1916 Rice Owls football team

1916 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–1–2 (2–1 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainW. E. Brown
Home stadiumRice Field
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas 5 1 0 7 2 0
Baylor 3 1 0 9 1 0
Rice 2 1 0 6 1 2
Oklahoma 2 1 0 6 5 0
Texas A&M 1 2 0 6 3 0
Arkansas 0 2 0 4 4 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 3 0 4 4 0
Southwestern (TX) 0 4 0 3 5 1
  • No champion recognized[1]

The 1916 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record (2–1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 346 to 62.[2][3]

On November 17, 1916, the team scored 146 points against SMU. This remains the single-game scoring record for a Rice football team.[4] Rice scored 23 touchdowns in the game, including six by left halfback Griffith Vance. The Houston Daily Post wrote that Vance's work was the "outstanding feature of the game", describing a "wonderful side step" and "quick change of pace" that enabled him to run through the entire SMU team several times for touchdowns.[5]

  1. ^ http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. ^ "1916 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 Football 2017 Football Fact Book, pp. 131, 133.
  5. ^ "Owls Rolled Up Record Score: Speedy Backfield Raced Through S.M.U. Line-up for Total of 145 Points to Visitors' 3". Houston Daily Post. November 18, 1916. p. 10.