1915 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–3 (1–2 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainW. M. Standish
Home stadiumRice Field, West End Park
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Baylor 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Texas 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Texas A&M 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Arkansas 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Rice 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Southwestern (TX) 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
  • Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player.[1]

The 1915 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1915 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 5–3 record (1–2 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 143 to 122.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Trinity (TX)*
W 46–0[4]
October 8Baylor
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–26[5]
October 16at Texas
L 0–59[6]
October 23Daniel Baker*
W 28–0[7]
October 30TCU*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 33–3[8]
November 8Texas A&M
  • West End Park
  • Houston, TX
W 7–0[9][10]
November 17LSU*
  • West End Park
  • Houston, TX
W 6–0[11]
November 27Notre Dame*
  • West End Park
  • Houston, TX
L 2–55[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. ^ "1915 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  4. ^ "Rice Owls easily beat Boles' team". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 3, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Baylor's great machine crushes Rice Owls 26–0". Waco Morning News. October 9, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Texas defeats Rice". Fort Worth Record. October 17, 1915. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Crippled Brownwood team easily beaten by Rice; Score 28–0". The Austin American. October 24, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "No Bonfires Blazed on T. C. U. Campus; Rice Owls Humble Christians, 33–3". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. October 31, 1915. p. 18. Retrieved August 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "A. and M. and Rice elevens to play game today". The Houston Post. November 8, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "A.&M. defeated by Rice Owls". Fort Worth Record. November 9, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rice added another victory to its string". Houston Daily Post. November 18, 1915. Retrieved February 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Notre Dame battered Rice in last periods". Houston Daily Post. November 28, 1915. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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