1964 Rice Owls football team
| 1964 Rice Owls football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (3–3–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Arkansas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Texas | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1964 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its 25th season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 111.[1] The team played its home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.
The team's statistical leaders included Walter McReynolds with 675 passing yards, Gene Fleming with 395 rushing yards and 30 points scored, and Billy Hale with 170 receiving yards.[2] Malcolm Walker was selected by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI) as the first-team center on the 1964 All-Southwest Conference football team.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | LSU* | L 0–3 | 64,000 | [3] | |||
| October 3 | West Virginia* |
| W 24–0 | 25,000 | [4] | ||
| October 10 | at Stanford* | L 7–34 | |||||
| October 17 | at SMU | W 7–6 | 24,000 | ||||
| October 24 | No. 6 Texas |
| L 3–6 | 73,000 | [5] | ||
| October 31 | Texas Tech |
| T 6–6 | ||||
| November 7 | at No. 4 Arkansas | L 0–21 | |||||
| November 14 | Texas A&M |
| W 19–8 | ||||
| November 21 | TCU |
| W 31–0 | ||||
| November 28 | at Baylor | L 20–27 | 22,338 | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1964 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "1964 Rice Owls Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "LSU edges Rice 3–0 with late field goal". The Brownsville Herald. September 27, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rice coasts to 24–0 win". The Odessa American. October 4, 1964. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Steers snap 12-year jinx". The Denton Record-Chronicle. October 25, 1964. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.