1944 Rice Owls football team

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1944 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1944 record5–6 (2–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
TCU $ 3 1 1 7 3 1
Texas 3 2 0 5 4 0
Arkansas 2 2 1 5 5 1
Texas A&M 2 3 0 7 4 0
SMU 2 3 0 5 5 0
Rice 2 3 0 5 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1944 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 5–6 record (2–3 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 163 to 143.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23Galveston Army Air Field*
W 57–0
September 30Randolph Field*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–59
October 7LSU*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 14–13
October 14at Tulane*L 0–2130,000
October 21SMU
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 21–10
October 28Texas
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 7–0
November 4Texas Tech*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 7–13
November 11at Arkansas
L 7–12
November 18Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 6–19
November 25TCU
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 6–9
December 2Southwestern (TX)*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 18–7
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1944 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 189.
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