1915 Rice Owls football team

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1915 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–3 (1–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
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
October 8Baylor
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–26
October 16at TexasL 0–59
October 23Daniel Baker*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 28–0
October 30TCU*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 33–3[4]
November 8Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 7–0
November 17LSU*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 6–0
November 27Notre Dame*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 2–55
  • *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. ^ "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.