Rice Football Team History
Rice Owls
Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891 Stadium: Rice Stadium Capacity: 70,000 Colors: Dark Blue & Gray Coach: Jess C. Neely Conference: Southwest-
1956 Season Highlights
Jess C. Neely enters his 17th season as Head Coach at Rice.
1956 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 22 vs.
Alabama
20
13
W
Sat., Oct. 6 vs.
Louisiana State
23
14
W
Sat., Oct. 13 @
Florida
0
7
L
Sat., Oct. 20 vs.
Southern Methodist
13
14
L
Sat., Oct. 27 vs.
Texas
28
7
W
Sat., Nov. 3 vs.
Utah
27
0
W
Sat., Nov. 10 @
Arkansas
12
27
L
Sat., Nov. 17 @
Texas A&M
7
21
L
Sat., Nov. 24 vs.
Texas Christian
17
20
L
Sat., Dec. 1 @
Baylor
13
46
L
1956 Season Totals
Record 4-6
Points Scored 160
Scoring Average 16.0
Points Allowed 169
Defense Average 16.9
Opponents Record 53-46
Conference Record 1-5
Home Record 4-2
Away Record 0-4
1956 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1956 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1956 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.