 | Rice Owls | |
2012 Rice Owls Football ScheduleFinal Record: 7-6, 4-4 (C-USA) | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Time/TV | Tickets | |
| Thursday Aug. 30 |  | UCLA Bruins Rice Stadium, Houston, TX | Lost 49-24 | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 8 |  | at Kansas Jayhawks Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS | Won 25-24 | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 15 |  | at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA | Lost 56-37 | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 22 |  | Marshall Thundering Herd Rice Stadium, Houston, TX | Lost 54-51 (OT) | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 29 |  | Houston Cougars Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX | Lost 35-14 | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 6 |  | at Memphis Tigers Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN | Lost 14-10 | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 13 |  | UTSA Roadrunners (HC) Rice Stadium, Houston, TX | Won 34-14 | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 20 |  | at Tulsa Golden Hurricane Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK | Lost 28-24 | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 27 |  | Southern Miss Golden Eagles Rice Stadium, Houston, TX | Won 44-17 | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 3 |  | at Tulane Green Wave Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA | Won 49-47 | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 10 | --- | Open Date | --- | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 17 |  | SMU Mustangs Rice Stadium, Houston, TX | Won 36-14 | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 24 |  | at UTEP Miners Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX | Won 33-24 | --- |
| 2012 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl | ||||
| Saturday Dec. 29 |  | Air Force Falcons Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX | Won 33-14 | --- |
