1945 Rice Owls football team
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 5–6 (3–3 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Rice Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Texas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1945 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 5–6 record (3–3 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 153 to 130.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | Corpus Christi NAS* | L 13–26 | 12,000 | [3][4][5] | |||
September 29 | at LSU* | L 0–42 | 28,000 | [6] | |||
October 6 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| L 7–13 | 11,000 | [7] | ||
October 13 | Tulane* |
| W 13–7 | 14,000 | [8] | ||
October 20 | at SMU | L 18–21 | |||||
October 27 | at No. 9 Texas | W 7–6 | 23,000 | [9] | |||
November 3 | Texas Tech* |
| W 13–0 | 17,000 | |||
November 10 | Arkansas |
| W 26–7 | ||||
November 17 | Texas A&M |
| W 6–0 | ||||
November 24 | at TCU | L 13–14 | |||||
December 1 | Baylor |
| L 14–17 | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1945 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 189.
- ^ Lee, Bill (September 23, 1945). "NATB Comets Flash Power in Trouncing Rice Owls, 26 to 13". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. p. 1D. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Lee, Bill (September 23, 1945). "Comets (continued)". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. p. 2D. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Corpus Comets Take Rice". Sunday Courier-Times-Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. Associated Press. September 23, 1945. p. 7. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Cason sparkplug as LSU wallops Rice Owls, 42–0". Waco Tribune-Herald. September 30, 1945. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pirates Score Over Rice, 13-7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. October 7, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Tulane bows to Rice, 13–7". The Knoxville Journal. October 14, 1945. Retrieved April 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Underrated Rice Owls bounce Texas from unbeaten list with 7–6 upset". Wichita Daily Times. October 28, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.