1951 Rice Owls football team

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1951 Rice Owls football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–5 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Rice Stadium
Seasons
←  1950
1952  →
1951 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 TCU $ 5 –1 –06 –5 –0
No. 9 Baylor 4 –1 –18 –2 –1
Texas 3 –3 –07 –3 –0
Rice 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Texas A&M 1 –3 –25 –3 –2
Arkansas 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
SMU 1 –4 –13 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1951 college football season. [1] The Owls were led by 12th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The team competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing tied for third.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Clemson *
L 14–20
October 6at LSU *
L 6–744,000 [2]
October 13 Navy *
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 21–14
October 20at No. 15 SMU
W 28–753,000
October 27at No. 10 Texas
L 6–1450,000 [3]
November 3 Pittsburgh *
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 21–13
November 10No. 20 Arkansas
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 6–0
November 17 Texas A&M No. 19
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 28–13
November 24at TCU No. 18
L 6–22
December 1No. 9 Baylor
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 13–34
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "1951 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rice Owls drop 7 to 6 defensive scrap to LSU". Wichita Falls Times. October 7, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Texas comes from behind to beat Rice". The Monitor. October 28, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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