1942 Rice Owls football team

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1942 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1942 record7–2–1 (4–1–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Texas $ 5 1 0 9 2 0
Rice 4 1 1 7 2 1
TCU 4 2 0 7 3 0
Baylor 3 2 1 6 4 1
Texas A&M 2 3 1 4 5 1
SMU 1 4 1 3 6 2
Arkansas 0 6 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record (4–1–1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 177 to 74.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Corpus Christi NAS*
W 18–79,000[3]
October 3LSU*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 27–14
October 10at Tulane*L 7–18
October 24 No. 15 Texas
L 7–12
October 31Texas Tech*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 19–710,000
November 7at Arkansas
W 40–9
November 14Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
T 0–0
November 21 No. 18 TCU
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 21–0
November 28at BaylorW 20–0
December 5SMU
W 13–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1942 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 190.
  3. ^ "Rice Polishes Off Gulf Fliers, 18-7". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. September 27, 1942. p. Peach 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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