1959 Rice Owls football team
The 1959 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Owls were led by 20th-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.
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 1–7–2 (1–4–1 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Arkansas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Texas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 TCU + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | at No. 1 LSU* | L 3–26 | 48,613 | ||
October 3 | at Duke* | L 7–24 | 21,000 | ||
October 10 | No. 17 Florida* | T 13–13 | 33,449 | ||
October 17 | No. T–15 SMU |
| T 13–13 | 65,000 | |
October 24 | at No. 3 Texas | L 6–28 | 57,000 | [2] | |
October 31 | No. 12 Clemson* |
| L 0–19 | ||
November 7 | No. 16 Arkansas |
| L 10–14 | ||
November 14 | Texas A&M |
| W 7–2 | ||
November 21 | at No. 10 TCU | L 6–35 | |||
November 28 | Baylor |
| L 21–23 | 30,000 | |
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References
- "1959 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- "Stampeding Texas Longhorns run over Rice Owls, 28–6". The Longview Sunday News-Journal. October 25, 1959. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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