1946 Rice Owls football team
| 1946 Rice Owls football | |
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Southwest Conference co-champion Orange Bowl champion | |
Orange Bowl, W 8–0 vs. Tennessee | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 10 |
| 1946 record | 9–2 (5–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Jess Neely (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Rice Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Rice + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arkansas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Texas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1946 college football season.[1] The Owls were led by seventh-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Field in Houston, Texas. Rice competed as a member of the Southwest Conference, winning a share of the conference title with Arkansas with a 5–1 conference record. The team ended the regular season ranked 10th in the final AP Poll with a 8–2 record. They were invited to the 1947 Orange Bowl, played on New Years' Day, where they defeated SEC co-champion Tennessee.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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| September 28 | LSU* | L 6–7 | ||
| October 5 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| W 48–0 | |
| October 12 | at Tulane* | W 25–6 | ||
| October 19 | SMU | No. 16 |
| W 21–7 |
| October 26 | No. 3 Texas | No. 16 |
| W 18–13 |
| November 2 | Texas Tech* | No. 8 |
| W 41–6 |
| November 9 | at Arkansas | No. 5 | Little Rock, AR | L 0–7 |
| November 16 | at Texas A&M | No. 14 | W 27–10 | |
| November 23 | TCU | No. 12 |
| W 13–0 |
| November 30 | Baylor | No. 13 |
| W 38–6 |
| January 1 | vs. No. 7 Tennessee* | No. 10 | W 8–0 | |
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