1926 Rice Owls football team
Appearance
1926 Rice Owls football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 4–4–1 (0–4 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Rice Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1926 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1926 college football season. In its third season under head coach John Heisman, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (0–4 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 84 to 81.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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September 25 | Stephen F. Austin* | W 25–0 | ||||
October 2 | Sam Houston State* |
| W 20–0 | [3] | ||
October 9 | Trinity (TX)* |
| T 6–6 | |||
October 16 | St. Edward's* |
| W 19–0 | |||
October 23 | Texas |
| L 0–20 | [4] | ||
October 30 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| W 7–6 | |||
November 6 | at SMU | L 0–20 | ||||
November 12 | at Texas A&M | College Station, TX | L 0–20 | |||
November 25 | Baylor |
| L 7–9 | [5] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1926 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
- ^ "Rice Owls beat Sam Houston 20–0". The Waco News-Tribune. October 3, 1926. Retrieved February 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rufus King leads Texas to victory over Rice". The Galveston Daily News. October 24, 1926. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bears Pluck Rice Owls in Final Game of Football Season". The Waco News-Tribune. November 26, 1926. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.