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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 <-- 1972 <- 1973 -> 1974 --> 2024

1973 Season Highlights

Al Conover enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Rice.

1973 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 15	@ Houston	6	24	L
Sat., Sep. 22	vs. Montana	21	10	W
Sat., Sep. 29	@ Louisiana State	9	24	L
Sat., Oct. 13	vs. Notre Dame	0	28	L
Sat., Oct. 20	vs. Southern Methodist	16	27	L
Sat., Oct. 27	@ Texas	13	55	L
Sat., Nov. 3	@ Texas Tech	6	19	L
Sat., Nov. 10	vs. Arkansas	17	7	W
Sat., Nov. 17	vs. Texas A&M	24	20	W
Sat., Nov. 24	@ Texas Christian	14	9	W
Sat., Dec. 1	vs. Baylor	27	0	W

1973 Season Totals
Record	5-6
Points Scored	153
Scoring Average	13.9
Points Allowed	223
Defense Average	20.3
Opponents Record	71-40
Conference Record	4-3
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	1-4

1973 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1973 Southwest- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Texas Tech	11-1	342	187	Won 28-19	6-1	193	115	Jim Carlen
Texas	8-3	367	162	Lost 3-19	7-0	295	71	Darrell Royal
Rice	5-6	153	223		4-3	117	137	Al Conover
Southern Methodist	6-4-1	259	228		3-3-1	131	182	Dave Smith
Arkansas	5-5-1	124	184		3-3-1	77	104	Frank Broyles
Texas A&M	5-6	292	231		3-4	167	156	Emory Bellard
Texas Christian	3-8	189	290		1-6	100	187	Billy Tohill
Baylor	2-9	192	359		0-7	109	237	Grant Teaff

1973 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1973 All Southwest Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).