| Year: | 2013 |
| Team: | Rice Owls |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 10–4 |
| Conf Record: | 7–1 |
| Head Coach: | David Bailiff |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Off Coach: | John Reagan |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Coach: | Chris Thurmond |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Rice Stadium |
| Champion: | C-USA champion C-USA West Division champion |
| Conf Champ: | C-USA Championship Game |
| Conf Champ Result: | W 41–24 vs. Marshall |
| Bowl: | Liberty Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 7–44 vs. Mississippi State |
The 2013 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach David Bailiff and played its home games at Rice Stadium. The team was a member of the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They finished the season 10–4 overall, 7–1 in C-USA play, which was good for first place in the West Division. They won the C-USA championship by beating Marshall, the first-place team in the East Division, 41–24 in the C-USA conference championship game. They were invited to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, where they lost to Mississippi State, 44–7.
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See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.