Rice Stadium, Football stadium at Rice University in Houston, United States.

Rice Stadium is a 1950 football stadium on the Rice University campus in Houston, designed by Hermon Lloyd, W. B. Morgan and Milton McGinty and built by Brown and Root. Its lower seating bowl sits below ground level, and the upper decks angle inward at a concave angle for sightlines; the running track was left out. The photograph shows pale gray grandstands around a green field, dark blue walls reading "Rice Owls" and "Owls" in the end zones.

The stadium opened in 1950 built by Brown and Root and later hosted a major national sports championship in 1974. Between these events, it served as the setting for a historic speech about space exploration in 1962.

The stadium's name changed to First Community Stadium in October 2026 under a 20-year naming rights deal with First Community Credit Union. The field carries "Owls" in the end zones and "Rice Owls" with a stylized "R" on the dark blue walls, and high school playoff games are regularly played here.

The lower seating bowl sits below ground level, so spectators enter at the top of the stands and walk down to their seats. Entrances and aisles were placed so the whole stadium can be emptied in nine minutes. The Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center now forms the north end, replacing the old north end-zone seating.

The stadium stands out for its sunken seating design where spectators sit below ground level, giving nearly every seat exceptional sightlines. This unusual approach means that even upper-level seats offer excellent views of the action.