1940 Rice Owls football team

1940 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Texas A&M $ 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 16 SMU 5 1 0 8 1 1
Texas 4 2 0 8 2 0
Rice 4 2 0 7 3 0
TCU 2 4 0 3 7 0
Arkansas 1 5 0 4 6 0
Baylor 0 6 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1940 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 7–3 record (4–2 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 78.[1][2]

Rice was ranked at No. 21 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

  1. ^ "1940 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 190.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.