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.

1954 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. T–18
APNo. 19
1954 record7–3 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
1954 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 18Florida*No. 16W 34–14
October 2Cornell*No. 16
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 41–20
October 9at No. 3 Wisconsin*No. 11L 7–13
October 16SMUNo. 15
L 6–20
October 23Texas
W 13–7
October 30Vanderbilt*No. 19
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 34–13
November 6at No. 4 ArkansasNo. 15L 15–28
November 13at Texas A&MW 29–19
November 20TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 6–0
November 27at No. 9 BaylorW 20–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1954 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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