1956 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
1956 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Texas A&M $ 6 0 09 0 1
No. 14 TCU 5 1 08 3 0
No. 11 Baylor 4 2 09 2 0
Arkansas 3 3 06 4 0
SMU 2 4 04 6 0
Rice 1 5 04 6 0
Texas 0 6 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Owls were led by 17th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in sixth.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Alabama*W 20–1343,000[2]
October 6LSU*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 23–1455,000[3]
October 13at Florida*L 0–726,000[4]
October 20SMU
L 13–1447,000
October 27Texas
W 28–767,000[5]
November 3Utah*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 27–0
November 10at ArkansasL 12–27
November 17at No. 5 Texas A&ML 7–21
November 24No. 18 TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 17–20
December 1at No. 15 BaylorL 13–46
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1956 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. "Rice squeezes out 20 to 13 triumph over Alabama". The Knoxville Journal. September 23, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Frank Ryan engineers Rice to 23–14 victory over LSU". Victoria Advocate. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Florida defense preserves 7–0 win over Rice". The Orlando Sentinel. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Rice rolls past Steers by 28–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 28, 1956. Retrieved April 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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