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Rice Owls

Rice University
Houston, TX
Founded: 1891
Stadium: Rice Stadium
Capacity: 70,000
Colors: Dark Blue & Gray
Coach: Al Conover
Conference: Southwest-

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1912 <-- 1973 <- 1974 -> 1975 --> 2024

1974 Season Highlights

Al Conover enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Rice.

1974 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 14	vs. Houston	0	21	L
Sat., Sep. 21	vs. Cincinnati	21	28	L
Sat., Sep. 28	vs. Louisiana State	10	10	T
Sat., Oct. 12	@ Notre Dame	3	10	L
Sat., Oct. 19	@ Southern Methodist	14	19	L
Sat., Oct. 26	vs. Texas	6	27	L
Sat., Nov. 2	vs. Texas Tech	21	7	W
Sat., Nov. 9	@ Arkansas	6	25	L
Sat., Nov. 16	@ Texas A&M	7	37	L
Sat., Nov. 23	vs. Texas Christian	26	14	W
Sat., Nov. 30	@ Baylor	3	24	L

1974 Season Totals
Record	2-8 -1
Points Scored	117
Scoring Average	10.6
Points Allowed	222
Defense Average	20.2
Opponents Record	73-47
Conference Record	2-5
Home Record	2-3 -1
Away Record	0-5

1974 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1974 Southwest- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Texas Tech	6-4-2	193	158	Tied 6-6	3-4	111	107	Jim Carlen
Baylor	8-4	252	223	Lost 20-41	6-1	148	95	Grant Teaff
Texas	8-4	367	197	Lost 3-27	5-2	240	107	Darrell Royal
Texas A&M	8-3	222	131		5-2	139	74	Emory Bellard
Arkansas	6-4-1	285	164		3-3-1	153	122	Frank Broyles
Southern Methodist	6-4-1	221	240		3-3-1	140	151	Dave Smith
Rice	2-8-1	117	222		2-5	83	153	Al Conover
Texas Christian	1-10	79	345		0-7	50	255	Jim Shofner

1974 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1974 All Southwest Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.