1913 Rice Grays football team

The 1913 Rice Grays football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as an independent during the 1913 college football season. In its second season of intercollegiate football, the team compiled a 4–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 81 to 14. Philip Arbuckle was the head coach for the second of eleven seasons.[1] End George Journeay was the team captain.[2]

1913 Rice Grays football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Journeay
Home stadiumRice grounds, Hippodrome
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas $ 4 0 0 7 1 0
Rice 2 0 0 4 0 0
Texas A&M 3 0 1 3 4 2
Austin 3 2 1 3 3 1
Polytechnic 3 2 4 3 2 4
Baylor 2 2 2 4 4 2
Trinity (TX) 2 5 1 3 5 1
Southwestern (TX) 1 4 2 1 5 2
Daniel Baker 0 3 1 1 4 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1913 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rice     4 0 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 0 0
Texas     7 1 0
Navy     7 1 1
VMI     7 1 2
Louisville     5 1 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     5 1 1
Arkansas     7 2 0
Oklahoma     6 2 0
Kendall     5 2 0
Sam Houston Normal     3 1 1
TCU     5 2 1
Furman     6 3 0
Maryland     6 3 0
Ole Miss     6 3 1
Presbyterian     5 3 0
Howard (AL)     5 3 1
Richmond     5 3 1
Chattanooga     4 3 0
Oklahoma A&M     4 3 0
South Carolina     4 3 0
Baylor     4 4 2
Florida Southern     1 1 0
Polytechnic (TX)     2 2 4
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     4 4 0
Southwest Texas State     4 4 0
Spring Hill     3 3 0
West Virginia     3 4 2
Louisiana Industrial     3 4 1
Marshall     3 4 0
Delaware     2 4 2
Catholic University     1 4 1
Davidson     2 5 0
Mississippi Normal     1 5 1
West Tennessee State Normal     1 2 0
North Texas State Normal     0 1 0
Wake Forest     0 8 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 17Signal Corps, Company B
W 14–0[3]
October 25Houston High School Houston, TXW 7–0[4]
November 18Southwestern (TX)
  • Hippodrome
  • Houston, TX
W 53–14[5]
November 27at Trinity (TX)
W 7–0[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book" (PDF). Rice University. 2017. p. 187.
  2. ^ "Rice's 1913 Captain Is George Journeay". Houston Daily Post. December 17, 1912. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Soldier's Leg Broken In Football Game". Houston Daily Post. October 18, 1913. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rice Won Decision From Houston High School: One Touchdown Did It". Houston Daily Post. October 26, 1913. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rice Rubbed Southwestern In Dust of Defeat". Houston Daily Post. November 19, 1913. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rice Institute Victorious: Trinity University Prey at Waxahachie". The Austin Daily Statesman. November 28, 1917. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Grays Won At Trinity: Forward Pass To Journeay Over Goal Line Netted Rice Only Touchdown". Houston Daily Post. November 28, 1913. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.