Overview
- Rice Athletics is offering free beer for students 21+ with a valid Rice ID, plus Ben & Jerry’s, a T-shirt for the first 500 students, and a $15 food truck voucher.
- A Residential College Challenge will award a Turtlebox speaker and a $500 H‑E‑B gift card to the college with the highest student turnout.
- Rice hosts No. 22 North Texas on Saturday, Nov. 22, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU, and a win would give the Owls the six victories needed for bowl eligibility.
- Recent home crowds in the 47,000-seat venue have been roughly 20,000–23,000, with a season high of 30,116 for the rivalry game against Houston.
- Earlier this month the university announced the $120 million Gateway Project to reconfigure Rice Stadium to about 30,000 seats by 2028 and add new premium and facility upgrades.