1954 Rice Owls football team
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.
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. T–18 |
AP | No. 19 |
1954 record | 7–3 (4–2 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Arkansas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Rice | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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September 18 | Florida* | No. 16 | W 34–14 | |
October 2 | Cornell* | No. 16 |
| W 41–20 |
October 9 | at No. 3 Wisconsin* | No. 11 | L 7–13 | |
October 16 | SMU | No. 15 |
| L 6–20 |
October 23 | Texas |
| W 13–7 | |
October 30 | Vanderbilt* | No. 19 |
| W 34–13 |
November 6 | at No. 4 Arkansas | No. 15 | L 15–28 | |
November 13 | at Texas A&M | W 29–19 | ||
November 20 | TCU |
| W 6–0 | |
November 27 | at No. 9 Baylor | W 20–14 | ||
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References
- "1954 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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