1915 Rice Owls football team

The 1915 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1915 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 5–3 record (1–2 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 143 to 122.^[2][3]

1915 Rice Owls football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	5–3 (1–2 SWC)
Head coach	Philip Arbuckle (4th season)
Captain	W. M. Standish
Home stadium	Rice Field, West End Park
Seasons ← 1914 1916 →

1915 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oklahoma $	3	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Baylor	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Texas	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Texas A&M	1	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	1
Rice	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Southwestern (TX)	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	Trinity (TX)*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 46–0	[4]
October 8	Baylor	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 0–26	[5]
October 16	at Texas	Clark Field Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 0–59	[6]
October 23	Daniel Baker*	West End Park Houston, TX	W 28–0	[7]
October 30	TCU*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 33–3	[8]
November 8	Texas A&M	West End Park Houston, TX	W 7–0	[9][10]
November 17	LSU*	West End Park Houston, TX	W 6–0	[11]
November 27	Notre Dame*	West End Park Houston, TX	L 2–55	[12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
2. "1915 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
3. "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
4. "Rice Owls easily beat Boles' team". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 3, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Baylor's great machine crushes Rice Owls 26–0". Waco Morning News. October 9, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Texas defeats Rice". Fort Worth Record. October 17, 1915. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Crippled Brownwood team easily beaten by Rice; Score 28–0". The Austin American. October 24, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "No Bonfires Blazed on T. C. U. Campus; Rice Owls Humble Christians, 33–3". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. October 31, 1915. p. 18. Retrieved August 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "A. and M. and Rice elevens to play game today". The Houston Post. November 8, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "A.&M. defeated by Rice Owls". Fort Worth Record. November 9, 1915. Retrieved February 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Rice added another victory to its string". Houston Daily Post. November 18, 1915. Retrieved February 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Notre Dame battered Rice in last periods". Houston Daily Post. November 28, 1915. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.