1939 Rice Owls football team
| 1939 Rice Owls football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 1–9–1 (0–5–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Texas A&M $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1939 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the team compiled a 1–9–1 record (0–5–1 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 143 to 77.[1][2]
Rice was ranked at No. 70 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 30 | Vanderbilt* | L 12–13 | 20,000 | [4] | |||
| October 7 | Centenary* |
| W 13–0 | [5] | |||
| October 14 | at LSU* | L 0–7 | 28,000 | [6] | |||
| October 21 | Sam Houston State* |
| L 8–9 | [7] | |||
| October 28 | at Texas | L 12–26 | [8] | ||||
| November 4 | at Fordham* | L 7–13 | 19,971 | ||||
| November 11 | Arkansas |
| T 12–12 | ||||
| November 18 | No. 2 Texas A&M |
| L 0–19 | 25,000 | [9] | ||
| November 25 | at TCU | L 0–21 | |||||
| December 2 | Baylor |
| L 7–10 | ||||
| December 9 | at SMU | L 6–13 | |||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1939 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 189.
- ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt scores in final seconds to beat Rice". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 1, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rice's new pass combine blanks Centenary by 13–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 8, 1939. Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "L.S.U.'s air game beats fumbling Rice Owls by 7–0". Austin American-Statesman. October 15, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rice upset by Sam Houston, 9–8". The Paris News. October 22, 1939. Retrieved February 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jack Crain leads Texas Longhorns over luckless Rice 26–12". The El Paso Times. October 29, 1939. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies Tramp On Rice, 19-0: Owls Gain Eight Yards; While Visitors Pass, Smash To Scores". El Paso Times. November 19, 1939. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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