1947 Rice Owls football team

American college football season

1947 Rice Owls football

Conference| Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP| No. 18
Record| 6–3–1 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach|

* Jess Neely (8th season)

Home stadium| Rice Field

Seasons

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1947 Southwest Conference football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 3 SMU $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 2
No. 5 Texas | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 18 Rice | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
TCU | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 2
Arkansas | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 1
Texas A&M | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Baylor | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Rice Owls football team was an American football that represented Rice Institute in the Southwest Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished third in the conference, was ranked No. 18 in the final AP Poll (No. 7 in the final Litkenhous Ratings), and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 74.[1][2]

Quarterback Tobin Rote led the team on offense. Two Rice players received first-team honors from the Associated Press on the 1947 All-Southwest Conference football team: center Joe Watson and guard J.W. Magee.[3]

The played its home games at Rice Field in Houston.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 27| at LSU*| |

* Tiger Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA

| L 14–21| 46,000| [4]
October 4| at USC*| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| T 7–7| 64,231| [5]
October 11| Tulane*| No. 16|

* Rice Field
* Houston, TX

| W 33–0| 28,000| [6]
October 18| at SMU| No. 15|

* Ownby Stadium
* Dallas, TX (rivalry)

| L 0–14| 23,000| [7]
October 25| at No. 3 Texas| |

* War Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| L 0–12| 48,000| [8]
November 1| Texas Tech*| |

* Rice Field
* Houston, TX

| W 40–7| 16,000| [9]
November 8| Arkansas| |

* Rice Field
* Houston, TX

| W 26–0| 26,000| [10]
November 15| Texas A&M| |

* Rice Field
* Houston, TX

| W 41–7| 31,000| [11]
November 22| at TCU| No. 20|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| W 7–0| 5,000| [12]
November 29| Baylor| No. 18|

* Rice Field
* Houston, TX

| W 34–6| 20,000| [13]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Rankings

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See also: 1947 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked| Week

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Poll| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| Final
AP| 16| 15| —| —| —| —| 20| 18| 17| 18

## References

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1. ^ "1947 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/CollegeFootball. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Clyde Scott Only Porker to Make All-Southwest". Hope Star, Arkansas. December 1, 1947. p. 5.
4. ^ Leroy Simms (September 28, 1947). "L.S.U. Fights Off Stiff Rice Opposition To Win, 21-14". Monroe Morning World. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Braven Dyer (October 5, 1947). "Trojan Rally Nets 7-7 Deadlock With Owls". Los Angeles Times. pp. 13, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Fast-Moving Rice Trounces Tulane, 33-0, to Thrill 28,000". The Daily Oklahoman. October 12, 1947. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Jimmy Banks (October 19, 1947). "Walker Leads SMU to 14-0 Triumph Over Favored Rice". Sunday American-Statesman (Austin, TX). pp. 17–18 – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Weldon Hart (October 26, 1947). "Steers Rip Owls, 12-0: Fierce Line Play Finds UT Superior". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 1, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Rebounding Rice Owls Storm Over Tech's Raiders, 40-7". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 2, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Rice Owls Smother Arkansas Drives, Roll to 26-0 Victory". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 9, 1947. p. 4D – via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Rice Scores at Will to Bury Aggies Under 41-7 Avalanche". Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald. November 16, 1947. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Rice Tops TCU to Take Third Place in Conference Standings". Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald. November 23, 1947. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Baylor Settles Into Conference Cellar on 34-6 Pasting". Waco Tribune-Herald. November 30, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.

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Rice Owls football

Venues|

* West End Park (1912, 1914–1915)
* Rice Field (1913–1949)
* Rice Stadium (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Houston
* SMU
* Texas

Culture & lore|

* Sammy the Owl
* "Rice Fight"
* Marching Owl Band

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* Head coaches
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