1919 Rice Owls football team

1919 Rice Owls football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	8–1 (3–1 SWC)
Head coach	Philip Arbuckle (7th season)
Captain	Shirley Brick
Home stadium	Rice Field
Seasons ← 1918 1920 →

1919 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas A&M $	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Rice	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	3
Texas	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
SMU	0	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Oklahoma A&M	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	2
Baylor	0	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1919 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1919 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled an 8–1 record (3–1 against SWC opponents), and outscored opponents by a total of 190 to 60.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 4		Trinity (TX)*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 12–0
October 11	3:30 p.m.	at Baylor	Carroll Field Waco, TX	W 8–0	^[3]^[4]
October 18		Southwestern (TX)*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 22–0
October 24		Austin*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 54–0
November 1		at Texas	Clark Field Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 7–32	^[5]
November 8	3:30 p.m.	SMU	Rice Field Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 21–14	^[6]
November 15		Sewanee*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 19–7	^[7]
November 21		Howard Payne*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 7–0
November 27	3:00 p.m.	Arkansas	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 40–7	^[8]^[9]
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

References

^ "1919 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
^ "Football Baylor Bears Vs Rice Owls". The Waco News-Tribune. Waco, Texas. October 11, 1919. p. 4. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Baylor Bears Succumb To Rice 8-0". The Waco News-Tribune. Waco, Texas. October 12, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Longhorns wallop Rice, final result is 32 to 6". The Houston Post. November 2, 1919. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Shift In Owl Lineup May Be Made for S.M.U. Game Saturday at Rice". Houston Post. Austin, Texas. November 8, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved August 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Rice wins from Sewanee in sensational contest by the score of 19 to 7". The Houston Posy. November 16, 1919. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rice Owls vs. Razorbacks; Texas Aggies vs. Longhorns". Houston Post. Houston, Texas. November 27, 1919. p. 9. Retrieved February 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ McCorquodale (November 28, 1919). "Owls Swamp Razorbacks; The Affair Is A Landslide". Houston Post. Houston, Texas. p. 9. Retrieved February 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .

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