Traditions
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, the MOB had a lesser rivalry with the "Fightin' Texas Aggie Band" from Texas A&M.
Rice's mascot is Sammy the Owl. In previous decades, the university kept several live owls on campus in front of Lovett College, but this practice has been discontinued.
Rice also has a fourteen member coed cheerleading squad and an all-female dance team, both of which perform at football and basketball games throughout the year.
Fight Song: Rice Fight
- Fight for Rice, Rice fight on, loyal sons arise.
- The Blue and Gray for Rice today, comes breaking through skies.
- Fight, fight, fight!
- Stand and cheer, Vict'ry's near, Sammy leads the way.
- Onward go! to crush the foe, we'll fight for Blue and Gray.
- (Words and music by Louis J. Girard '40)
Alma Mater: Rice's Honor:
- All for Rice's Honor, we will fight on.
- We will be fighting when this day is done.
- And when the dawn comes breaking,
- We'll be fighting on, Rice, for the Gray and Blue.
- We will be loyal, to Rice be true.
- (To the tune of "Our Director March," written by Ben H. Mitchell '24 in 1922)
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