| 1949Rice Owls football | |
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SWC champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 27–13 vs.North Carolina | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 5 |
| Record | 10–1 (6–0 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Field |
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| No. 5Rice $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1949 Rice Owls football team was anAmerican football team that representedRice Institute during the1949 college football season.[1] The Owls were led by 10th-year head coachJess Neely and played their home games atRice Field inHouston, Texas. The team competed as a member of theSouthwest Conference, winning the conference with an unbeaten record of 6–0. They ended the regular season with an overall record of 9–1, and were ranked fifth in the finalAP Poll. Rice was invited to the1950 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeatedSouthern Conference championNorth Carolina.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | Clemson* | W 33–7 | [2] | |||
| October 1 | atLSU* | L 7–14 | 30,000 | [3] | ||
| October 8 | New Mexico* |
| W 55–0 | 15,000 | [4] | |
| October 15 | at No. 10SMU | W 41–27 | 72,000 | [5] | ||
| October 22 | at No. 10Texas | No. 9 | W 17–15 | 60,000 | [6] | |
| October 29 | Texas Tech* | No. 5 |
| W 28–0 | 18,000 | [7] |
| November 5 | Arkansas | No. 8 |
| W 14–0 | 26,000 | [8] |
| November 12 | Texas A&M | No. 7 |
| W 13–0 | 31,000 | [9] |
| November 19 | atTCU | No. 6 | W 20–14 | [10] | ||
| November 26 | No. 9Baylor | No. 7 |
| W 21–7 | 32,000 | [11] |
| January 2 | vs. No. 16North Carolina* | No. 5 |
| W 27–13 | 72,347 | [12] |
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | — | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
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