The Rice Owls football team is scheduled to face Southern Mississippi in a Conference USA contest on Saturday, Oct. 31. The game is scheduled to kick off at 2 p.m. CT.
Southern Miss is led by new interim head coach Tim Billings, who took over Tuesday when Scotty Walden took the head coaching job at Austin Peay.
USM enters the matchup 1-4 overall and 1-1 in CUSA. Most recently, Liberty defeated Southern Miss 56-35 on Oct. 24.
Rice comes into the game 0-1 overall and 0-1 in CUSA. It lost 40-34 in double overtime to Middle Tennessee State on Oct.