1943 Rice Owls football team

1943 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–7 (2–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Texas $ 5 0 0 7 1 1
Texas A&M 4 1 0 7 2 1
Rice 2 3 0 3 7 0
SMU 2 3 0 2 7 0
TCU 1 4 0 2 6 0
Arkansas 1 4 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1943 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 183 to 60.[1][2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Rice ranked 90th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 68.6.[3]

  1. ^ "1943 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 189.
  3. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.