1957 Rice Owls football team

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1957 Rice Owls football
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
1957 record7–4 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southwest Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Rice $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 11 Texas 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
No. 9 Texas A&M 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
SMU 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Arkansas 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
TCU 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Baylor 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Owls were led by 18th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, winning the conference with a conference record of 5–1. After two consecutive losing seasons in 1955 and 1956, Rice bounced back to finish the 1957 regular season with a record of 7–3. They won the last four games of the regular season, including a victory over the undefeated and number one-ranked Texas A&M Aggies. The Owls were ranked eighth in the final AP Poll and seventh in the final Coaches Poll, which were conducted before bowl season. Rice was invited to the 1958 Cotton Bowl Classic, held on New Years' Day, where they were defeated by fifth-ranked Navy.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at LSU*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 20–1450,912
October 5No. 17 Stanford*
W 34–7
October 12No. 5 Duke*No. 15
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 6–752,000
October 19at SMUNo. 19
W 27–2136,000
October 26at No. 19 TexasNo. 13
L 14–1948,000
November 2Clemson*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–20
November 9No. 12 Arkansas
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 13–7
November 16No. 1 Texas A&MNo. 20
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 7–6
November 23at TCUNo. 13
W 20–0
November 30BaylorNo. 9
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 20–0
January 1vs. No. 5 Navy*No. 8
L 7–2075,504[2][3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1957 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Tom Forrestal leads Navy to 20-7 victory over Rice". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 2, 1958. p. 18.
  3. ^ Ratliff, Harold (January 2, 1958). "Forrestal pilots Navy in 20-7 rout of Rice". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 17.
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