1918 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record1–5–1 (1–1 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainLeRoy Bell
Home stadiumRice Field
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Oklahoma 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Texas A&M 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Rice 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
SMU 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Arkansas 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Baylor 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • No champion recognized[1]

The 1918 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1918 college football season. In its first season under head coach John E. Anderson, the team compiled a 1–5–1 record (1–1 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 62 to 13.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5Camp Logan*
L 0–10[4]
October 19Park Place Flyers*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–7[5]
October 26Camp Logan*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
T 0–0[6]
November 2Kelly Field*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–28[7]
November 9Park Place Flyers*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–3[8]
November 16Texas
L 0–14[9]
November 30SMU
W 13–0[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. ^ "1916 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. ^ "Camp Logan beat Rice Owls, 10–0". The Houston Post. October 6, 1918. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Aviators defeat Rice Owls, 7–0". The Houston Post. October 20, 1918. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rice and Fifteenth Division team tie". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 27, 1918. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kelly Field beat Rice Owls, 28–0". The Houston Post. November 3, 1918. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Park Place beat Rice Owls, 3–0". The Houston Post. November 10, 1918. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Luckless Rice holds Texas to 2 touchdowns". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 17, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Rice defeated S.M.U. team, 13–0". The Houston Post. December 1, 1918. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.


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