Rice at Tulane

Saturday, November 17, 1917

Rice beat Tulane 16–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Rice led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayRice7–⁠1 in 1917
16
HomeTulane5–⁠3 in 1917
0

FinalHigh 76°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: RICE INSTITUTE DEFEATS TULANE New Orleans Aggregation Unable to Stop Bushes of Texans

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 18, 1917, page 22

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    RICE INSTITUTE DEFEATS TULANE New Orleans Aggregation Unable to Stop Bushes of Texans New Orleans, November I7,-Rice insti- ute of Houston defeated Tulane’s foot ball eleven here this afternoon by a in the first period when Pipps kicked a field goal from Tulane’s 25-yard line. At the start of the second period Dwyer tried for a field goal from the 2o-yard line but failed. Bell went 30 yards around end. Rice kicked and Faust fumbled Sullivan and Bell gained 15 yards between them. Kennedy and Rudd executed a forward pass which put the ball on Tulane’s 1S-yard line and Sulli- van took the oval over for a touch- down. Bell missed goal. Rice scored another touchdown in the final quarter when Brick intercepted Fausts pass and ran 15 yards for the final score Jarvis kicked goal The line up: Tulane (O)-Weigand, left end; Talbot, left tackle c. Gentling, left guard; Simp- son, center: Linfield, right guard: Hard in, right tackle; H. Barus, right end Faust, quarterback; Dwyer left half back; H. Gentling, right halfback; Cole fullback. Rice Q6)-Brick, left end; Green, Jeff tackle; Middleton, left guard; Dormant center; Pipps, right guard; Jarvis, right tackle; Rudd right end: Nash, guar. terback; Lindsay, left halfback; Bell right halfback; Kennedy, fullback Score by periods: Tulane =. ...-............0 O-- Rice ........................ I--l Rice scoring: Touchdowns Sullivan (sul for Lindsay), Brick; goal from touch down, Jarvis; goal from field, Ppps Referee. Utay, Texas A. and M; umpire Douglas, Navy; head linesman, Dr Smith, New York university.

  • The Tulsa daily world's story: Rice Beats Tulane.

    Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], November 18, 1917, page 3

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    Rice Beats Tulane. Specihl 10 ne Norlu, NEW ORLEANS, Nov, 17.-Rice Institute of Houston defeated Tulane q football eleven here this afternoon, &c 10 y. Rice began its scoring in the first period when Pipps kicked field goal from Tulane’s 25-yard line. At the start of the second period Dwyer tried for n field goal from the 20-yaro line but failed, Bell went thirty yards around end. Rice kicked and Faust fumhled. Sullivan and Bell gained fifteen yards between them. Kennedy and I;udd executed “A forward pass which put the ball on Trlane’s 1S-yard line and sullivan took the ball over for n touchdown. Bell missed goal Rice scored another touchdown in the final quarter when Brick intercepted Faust’s pass and ran 10 yards for the final score. Jarvis kicked goal.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

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Rice 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Rice leads 20–⁠17–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Tulane 24, Rice 10
2023Tulane 30, Rice 28
2013Rice 17, Tulane 13
2012Rice 49, Tulane 47
2011Rice 19, Tulane 7
2010Tulane 54, Rice 49

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