Rice Owls, the Glossary
The Rice Owls are the sports teams representing Rice University in college sports.[1]
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78 relations: Alabama Crimson Tide, American Athletic Conference, Apollo program, Armed Forces Bowl, Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, Bluebonnet Bowl, Cheerleading, College rugby in the United States, College World Series, Colorado Buffaloes, Conference USA, Cotton Bowl Classic, David Bailiff, Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, Football Writers' Association, Hawaii Bowl, Houston, Houston Cougars, Houston–Rice rivalry, Jarett Dillard, John F. Kennedy, Kansas Jayhawks, Liberty Bowl, Los Angeles Times, Lynn Elsenhans, Marching Owl Band, Morris Almond, Navy Midshipmen, NCAA Division I, NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, New Orleans Bowl, North Carolina Tar Heels, Ole Miss Rebels, Orange Bowl, Reckling Park, Residential colleges of Rice University, Rice Owls, Rice Owls baseball, Rice Owls football, Rice Owls men's basketball, Rice Owls women's basketball, Rice Stadium (Rice University), Rice University, Sam Match, Sammy the Owl, Southwest Conference, Sports Illustrated, Sugar Bowl, Super Bowl VIII, ... Expand index (28 more) »
Alabama Crimson Tide
The Alabama Crimson Tide refers to the intercollegiate athletic varsity teams that represent the University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa.
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American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate athletic conference in The United States of America featuring 13 full member universities and six affiliate member universities that compete in The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
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Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.
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Armed Forces Bowl
The Armed Forces Bowl, formerly the Fort Worth Bowl from 2003 to 2005, is an annual postseason college football bowl game.
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Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was a college athletics organization in the United States, founded in 1971 to govern women's college competitions in the country and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions).
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Bluebonnet Bowl
The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas.
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Cheerleading
Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement.
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College rugby in the United States
College rugby is played by men and women throughout colleges and universities in the United States.
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College World Series
The College World Series (CWS), officially the NCAA Men's College World Series (MCWS), is a baseball tournament held each June in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Colorado Buffaloes
The Colorado Buffaloes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Conference USA
Conference USA (CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States and Western United States.
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Cotton Bowl Classic
The Cotton Bowl Classic (also known as the Cotton Bowl) is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex since January 1, 1937.
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David Bailiff
David Edward Bailiff (born May 26, 1958) is an American football coach and former player.
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Fightin' Texas Aggie Band
The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (also known as the Noble Men of Kyle or just the Aggie Band) is the official marching band of Texas A&M University.
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The Football Writers' Association (FWA) is an association of football journalists and correspondents writing for English newspapers and agencies.
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Hawaii Bowl
The Hawaiʻi Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played in the Honolulu, Hawaii, area since 2002.
Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.
Houston Cougars
The Houston Cougars are the athletic teams representing the University of Houston.
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Houston–Rice rivalry
The Houston–Rice rivalry is a crosstown college rivalry between the Houston Cougars of the University of Houston and Rice Owls of Rice University.
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Jarett Dillard
Jarett Juma Porter Dillard (born December 21, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League.
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John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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Kansas Jayhawks
The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas.
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Liberty Bowl
The Liberty Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in late December or early January since 1959.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Lynn Elsenhans
Lynn Laverty Elsenhans is a businessperson who is the former chairperson, chief executive officer, and president of Sunoco.
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Marching Owl Band
The Marching Owl Band (aka The MOB or the Blues Band of South Main) is the Rice University "marching band" in the sense that it is the official ensemble that performs during football games, some basketball games, parades, and other public events.
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Morris Almond
Morris Almond (born February 2, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Navy Midshipmen
The Navy Midshipmen are the athletic teams that represent the United States Naval Academy.
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NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally.
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The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States.
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NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships is an annual college championship in the United States.
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New Orleans Bowl
The New Orleans Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 2001.
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North Carolina Tar Heels
The North Carolina Tar Heels (also Carolina Tar Heels) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Ole Miss Rebels
The Ole Miss Rebels are the 18 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams that are funded by and represent the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford.
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Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game that has been played annually in the Miami metropolitan area since January 1, 1935.
Reckling Park
Reckling Park is the baseball stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas, US.
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Residential colleges of Rice University
Rice University contains eleven residential colleges which function as the primary housing, dining, and social organizations for undergraduate students.
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Rice Owls
The Rice Owls are the sports teams representing Rice University in college sports.
Rice Owls baseball
The Rice Owls baseball team is the interscholastic baseball team representing Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States.
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The Rice Owls football program represents Rice University in the sport of American football.
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Rice Owls men's basketball
The Rice Owls men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of Rice University.
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Rice Owls women's basketball
The Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University in women's basketball.
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Rice Stadium (Rice University)
Rice Stadium is an American football stadium located on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas.
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Rice University
Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Sam Match
Samuel Match (January 3, 1923 – January 23, 2010) was an American tennis player.
Sammy the Owl
Sammy the Owl is the official mascot for the Rice Owls of Rice University.
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Southwest Conference
The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.
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Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Super Bowl VIII
Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1973 season.
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Tennessee Volunteers
The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 20 male and female varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas.
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Texas Bowl
The Texas Bowl is an annual postseason NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game first held in 2006 in Houston, Texas.
Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University.
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Tudor Fieldhouse
Tudor Fieldhouse is multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas.
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Ultimate (sport)
Ultimate, originally known as ultimate frisbee, is a non-contact team sport played with a disc flung by hand.
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United States men's national rugby union team
The United States men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States of America Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union.
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United States service academies
The United States service academies, also known as United States military academies, are federal academies for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States Armed Forces.
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University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa (TU) is a private research university in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City.
We choose to go to the Moon
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, commonly known by the sentence in the middle of the speech "We choose to go to the Moon", was a speech on September 12, 1962 by John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States.The aim was to bolster public support for his proposal to land a man on the Moon before 1970 and bring him safely back to Earth.
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Wendel D. Ley Track and Holloway Field
Wendel D. Ley Track and Holloway Field is a stadium in Houston, Texas.
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Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference.
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Western Michigan Broncos
The Western Michigan Broncos are a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I program representing Western Michigan University (WMU) in college athletics.
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Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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Women's National Invitation Tournament
The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament with a preseason and postseason version played every year.
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2007 NBA draft
The 2007 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2007, at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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The 2012 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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The 2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game, which determined the 2013 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA), was played at noon Eastern Standard Time (11 am local time and 1700 UTC) on December 7 at Rice Stadium in Houston.
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The 2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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The 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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The 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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2019 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
The 2019 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for Conference USA that was held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 13 through March 16, 2019.
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2020–21 Rice Owls women's basketball team
The 2020–21 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.
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2021 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2021 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
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The 2022 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi as a new member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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68 Ventures Bowl
The 68 Ventures Bowl is a postseason NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game that has been played annually in Mobile, Alabama since 1999.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Owls
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