Rice University

Athletics

The Rice baseball team won the College World Series in 2003, blasting Stanford 14-2 in the final game. This made Rice University the smallest school in 51 years to win a national championship at the highest collegiate level of the sport. This is Rice's only national championship in a team sport.

Related Topics:
Baseball - College World Series - 2003 - Stanford

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Rice participates in NCAA Division I-A athletics and is part of Conference USA. Before July 1, 2005 Rice was a member of the Western Athletic Conference before joining Conference USA. Rice Stadium seats 72,000 and was the site of Super Bowl VIII and a speech by John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1962 in which he challenged the nation to send a man to the moon by the end of the decade. In addition to football, Rice Stadium also serves as the performance venue for the university's Marching Owl Band or "MOB." Despite its name, the MOB is a scatter band which focuses on performing humorous skits and routines rather than traditional formation marching. Prior to the dissolution of the Southwest Conference, one of the most entertaining half-time shows to watch were during Rice vs. Texas A&M games, if only for the sheer contrast of the pure military precision of the Aggie Band versus the irreverent wackiness of the MOB.

Related Topics:
NCAA - Conference USA - July 1 - 2005 - Western Athletic Conference - Super Bowl VIII - John F. Kennedy - September 12 - 1962 - Marching Owl Band - Scatter band

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Rice's mascot is an owl named "Sammy." In previous decades the university kept several live owls on campus in front of Lovett College, but this has been discontinued.

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Owl - Lovett College

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