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1956 Rice Owls football team

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1956 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Texas A&M $ 6 0 0 9 0 1
No. 14 TCU 5 1 0 8 3 0
No. 11 Baylor 4 2 0 9 2 0
Arkansas 3 3 0 6 4 0
SMU 2 4 0 4 6 0
Rice 1 5 0 4 6 0
Texas 0 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1956 college football season.[1] The Owls were led by 17th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in sixth.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Alabama*W 20–1343,000[2]
October 6LSU*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 23–1455,000[3]
October 13at Florida*L 0–726,000[4]
October 20SMU
L 13–1447,000
October 27Texas
W 28–767,000[5]
November 3Utah*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 27–0
November 10at ArkansasL 12–27
November 17at No. 5 Texas A&ML 7–21
November 24No. 18 TCU
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 17–20
December 1at No. 15 BaylorL 13–46
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1956 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Rice squeezes out 20 to 13 triumph over Alabama". The Knoxville Journal. September 23, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Frank Ryan engineers Rice to 23–14 victory over LSU". Victoria Advocate. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Florida defense preserves 7–0 win over Rice". The Orlando Sentinel. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rice rolls past Steers by 28–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 28, 1956. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.