1957 Rice Owls football team

The 1957 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Owls were led by 18th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, winning the conference with a conference record of 51. After two consecutive losing seasons in 1955 and 1956, Rice bounced back to finish the 1957 regular season with a record of 7–3. They won the last four games of the regular season, including a victory over the undefeated and number one-ranked Texas A&M Aggies. The Owls were ranked eighth in the final AP Poll and seventh in the final Coaches Poll, which were conducted before bowl season. Rice was invited to the 1958 Cotton Bowl Classic, held on New Years' Day, where they were defeated by fifth-ranked Navy.

1957 Rice Owls football
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
1957 record7–4 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
1957 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Rice $ 5 1 0  7 4 0
No. 11 Texas 4 1 1  6 4 1
No. 9 Texas A&M 4 2 0  8 3 0
SMU 3 3 0  4 5 1
Arkansas 2 4 0  6 4 0
TCU 2 4 0  5 4 1
Baylor 0 5 1  3 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 21at LSU*W 20–14
October 5No. 17 Stanford*W 34–7
October 12No. 5 Duke*No. 15
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 6–7
October 19at SMUNo. 19W 27–21
October 26at No. 19 TexasNo. 13L 14–19
November 2Clemson*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–20
November 9No. 12 Arkansas
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 13–7
November 16No. 1 Texas A&MNo. 20
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 7–6
November 23at TCUNo. 13W 20–0
November 30BaylorNo. 9
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 20–0
January 1vs. No. 5 Navy*No. 8
L 7–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1957 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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