Tulane at Rice

Saturday, October 11, 1941

Rice beat Tulane 10–⁠9. It was their seventh meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayTulane5–⁠4 in 1941
9
HomeRice6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1941
10

FinalHigh 83°F, low 65°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Owls Lost-Period Goal Topples Green Wave, Badly JoIted by Early Touchdown Foe Gets

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1941, page 36

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    Owls Lost-Period Goal Topples Green Wave, Badly JoIted by Early Touchdown Foe Gets tumble gave Rice another chance which it did not miss. Glass mishandled the ball on Rice’s 80, and Lindsay Bowen, sophomore tackle, recovered for the Owls. Harold Stockbridge, another first year man who wrapped himself in glory today. broke loose on a reverse around left end for 81 yards. A pass from Dick DWelle. tailback, to Fullback Whitlock Zander, after Rice drew a holding penalty, showed the Owls to the %. Stockbridge beat it to the II, and after the attack seemed about to die in that vicinity Brumley blasted to the and then on fourth down kicked a field goal from the IA. Three minutes were left to play when Rice had to punt. Charles Dufour, 206-pound Tulane tackle, broke through and blocked Dickson’s punt. The ball rolled beyond the end zone, giving Tulane an automatic safety and making the score 10 to 9 in Rice S favor.

  • The Henderson daily dispatch's story: Football Results

    Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, October 13, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results Big Five Wake Forest s. South Carolina 6. Fordham 27, North Carolina IA. Duke 50, Maryland 0. SeWanee 7. Davidson 0. N. c. State 0, Furman O.. Others. Notre Dame 20, Ga. Tech o. Vanderbilt 80, Kentucky Is. Virginia “A, RiChmOnd O. Army 81. V. NJ. I. 20. Dartmouth l8, Colgate 6. Cornell 7, Harvard O.. Texas A. & NJ, 40, N. Y. U. 7. Columbia 81, Princeton O.. Clemson 26, Boston College 10. Michigan 40, Pittsburgh 0. Northwestern Al, Wisconsin IA. Minnesota “a, Illinois g.. Texas Christian 20, Indiana IA. Nebraska 80, Kansas O.. Rice 10. Tulane 9. Texas 40, Oklahoma O.. Oregan State 10, Stanford O.. Oregon 20, U. S. c. 6.

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Tulane 51% to win. Rice won as Elo’s underdog.

Rice leads 20–⁠17–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 31 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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