| 1943 Rice Owls football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (2–3 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Texas $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1943 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1943 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 183 to 60.[1][2]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Rice ranked 90th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 68.6.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Randolph Field* | L 0–6 | 12,000 | [4] | |||
| October 2 | at LSU* | L 7–20 | 22,000 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | Tulane* |
| L 0–33 | [6] | |||
| October 16 | at SMU | L 0–12 | |||||
| October 23 | at No. 16 Texas | L 0–58 | [7] | ||||
| October 30 | Texas Tech* |
| W 13–0 | 5,000 | |||
| November 6 | Arkansas |
| W 20–7 | ||||
| November 13 | No. 14 Texas A&M |
| L 0–20 | ||||
| November 20 | at TCU | W 13–6 | |||||
| November 27 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| L 7–21 | ||||
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References
- ↑ "1943 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 189.
- ↑ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Randolph Licks Rice Owls in Mud Battle". San Antonio Light. September 26, 1943. p. 6-5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
- ↑ "Owls fall as LSU opens up". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 3, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tulane team manhandles weak Rice eleven, 33–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 10, 1943. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Longhorns continue on title path with rousing 58 to 0 victory over Rice Owls". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 24, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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