1952 Rice Owls football team

Last updated

1952 Rice Owls football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–5 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Rice Stadium
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Texas $ 6 0 09 2 0
Rice 4 2 05 5 0
SMU 3 2 14 5 1
TCU 2 2 24 4 2
Baylor 1 3 24 4 2
Texas A&M 1 4 13 6 1
Arkansas 1 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1952 college football season. [1] The Owls were led by 13th-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 in second.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Texas Tech *W 34–737,000
October 4 LSU *No. 17
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–2745,000 [2]
October 11at No. 11 UCLA *L 0–2030,926
October 18 SMU
L 14–2156,000
October 25No. 20 Texas
L 7–2066,000 [3]
November 1No. 18 Wisconsin *
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–2136,000
November 8at Arkansas W 35–33
November 15at Texas A&M W 16–6
November 22 TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 12–6
November 29at Baylor W 20–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1952 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. "Downtrodden Tigers maul Rice, 27–7". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 5, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Ochoa top star as Longhorns take 20–7 victory over Rice". Brownwood Bulletin. October 26, 1952. Retrieved April 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com.