1915 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–3 (1–2 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainW. M. Standish
Home stadiumRice Field
1915 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oklahoma $ 3 0 010 0 0
Baylor 3 0 07 1 0
Texas 2 2 06 3 0
Texas A&M 1 1 06 2 0
Arkansas 1 1 04 2 1
Rice 1 2 05 3 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 3 04 5 1
Southwestern (TX) 0 2 04 3 0
  • Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player.[1]

The 1915 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1915 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 5–3 record (1–2 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 143 to 122.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Trinity (TX)*W 46–0
October 8Baylor
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–26
October 16at TexasL 0–59[4]
October 23Daniel Baker*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 28–0
October 30TCU*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 33–3[5]
November 8Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 7–0
November 17LSU*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 6–0
November 27Notre Dame*
L 2–55[6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. "1915 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  3. "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  4. "Texas defeats Rice". Fort Worth Record. October 17, 1915. Retrieved April 23, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "No Bonfires Blazed on T. C. U. Campus; Rice Owls Humble Christians, 33-3". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. October 31, 1915. p. 18. Retrieved August 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Notre Dame battered Rice in last periods". Houston Daily Post. November 28, 1915. Retrieved April 23, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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