1956 Rice Owls football team

1956 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.^[1] The Owls were led by 17th-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.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Alabama*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 20–13
October 6	LSU*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 23–14
October 13	at Florida*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 0–7
October 20	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 13–14
October 27	Texas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 28–7
November 3	Utah*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 27–0
November 10	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 12–27
November 17	at No. 5 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 7–21
November 24	No. 18 TCU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 17–20
December 1	at No. 15 Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 13–46
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1956 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.

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1956 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Texas A&M $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
No. 14 TCU	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Baylor	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Arkansas	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
SMU	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Rice	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll