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.
| 1956 Rice Owls football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–5 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Alabama* | W 20–13 | 43,000 | [2] | |
| October 6 | LSU* |
| W 23–14 | 55,000 | [3] |
| October 13 | at Florida* | L 0–7 | 26,000 | [4] | |
| October 20 | SMU |
| L 13–14 | 47,000 | |
| October 27 | Texas |
| W 28–7 | 67,000 | [5] |
| November 3 | Utah* |
| W 27–0 | ||
| November 10 | at Arkansas | L 12–27 | |||
| November 17 | at No. 5 Texas A&M | L 7–21 | |||
| November 24 | No. 18 TCU |
| L 17–20 | ||
| December 1 | at No. 15 Baylor | L 13–46 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1956 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ "Rice squeezes out 20 to 13 triumph over Alabama". The Knoxville Journal. September 23, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Frank Ryan engineers Rice to 23–14 victory over LSU". Victoria Advocate. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida defense preserves 7–0 win over Rice". The Orlando Sentinel. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rice rolls past Steers by 28–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 28, 1956. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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