1916 Rice Owls football team

The 1916 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record (2–1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 346 to 62.[2][3]

1916 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–1–2 (2–1 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainW. E. Brown
Home stadiumRice Field
1916 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
Baylor 3 –1 –09 –1 –0
Rice 2 –1 –06 –1 –2
Oklahoma 2 –1 –06 –5 –0
Texas A&M 1 –2 –06 –3 –0
Arkansas 0 –2 –04 –4 –0
Oklahoma A&M 0 –3 –04 –4 –0
Southwestern (TX) 0 –4 –03 –5 –1
  • No champion recognized[1]

On November 17, 1916, the team scored 146 points against SMU. This remains the single-game scoring record for a Rice football team.[4] Rice scored 23 touchdowns in the game, including six by left halfback Griffith Vance. The Houston Daily Post wrote that Vance's work was the "outstanding feature of the game", describing a "wonderful side step" and "quick change of pace" that enabled him to run through the entire SMU team several times for touchdowns.[5]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7at Texas
L 2–16[6]
October 13Austin*
W 40–0
October 21Southwestern (TX)
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 54–0[7]
October 27at TCU*
T 7–7[8][9]
November 4Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 20–0
November 11Tulane*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 23–13
November 17SMU*
W 146–3[5]
November 24at LSU*
T 7–7
November 30Arizona*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 47–16[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. "1916 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  3. "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  4. Rice Football 2017 Football Fact Book, pp. 131, 133.
  5. "Owls Rolled Up Record Score: Speedy Backfield Raced Through S.M.U. Line-up for Total of 145 Points to Visitors' 3". Houston Daily Post. November 18, 1916. p. 10.
  6. "Varsity defeated Rice 16 to 2 in hard contest". Houston Daily Post. October 8, 1916. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Rice Owls land on S.W.U. for 54 to 0, and 8 touchdowns". The Austin American. October 22, 1916. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "T. C. U. Confident On Eve of Battle With Rice Owls". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. October 26, 1916. p. 12. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Kike" (October 28, 1916). "Dope Gets Rude Setback When Christians Hold Rice Owls to 7 to 7 Tie Local Field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 6. Retrieved August 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. "Rice Won Spectacular Game". Houston Daily Post. December 1, 1916. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.


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