A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 15–41
November 3	No. 9 Arkansas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–34	17,000
November 17	at No. 20 Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 14–45	28,500
December 1	No. 10 Houston	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 0–63	27,800
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game