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1975 Rice Owls football team

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1975 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.7Arkansas +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No.6Texas +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No.11Texas A&M +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Baylor	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	2
SMU	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their fourth year under head coach Al Conover, the team compiled a 2–9 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	atHouston*	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 24–7	35,585
September 20	Vanderbilt*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 6–9	18,000	^[3]
September 27	vs. LSU*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA	L 13–16	42,000	^[4]
October 11	Mississippi State*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 14–28	18,000	^[5]
October 18	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 28–17	18,000
October 25	at No. 8Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 9–41	55,000
November 1	atTexas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 24–28	38,205
November 8	Arkansas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 16–20	20,000
November 15	No. 3Texas A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 14–33	67,000
November 22	atTCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 21–28
November 29	Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 7–25	10,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1975 Rice Owls football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`80`	Doug Cunningham	So
QB	`9`	Tommy Kramer	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`29`	Larry Brune	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "1975 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2020.

^ "2020 Rice Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rice University. 2020. p. 136. Retrieved December 29, 2020.

^ "Vanderbilt field goals tip Owls, 9–6". Austin American-Statesman. September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Tigers get by plucky Owls". The Shreveport Times. September 28, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Mississippi State drops Rice, 28–14". The Vernon Daily Record. October 12, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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