1949 Rice Owls football team

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1949 Rice Owls football
SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 5
Record10–1 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Rice Field
Seasons
←  1948
1950  →
1949 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Rice $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 20 Baylor 4 –2 –08 –2 –0
TCU 3 –3 –06 –3 –1
Texas 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
SMU 2 –3 –15 –4 –1
Arkansas 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Texas A&M 0 –5 –11 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University during the 1949 college football season. [1] The Owls were led by 10th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Field in Houston, Texas. The team competed as a member of the Southwest Conference, winning the conference with an unbeaten record of 6–0. They ended the regular season with an overall record of 9–1, and were ranked fifth in the final AP Poll. Rice was invited to the 1950 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated Southern Conference champion North Carolina.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Clemson *
W 33–7 [2]
October 1at LSU *
L 7–1430,000 [3]
October 8 New Mexico *
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 55–0
October 15at No. 10 SMU
W 41–2772,000 [4]
October 22at No. 10 Texas No. 9
W 17–1560,000 [5]
October 29 Texas Tech *No. 5
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 28–018,000
November 5 Arkansas No. 8
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 14–0
November 12 Texas A&M No. 7
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 13–0
November 19at TCU No. 6
W 20–14
November 26No. 9 Baylor No. 7
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 21–732,000
January 2vs. No. 16 North Carolina *No. 5
W 27–1372,347
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
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AP ——9587675

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References

  1. ↑ "1949 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rice Swats Clemson 33-7". The Victoria Advocate. September 25, 1949. p. 8A – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "LSU upsets touted Rice eleven, 14–7". The El Paso Times. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Lorin McMullen (October 16, 1947). "Owls' Third-Quarter Spurt Crumbles Ponies, 41-27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Rice beats Texas in final seconds with field goal". The Shreveport Times. October 23, 1949. Retrieved April 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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