1939 Rice Owls football team

The 1939 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice Institute as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the team compiled a 1–9–1 record (0–5–1 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 143 to 77.^[1]^[2]

Record1–9–1 (0–5–1 SWC)

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HomestadiumRice Field

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1939 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Texas A&M $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
Baylor	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
SMU	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Texas	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Rice was ranked at No. 70 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Vanderbilt*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 12–13	20,000	^[4]
October 7	Centenary*	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 13–0		^[5]
October 14	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–7	28,000	^[6]
October 21	Sam Houston State*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 8–9		^[7]
October 28	at Texas	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 12–26		^[8]
November 4	at Fordham*	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–13	19,971	^[9]
November 11	Arkansas	Rice Field Houston, TX	T 12–12		^[10]
November 18	No. 2 Texas A&M	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 0–19	25,000	^[11]
November 25	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 0–21		^[12]
December 2	Baylor	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 7–10		^[13]
December 9	at SMU	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	L 6–13		^[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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