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-
1945 Season Highlights
Jess C. Neely enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Rice.
1945 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 22 vs. Corpus Christi NAS
13
26
L
Sat., Sep. 29 @
Louisiana State
0
42
L
Sat., Oct. 6 vs. Southwestern (Texas)
7
13
L
Sat., Oct. 13 vs.
Tulane
13
7
W
Sat., Oct. 20 @
Southern Methodist
18
21
L
Sat., Oct. 27 @
Texas
7
6
W
Sat., Nov. 3 vs.
Texas Tech
13
0
W
Sat., Nov. 10 vs.
Arkansas
26
7
W
Sat., Nov. 17 vs.
Texas A&M
6
0
W
Sat., Nov. 24 @
Texas Christian
13
14
L
Sat., Dec. 1 vs.
Baylor
14
17
L
1945 Season Totals
Record 5-6
Points Scored 130
Scoring Average 11.8
Points Allowed 153
Defense Average 13.9
Opponents Record 46-41
Conference Record 3-3
Home Record 4-3
Away Record 1-3
1945 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1945 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1945 All Southwest Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
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