1952 Rice Owls football team

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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 [2]
October 4 LSU *No. 17
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–2745,000 [3]
October 11at No. 11 UCLA *
L 0–2030,926 [4]
October 18 SMU
L 14–2156,000 [5]
October 25No. 20 Texas
L 7–2066,000 [6]
November 1No. 18 Wisconsin *
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–2136,000 [7]
November 8at Arkansas
W 35–3314,500 [8]
November 15at Texas A&M
W 16–621,000 [9]
November 22 TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 12–630,000 [10]
November 29at Baylor
W 20–1410,000 [11]
  • *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. ↑ "It's 34–7 as Owls rip Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 28, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Downtrodden Tigers maul Rice, 27–7". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 5, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "UCLA bounces Rice Owls, 20–0". The Paris News. October 12, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "SMU captures 21–14 triumph over Rice Owls". The Odessa American. October 19, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Ochoa top star as Longhorns take 20–7 victory over Rice". Brownwood Bulletin. October 26, 1952. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Wisconsin, led by Jim Haluska, beats Rice, 21–7". Chicago Tribune. November 2, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Owls nose out Hogs in wild scoring duel". The Victoria Advocate. November 9, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Rice throttles Aggies by 16–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 16, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Rice turns back TCU, 12–6, with aerials". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 23, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Long run gives Owls 20–14 win". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 30, 1952. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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