1916 Rice Owls football team

1916 Rice Owls football
1916 Rice Owls football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	6–1–2 (2–1 SWC)
Head coach	Philip Arbuckle (5th season);
Captain	W. E. Brown
Home stadium	Rice Field
	Seasons ← 1915 1917 →

The 1916 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record (2–1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 346 to 62.^[2]^[3]

1916 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Texas	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Baylor	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Rice	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	2
Oklahoma	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas A&M	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Arkansas	0	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Southwestern (TX)	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1

No champion recognized^[1]

On November 17, 1916, the team scored 146 points against SMU. This remains the single-game scoring record for a Rice football team.^[4] Rice scored 23 touchdowns in the game, including six by left halfback Griffith Vance. The Houston Daily Post wrote that Vance's work was the "outstanding feature of the game", describing a "wonderful side step" and "quick change of pace" that enabled him to run through the entire SMU team several times for touchdowns.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	at Texas	Clark Field Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 2–16	^[6]
October 13	Austin*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 40–0	^[7]
October 21	Southwestern (TX)	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 54–0	^[8]
October 27	at TCU*	TCU gridiron Fort Worth, TX	T 7–7	^[9]^[10]
November 4	Texas A&M	West End Park Houston, TX	W 20–0	^[11]
November 11	Tulane*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 23–13	^[12]
November 17	SMU*	Rice Field Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 146–3	^[5]^[13]
November 24	at LSU*	State Field Baton Rouge, LA	T 7–7	^[14]
November 30	Arizona*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 47–16	^[15]
*Non-conference game

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