The USC football team will host Rice in a non-conference home game in 2022, Trojan athletic director Pat Haden announced today (July 21).
The Trojans will meet the Owls of Conference USA on Sept. 3, 2022, in the Coliseum. It will be the teams’ first meeting since 1971.
USC holds a 2-0-1 lead in the series. After a 7-7 tie in the Coliseum in 1947, the Trojans posted a 7-0 win at home in 1948 and then a 24-0 victory in Houston in 1971.
The Trojans play 3 non-conference games annually, including their long-standing yearly series against Notre Dame that in 2013 was extended through 2023.