1958 Rice Owls football team

1958 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 TCU $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
No. 18 SMU	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Rice	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Texas	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Baylor	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1958 college football season.^[1] The Owls were led by 19th-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 tied for second.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	LSU*		Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 6–26	45,000	^[2]
September 27	at Stanford*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 30–7
October 4	No. 14 Purdue*		Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 0–24	41,000
October 11	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 24–0
October 18	at No. 16 SMU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 13–7	39,000
October 25	No. 4 Texas		Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 34–7	72,000	^[3]
November 8	No. 3 Army*	No. 13	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–14
November 15	Texas A&M	No. 17	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 21–28
November 22	No. 7 TCU		Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 10–21
November 29	at Baylor		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	W 33–21	18,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1958 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^ "Swift Tigers outrun Rice in 26–6 win". Victoria Advocate. September 21, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rice routs Texas, 34–7". The Odessa American. October 26, 1958. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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