The 1941 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record (3–2–1 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 167 to 121.[1][2] The team played its home games at Rice Field in Houston.
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 6–3–1 (3–2–1 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Rice Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Texas A&M $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guard Art Goforth was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team.[3]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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October 4 | Sam Houston State* | W 42–0 | 14,000 | [4] | ||||
October 11 | Tulane* |
| W 10–9 | 25,000 | [5] | |||
October 18 | at LSU | No. 12 | L 0–27 | 25,000 | [6] | |||
October 25 | at No. 2 Texas | L 0–40 | 42,000 | [7] | ||||
November 1 | Centenary* |
| W 54–0 | [8] | ||||
November 8 | Arkansas |
| W 21–12 | 15,000 | [9] | |||
November 15 | No. 4 Texas A&M |
| L 6–19 | [10] | ||||
November 22 | at No. 19 TCU | T 0–0 | 10,000 | [11] | ||||
November 29 | Baylor |
| W 28–14 | 14,000 | [12] | |||
December 6 | at SMU | W 6–0 | 10,000 | [13] | ||||
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