1928 Rice Owls football team

1928 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record2–7 (0–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
1928 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Arkansas 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Baylor 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
TCU 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
SMU 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Texas A&M 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Rice 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1928 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice Institute as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1928 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Claude Rothgeb, the team compiled a 2–7 record (0–5 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 174 to 83.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Sam Houston State*
W 24–6[3]
October 6St. Edward's*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–31[4]
October 13Trinity (TX)*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 20–6[5]
October 20at SMU
L 13–53[6]
October 27Texas
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 6–139,000[7]
November 3Southwestern (TX)*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 6–14[8]
November 10TCU
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–75,000[9]
November 17at Texas A&M
L 0–19[10]
November 29Baylor
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 14–25[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1928 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  3. ^ "Numerous fumbles keep Rice scoring to 24". The Galveston Daily News. September 30, 1928. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Owls fall before St. Eds, 31–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 7, 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Owls win 20 to 6 victory over Tigers". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 14, 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Mustangs trample Owls". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 21, 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Longhorns and Rice present stirring fight". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 28, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rice Owls beaten by Pirates, 14 to 6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 4, 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Two bullet passes win for Frogs, 7–0, after stubborn resistance by Rice's Owls". The Abilene Morning Reporter-News. November 11, 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Ags down Rice by 19–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 18, 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Bears defeat Rice, 25 to 14". Wichita Falls Record News. November 30, 1928. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.