1912 Rice Grays football team

The 1912 Rice Grays football team was an American football team that represented Rice Institute as an independent during the 1912 college football season. The team compiled a 3–2 record and was outscored by a total of 125 to 40.[1]

1912 Rice Grays football
Conference	Independent
1912 record	3–2
Head coach	Philip Arbuckle (1st season)
Home stadium	West End Park

1912 Southern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Middle Tennessee			–					1	–	0	–	0
Texas			–					7	–	1	–	0
VMI			–					7	–	1	–	0
Maryland			–					6	–	1	–	1
Oklahoma A&M			–					6	–	2	–	0
Louisville			–					3	–	1	–	0
South Carolina			–					5	–	2	–	1
Navy			–					6	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					6	–	3	–	0
Spring Hill			–					4	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rice			–					3	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga			–					4	–	4	–	0
Southwest Texas			–					3	–	3	–	2
Davidson			–					3	–	4	–	0
Arkansas			–					4	–	6	–	0
Baylor			–					3	–	5	–	0
Catholic University			–					3	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest			–					2	–	6	–	0
Kendall			–					1	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					1	–	6	–	1
Richmond			–					1	–	7	–	0
William & Mary			–					1	–	7	–	1

Rice Institute opened its doors in the fall of 1912, and its first football team was made up of 21 students from the incoming freshmen class.[2][3] In its first game, the team defeated Houston High School by a 7–6 score.[4] In its first intercollegiate football game, the team defeated Sam Houston Normal by a 20–6 score in Huntsville, Texas.[5]

Philip Arbuckle was hired in 1912 as the football coach and the head of the entire Rice athletic program. Arbuckle was at the time a 28-year-old Illinois native and University of Chicago graduate.[6]

The team played its two home games during the 1912 season at West End Park in Houston. Plans were set in motion to build athletic field on the campus with seating for 12,000 persons to be opened in 1913.[7]

At the end of the 1912 season, end George Journeay was selected to be the captain of the 1913 Rice team.[8]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 26	at Houston High School	West End Park Houston, TX	W 7–6	[4]
October 30	at Orange High School	West End Park Orange, TX	W 13–0	[9]
November 9	at Sam Houston Normal	Huntsville, TX	W 20–6	[5]
November 15	at Southwestern (TX)	Georgetown, TX	L 0–32	[10]
November 28	Austin	West End Park Houston, TX	L 0–81	[11]

References

1. "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
2. "Physical Development Keynote of Institute's Athletics". Houston Daily Post. October 6, 1912. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Personnel of Rice Eleven: Arbuckle Has Twenty-One Freshmen Grays to Play Today". Houston Daily Post. November 28, 1912. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Rice Freshmen Won Debut: Journeay's Brilliant Forty Yard Run on Forward Pass Downed Houston High". Houston Daily Post. October 27, 1912. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Rice Won At Huntsville: Fumbles by Normal Enabled Arbuckle's Freshmen to Run Score to 20 to 6". Houston Daily Post. November 10, 1912. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "The Rice Institute Coach: Philip H. Arbuckle Is Man on Whom the Athletic Destiny of School Depends". Houston Daily Post. October 6, 1912. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Finest Stadium In South". Houston Daily Post. October 6, 1912. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Rice's 1913 Captain Is George Journeay". Houston Daily Post. December 17, 1912. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Rice Won From Orange: Institute Freshmen Defeated Lea's High School Eleven by 13 to 0 Score". Houston Daily Post. October 31, 1912. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Rice Was Blanked By S.U.: Arbuckle's Freshmen Grays Fought Pluckily but Could Not Gain When Close to Goal". Houston Daily Post. November 16, 1912. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Austin Slaughtered Freshmen Grays By Record Score of Texas Season". Houston Daily Post. November 29, 1912. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.