1960 Rice Owls football team

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1960 Rice Owls football
Sugar Bowl, L 6–14 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record7–4 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Arkansas $ 6 1 0 8 3 0
No. 12 Baylor 5 2 0 8 3 0
Texas 5 2 0 7 3 1
Rice 5 2 0 7 4 0
TCU 3 3 1 4 4 2
Texas Tech 1 5 1 3 6 1
Texas A&M 0 4 3 1 6 3
SMU 0 6 1 0 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1960 Rice Owls football team represented

AP Poll. After losing to SWC foes Arkansas and Baylor, they dropped from the rankings. Regardless, Rice received an invitation to the 1961 Sugar Bowl, played on New Years Day, where they were defeated by co-national champion Ole Miss
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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24No. 13 Georgia Tech*L 13–1635,000[2]
October 1Tulane*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 10–730,000[3]
October 8vs. No. 18 Florida*W 10–017,535[4]
October 15at SMUW 47–026,500
October 22No. 16 TexasNo. 20
W 7–072,000[5]
October 29Texas TechNo. 13
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 30–626,000
November 5at No. 16 ArkansasNo. 10L 0–3
November 12Texas A&MNo. 16
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 21–14
November 19TCUNo. 14
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 23–0
November 26at No. 19 BaylorNo. 12L 7–1230,000
January 2vs. No. 2 Ole Miss*L 6–1482,851[6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1960 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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