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1938 Rice Owls football team

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1938 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.1TCU $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
SMU	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Baylor	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Rice	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Texas	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1938 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the team compiled a 4–6 record (3–3 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 133 to 91.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Oklahoma*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 6–7
October 8	atLSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–3	40,000	^[3]
October 15	atTulane*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 17–26	24,000	^[4]
October 22	Texas	Rice Field Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 13–6	20,000	^[5]
October 29	Auburn*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 14–0		^[6]
November 5	atArkansas	Bailey Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 3–0
November 12	atTexas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 0–27	17,000	^[7]
November 19	No. 2TCU	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 7–29		^[8]
November 26	Baylor	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 6–21
December 3	SMU	Rice Field Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 25–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1938 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 189.

^ "Rice Owls spilled by late Tiger field goal, 3 to 0". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 9, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Tulane 26–17 victory over Rice". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 16, 1938. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Rice Owls trim Longhorns in last minutes of play". Valley Morning Star. October 23, 1938. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Steakley scores twice, Owls beat Auburn, 14–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 30, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Texas Aggies Smother Rice, 27 To 0". Sunday American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. Associated Press. November 13, 1938. p. 13. Retrieved September 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com

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