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Rice Lures Students With Free Beer for North Texas Game as Bowl Bid Hangs in Balance

The one-night push follows a $120 million plan to shrink and upgrade Rice Stadium to better fit chronically smaller crowds.

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.