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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (5–2 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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| No.3Texas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.9Arkansas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1961 college football season.[1] The Owls were led by 22nd-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice StadiuminHouston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in third. Rice finished the regular season with a record of 7–3. Their September 30th loss to Georgia Tech was the last time they were ranked in the AP Poll (#7) as Rice began to fade from the national spotlight in the 1960s. The Owls were invited to the 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl, played at their home Rice Stadium, where they were defeated by Kansas. Rice would not make another bowl game again until the 2006 New Orleans Bowl.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | No. 5LSU* |
| W 16–3 | 73,000 | [2] | ||
| September 30 | atGeorgia Tech* | No. 7 |
| L 0–24 | 43,501 | [3] | |
| October 14 | Florida* |
| W 19–10 | 32,000 | [4] | ||
| October 21 | SMU |
| W 10–0 | 37,000 | |||
| October 28 | at No. 3Texas |
| L 7–34 | 62,310 | [5] | ||
| November 4 | atTexas Tech |
| W 42–7 | 34,000 | |||
| November 11 | Arkansas |
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| November 18 | Texas A&M |
| W 21–7 | ||||
| November 25 | atTCU |
| W 35–16 | ||||
| December 2 | Baylor |
| W 26–14 | 30,000 | |||
| December 16 | vs. Kansas* |
| CBS | L 7–33 | 52,000 | ||
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