North Texas Mean Green vs Rice Owls

North Texas Mean Green leads 9-5
wins
1988 to 2025
North Texas Mean Green have won 4 straight
Next meeting: Nov 7, 2026, Rice Owls at North Texas Mean Green

Series timeline

▲ North Texas Mean Green ahead (peak +4) ▼ Rice Owls ahead (peak +2)
1988: North Texas Mean Green 33-172008: Rice Owls 77-202010: Rice Owls 32-312013: North Texas Mean Green 28-162014: Rice Owls 41-212015: Rice Owls 38-242016: North Texas Mean Green 42-352017: North Texas Mean Green 30-142018: North Texas Mean Green 41-172019: Rice Owls 20-142020: North Texas Mean Green 27-172021: North Texas Mean Green 30-242022: North Texas Mean Green 21-172025: North Texas Mean Green 56-24

North Texas Mean Green Rice Owls Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: North Texas Mean Green 4 (2020–2025), Rice Owls 2 (2008–2010). Current: North Texas Mean Green 4.

Splits

SplitNorth Texas Mean Green record
Regular season9-5
Hosted by North Texas Mean Green4-2
Hosted by Rice Owls5-3
Last 10 seasons (2014 to 2025)7-3
Largest North Texas Mean Green win56-24 (2025)
Largest Rice Owls win77-20 (2008)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025 Nov 22, 2025 North Texas Mean Green 56-24 at Rice Owls Week 13
2022 Nov 26, 2022 North Texas Mean Green 21-17 at North Texas Mean Green Week 14
2021 Oct 30, 2021 North Texas Mean Green 30-24 at Rice Owls Week 10
2020 Nov 21, 2020 North Texas Mean Green 27-17 at North Texas Mean Green Week 12
2010s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2019 Nov 23, 2019 Rice Owls 20-14 at Rice Owls Week 14
2018 Oct 27, 2018 North Texas Mean Green 41-17 at North Texas Mean Green Week 10
2017 Nov 25, 2017 North Texas Mean Green 30-14 at Rice Owls Week 14
2016 Sep 24, 2016 North Texas Mean Green 42-35 at Rice Owls Week 5
2015 Sep 19, 2015 Rice Owls 38-24 at North Texas Mean Green Week 3
2014 Oct 25, 2014 Rice Owls 41-21 at Rice Owls Week 9
2013 Oct 31, 2013 North Texas Mean Green 28-16 at North Texas Mean Green Week 10
2010 Sep 11, 2010 Rice Owls 32-31 at North Texas Mean Green Week 2
2000s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2008 Sep 27, 2008 Rice Owls 77-20 at Rice Owls Week 5
1980s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1988 Nov 19, 1988 North Texas Mean Green 33-17 at Rice Owls Week 13

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.

College football results follow Sports Reference coverage, which omits some early games against non-major opponents.