1959 Rice Owls football team

The 1959 Rice Owls football team represented Rice Institute during the 1959 college football season.^[1] The Owls were led by 20th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in sixth.

Record1–7–2 (1–4–1 SWC)

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1959 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Arkansas +	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Texas +	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 7 TCU +	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
SMU	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Baylor	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Rice	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	2
Texas A&M	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at No. 1 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	NBC	L 3–26	48,613	^[2]
October 3	at Duke*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC		L 7–24	21,000	^[3]
October 10	No. 17 Florida*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		T 13–13	33,449	^[4]
October 17	No. T–15 SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		T 13–13	65,000	^[5]
October 24	at No. 3 Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		L 6–28	57,000	^[6]
October 31	No. 12 Clemson*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 0–19	27,000	^[7]
November 7	No. 16 Arkansas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 10–14	39,000	^[8]
November 14	Texas A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 7–2	35,000	^[9]
November 21	at No. 10 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 6–35	25,000	^[10]
November 28	Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 21–23	30,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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