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Rice University Athletics
Rice and UTSA to Celebrate Rice Centennial in 2012
3/21/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
March 21, 2011
Rice and Texas-San Antonio have agreed to a home and home football series that will commence on October 13, 2012 when the Roadrunners visit Rice Stadium to provide the opposition as part of Rice University's Centennial Celebration and Homecoming. The return game between the two schools will be played in San Antonio in 2013.
"Any compilation of Rice's athletics history would not be possible without an acknowledgement of the contributions from hundreds of student-athletes from the San Antonio area," Rick Greenspan, Rice Director of Athletics said. "The pairing of these two schools on the day we will celebrate both Homecoming and the Rice centennial is an ideal way to recognize that relationship."
The inaugural game between the Owls and Roadrunners is one of the featured events during the five-day Rice Centennial commemoration. In addition to Rice's traditional homecoming and reunion activities, the celebration will include an academic procession and keynote address, a statue dedication, the Centennial Lecture Series, musical performances, art and architecture tours, exhibits, receptions and parties.
The Roadrunners will open their first season of football this fall as an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision independent. The University of Texas System Board of Regents unanimously approved UTSA's Athletics Initiative Business Plan on Dec. 18, 2008, which granted the university permission to add a football program. UTSA will join the Western Athletic Conference in 2012 and will become full-fledged members of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) by 2014.
