1956 Rice Owls football team

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1956 Rice Owls football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Rice Stadium
Seasons
←  1955
1957  →
1956 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Texas A&M $ 6 –0 –09 –0 –1
No. 14 TCU 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
No. 11 Baylor 4 –2 –09 –2 –0
Arkansas 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
SMU 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
Rice 1 –5 –04 –6 –0
Texas 0 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1956 college football season. [1] The Owls were led by 17th-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 in sixth.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Alabama *
W 20–1343,000 [2]
October 6 LSU *
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 23–1455,000 [3]
October 13at Florida *
L 0–726,000 [4]
October 20 SMU
L 13–1447,000 [5]
October 27 Texas
W 28–767,000 [6]
November 3 Utah *
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 27–022,000 [7]
November 10at Arkansas
L 12–2724,000 [8]
November 17at No. 5 Texas A&M
L 7–2136,000 [9]
November 24No. 18 TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 17–2043,000 [10]
December 1at No. 15 Baylor
L 13–4620,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "1956 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rice squeezes out 20 to 13 triumph over Alabama". The Knoxville Journal. September 23, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Frank Ryan engineers Rice to 23–14 victory over LSU". Victoria Advocate. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Florida defense preserves 7–0 win over Rice". The Orlando Sentinel. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Mustangs tip Owls by 14–13". Denton Record-Chronicle. October 21, 1956. Retrieved March 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Rice rolls past Steers by 28–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 28, 1956. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Rice Owls pass over Utah, 27–0". The Paris News. November 4, 1956. Retrieved March 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Razorbacks zoom past Rice, 27–12". Tulsa Daily World. November 11, 1956. Retrieved March 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Aggies clinch tie for SW crown". The Brownsville Herald. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Frogs battle back to edge Owls, 20–17". The Waco Tribune-Herald. November 25, 1956. Retrieved March 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Bears whack Rice, get Sugar Bowl bid". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 2, 1956. Retrieved March 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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