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1933 Rice Owls football team

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1933 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arkansas 4 1 0 7 3 1
TCU 4 2 0 9 2 1
Baylor 4 2 0 6 4 0
Texas A&M 2 2 1 6 3 1
Texas 2 3 1 4 5 2
SMU 2 4 0 4 7 1
Rice 1 5 0 3 8 0
  • Because of an ineligible played used by Arkansas, no championship was awarded.

The 1933 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1933 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Jack Meagher, the team compiled a 3–8 record (1–5 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 137 to 56.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Texas A&I*W 7–0
September 30at LSU*L 0–13
October 7Loyola (LA)*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 13–0[3]
October 14SMU
L 7–13
October 21at Creighton*L 13–14
October 28at TexasL 0–18[4]
November 4at Santa Clara*L 0–1315,000[5]
November 11Arkansas
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 7–6
November 18Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–27
November 25at TCUL 3–26
December 2at BaylorL 6–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1933 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  3. ^ "Rice trounces Loyola 13 to 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 8, 1933. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Longhorns open Southwest Conference race by defeating Rice 18 to 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 29, 1933. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Curley Grieve (November 5, 1933). "Broncs 13, Rice 0: Sobrero Steals Air Circus From Owls". The San Francisco Examiner – via Newspapers.com.