1959 Rice Owls football team
The 1959 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Owls were led by 20th-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.
1959 Rice Owls football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
1959 record | 1–7–2 (1–4–1 SWC) |
Head coach | Jess Neely (20th season) |
Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Arkansas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Texas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 TCU + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 19 | at No. 1 LSU* | L 3–26 | |
October 3 | at Duke* |
| L 7–24 |
October 10 | No. 17 Florida* | T 13–13 | |
October 17 | No. 15 SMU |
| T 13–13 |
October 24 | at No. 3 Texas | L 6–28 | |
October 31 | No. 12 Clemson* |
| L 0–19 |
November 7 | No. 16 Arkansas |
| L 10–14 |
November 14 | Texas A&M |
| W 7–2 |
November 21 | at No. 10 TCU | L 6–35 | |
November 28 | Baylor |
| L 21–23 |
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