1915 Rice Owls football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1915

| team = Rice Owls

| sport = football

| image = Rice_Owls_playing_football_at_West_End_Park_in_Houston.jpg

| alt = A photograph of the Rice Owls playing against an unknown team

| caption = The 1915 Rice Owls team playing at West End Park, Houston

| image_size =

| conference = Southwest Conference

| short_conf = SWC

| record = 5–3

| conf_record = 1–2

| head_coach = Philip Arbuckle

| hc_year = 4th

| captain = W. M. Standish

| stadium = Rice Field, West End Park

}}

{{1915 Southwest Conference football standings}}

The 1915 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1915 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 5–3 record (1–2 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 143 to 122.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/rice/1915-schedule.html|title=1915 Rice Owls Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book|publisher=Rice University|year=2017|page=187|url=https://www.huddle.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/17rice_guide.pdf}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

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|October 2||{{cfb link|year=1915|team=Trinity Tigers|title=Trinity (TX)}}|Rice Field|Houston, TX|W 46–0|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-rice-owls-easil/141725819/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Rice Owls easily beat Boles' team|date=October 3, 1915|accessdate=February 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8||Baylor|Rice Field|Houston, TX|L 0–26|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-morning-news-baylors-great-machine/141726059/|work=Waco Morning News|title=Baylor's great machine crushes Rice Owls 26–0|date=October 9, 1915|accessdate=February 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 16|at|Texas|Clark Field|Austin, TX (rivalry)|L 0–59|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123379619/texas-defeats-rice/|work=Fort Worth Record|title=Texas defeats Rice|date=October 17, 1915|accessdate=April 23, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 23||{{cfb link|year=1915|team=Daniel Baker Hill Billies|title=Daniel Baker}}|West End Park|Houston, TX|W 28–0|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-crippled-brownwood-t/141726270/|work=The Austin American|title=Crippled Brownwood team easily beaten by Rice; Score 28–0|date=October 24, 1915|accessdate=February 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 30||TCU|Rice Field|Houston, TX|W 33–3|{{cite news |author= |title=No Bonfires Blazed on T. C. U. Campus; Rice Owls Humble Christians, 33–3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83935973/fort-worth-star-telegram/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=October 31, 1915 |page=18 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 8||Texas A&M|West End Park|Houston, TX|W 7–0|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-a-and-m-and-rice-elev/141726571/|work=The Houston Post|title=A. and M. and Rice elevens to play game today|date=November 8, 1915|accessdate=February 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-record-telegram-am-defeate/141726691/|work=Fort Worth Record|title=A.&M. defeated by Rice Owls|date=November 9, 1915|accessdate=February 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 17||LSU|West End Park|Houston, TX|W 6–0|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-rice-added-another-vict/140723377/|work=Houston Daily Post|title=Rice added another victory to its string|date=November 18, 1915|accessdate=February 11, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 27||Notre Dame|West End Park|Houston, TX|L 2–55|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123381031/notre-dame-battered-rice-in-last-periods/|work=Houston Daily Post|title=Notre Dame battered Rice in last periods|date=November 28, 1915|accessdate=April 23, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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