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-
1949 Season Highlights
Jess C. Neely enters his 10th season as Head Coach at Rice.
The Owls won the Southwest Conference Championship.
1949 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 24 vs.
Clemson
33
7
W
Sat., Oct. 1 @
Louisiana State
7
14
L
Sat., Oct. 8 vs.
New Mexico
55
0
W
Sat., Oct. 15 @
Southern Methodist
41
27
W
Sat., Oct. 22 @
Texas
17
15
W
Sat., Oct. 29 vs.
Texas Tech
28
0
W
Sat., Nov. 5 vs.
Arkansas
14
0
W
Sat., Nov. 12 vs.
Texas A&M
13
0
W
Sat., Nov. 19 @
Texas Christian
20
14
W
Sat., Nov. 26 vs.
Baylor
21
7
W
Mon., Jan. 2
North Carolina
27
13
W
@ Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl
1949 Season Totals
Record 10-1
Points Scored 276
Scoring Average 25.1
Points Allowed 97
Defense Average 8.8
Opponents Record 59-50
Conference Record 6-0
Home Record 6-0
Away Record 3-1
1949 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
5 9-1-0
AP
1949 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1949 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).