The 2015 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA.

They were led by ninth year head coach David Bailiff and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Rice announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015.

The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season.

The Owls hosted CUSA foes Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and traveled to Florida Atlantic, North Texas, UTEP, and UTSA.