| 1957Rice Owls football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 7–20 vs.Navy | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 8 |
| Record | 7–4 (5–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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| No. 8Rice $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9Texas A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1957 Rice Owls football team representedRice Institute during the1957 college football season.[1] The Owls were led by 18th-year head coachJess Neely and played their home games atRice Stadium inHouston, Texas. They competed as members of theSouthwest Conference, winning the conference with a conference record of 5–1. After two consecutive losing seasons in 1955 and 1956, Rice bounced back to finish the 1957 regular season with a record of 7–3. They won the last four games of the regular season, including a victory over the undefeated and number one-rankedTexas A&M Aggies, coached byBear Bryant. The Owls were ranked eighth in the finalAP Poll and seventh in the finalCoaches Poll, which were conducted before bowl season. Rice was invited to the1958 Cotton Bowl Classic, held on New Year's Day, where they were defeated by fifth-rankedNavy.
The season-opening victory vs.1957 is the Owls' most recent atTiger Stadium. Rice is 0–14–1 inBaton Rouge, Louisiana since.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | atLSU* | W 20–14 | 50,912 | [2] | ||
| October 5 | No. 17Stanford* | W 34–7 | 54,000 | [3] | ||
| October 12 | No. 5Duke* | No. 15 |
| L 6–7 | 52,000 | [4] |
| October 19 | atSMU | No. 19 | W 27–21 | 36,000 | [5] | |
| October 26 | at No. 19Texas | No. 13 | L 14–19 | 48,000 | [6] | |
| November 2 | Clemson* |
| L 7–20 | [7] | ||
| November 9 | No. 12Arkansas |
| W 13–7 | 40,000 | [8] | |
| November 16 | No. 1Texas A&M | No. 20 |
| W 7–6 | 72,000 | [9] |
| November 23 | atTCU | No. 13 | W 20–0 | 20,000 | [10] | |
| November 30 | Baylor | No. 9 |
| W 20–0 | 43,000 | [11] |
| January 1 | vs. No. 5Navy* | No. 8 |
| L 7–20 | 75,504 | [12][13] |
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