1952 Rice Owls football team

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1952 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–5 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Texas $ 6 0 0 9 2 0
Rice 4 2 0 5 5 0
SMU 3 2 1 4 5 1
TCU 2 2 2 4 4 2
Baylor 1 3 2 4 4 2
Texas A&M 1 4 1 3 6 1
Arkansas 1 5 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1952 college football season.[1] The Owls were led by 13th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. The team competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in second.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Texas Tech*W 34–737,000
October 4LSU*No. 17
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–2745,000[2]
October 11at No. 11 UCLA*L 0–2030,926
October 18SMU
L 14–2156,000
October 25No. 20 Texas
L 7–2066,000[3]
November 1No. 18 Wisconsin*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–2136,000
November 8at ArkansasW 35–33
November 15at Texas A&MW 16–6
November 22TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 12–6
November 29at BaylorW 20–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1952 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Downtrodden Tigers maul Rice, 27–7". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 5, 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ochoa top star as Longhorns take 20–7 victory over Rice". Brownwood Bulletin. October 26, 1952. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.