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-
1940 Season Highlights
Jess C. Neely enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Rice.
1940 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Oct. 5 vs. Centenary
25
0
W
Sat., Oct. 12 vs.
Louisiana State
23
0
W
Sat., Oct. 19 @
Tulane
6
15
L
Sat., Oct. 26 vs.
Texas
13
0
W
Sat., Nov. 2 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville
9
6
W
Sat., Nov. 9 @
Arkansas
14
7
W
Sat., Nov. 16 @
Texas A&M
0
25
L
Sat., Nov. 23 vs.
Texas Christian
14
6
W
Sat., Nov. 30 vs.
Baylor
21
12
W
Sat., Dec. 7 vs.
Southern Methodist
6
7
L
1940 Season Totals
Record 7-3
Points Scored 131
Scoring Average 13.1
Points Allowed 78
Defense Average 7.8
Opponents Record 47-32
Conference Record 4-2
Home Record 6-1
Away Record 1-2
1940 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1940 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1940 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.