1933 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
1933 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Arkansas 4 1 07 3 1
TCU 4 2 09 2 1
Baylor 4 2 06 4 0
Texas A&M 2 2 16 3 1
Texas 2 3 14 5 2
SMU 2 4 04 7 1
Rice 1 5 03 8 0
  • Because of an ineligible played used by Arkansas, no championship was awarded.

The 1933 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1933 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Jack Meagher, the team compiled a 3–8 record (1–5 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 137 to 56.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Texas A&I*W 7–0
September 30at LSU*L 0–13
October 7Loyola (LA)*
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 13–0[3]
October 14SMU
L 7–13
October 21at Creighton*L 13–14
October 28at TexasL 0–18[4]
November 4at Santa Clara*L 0–1315,000[5]
November 11Arkansas
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
W 7–6
November 18Texas A&M
  • Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
L 0–27
November 25at TCUL 3–26
December 2at BaylorL 6–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1933 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  3. "Rice trounces Loyola 13 to 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 8, 1933. Retrieved April 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Longhorns open Southwest Conference race by defeating Rice 18 to 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 29, 1933. Retrieved April 25, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Curley Grieve (November 5, 1933). "Broncs 13, Rice 0: Sobrero Steals Air Circus From Owls". The San Francisco Examiner via Newspapers.com.


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