1954 Rice Owls football team

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1954 Rice Owls football
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 19
Record7–3 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Rice Stadium
Seasons
←  1953
1955  →
1954 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Arkansas $ 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
SMU 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
No. 19 Rice 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
No. 18 Baylor 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
Texas 2 –3 –14 –5 –1
TCU 1 –5 –04 –6 –0
Texas A&M 0 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1954 college football season. [1] The Owls were led by 15th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing tied for third. Rice finished the regular season with a record of 7–3 overall, and were ranked 19th in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Florida *No. 16
W 34–1444,000 [2]
October 2 Cornell *No. 16
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 41–2035,000 [3]
October 9at No. 3 Wisconsin *No. 11
L 7–1352,819
October 16 SMU No. 15
L 6–2063,500
October 23 Texas
W 13–770,500 [4]
October 30 Vanderbilt *No. 19
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 34–1328,000 [5]
November 6at No. 4 Arkansas No. 15
L 15–28
November 13at Texas A&M
W 29–19
November 20 TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 6–0
November 27at No. 9 Baylor
W 20–1424,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "1954 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rice buckles Gators in last half, 34–14". The Miami Herald. September 19, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Cornell Crushed by Rice, 41 to 20". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 3, 1954. p. S5.
  4. ↑ "Rice scores late in third period to beat Texas, 13–7". The Victoria Advocate. October 24, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Moegle's 3 TD's aid Rice over Vandy, 34–13". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 31, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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