1933 Rice Owls football team

1933 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
1933 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arkansas 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
TCU 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
Baylor 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Texas A&M 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Texas 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 2
SMU 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 1
Rice 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • Because of an ineligible played used by Arkansas, no championship was awarded.

The 1933 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice Institute as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1933 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Jack Meagher, the team compiled a 3–8 record (1–5 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 137 to 56.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Texas A&I*
W 7–0[3]
September 30at LSU*
L 0–13[4]
October 7Loyola (LA)*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 13–05,000[5]
October 14SMU
L 7–13[6]
October 21at Creighton*
L 13–14[7]
October 28at Texas
L 0–18[8]
November 4at Santa Clara*
L 0–1315,000[9]
November 11Arkansas
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 7–6[10]
November 18Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–2710,000[11]
November 25at TCU
L 3–26[12]
December 2at Baylor
L 6–7[13]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1933 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  3. ^ "Owls score late in game to beat Javelinas 7 to 0". Wichita Daily Times. September 24, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Louisiana State beats Rice 13 to 0 avenging defeat of last season". Sunday American-Statesman. October 1, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rice trounces Loyola 13 to 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 8, 1933. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rice beaten by Mustangs". The Paris News. October 15, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Jays celebrate homecoming with 14–13 win over Rice". Omaha Sunday Bee-News. October 22, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Longhorns open Southwest Conference race by defeating Rice 18 to 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 29, 1933. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Curley Grieve (November 5, 1933). "Broncs 13, Rice 0: Sobrero Steals Air Circus From Owls". The San Francisco Examiner – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Rice, in cellar berth, noses out Arkansas, 7 to 6". The Des Moines Register. November 12, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Aggies win on Rice's field". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 19, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Frogs smear Owls 26–3". The Brownsville Herald. November 26, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Fiction outdone as Baylor wins 7 to 6 thriller over Rice". Waco Tribune-Herald. December 3, 1933. Retrieved March 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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