Rice at TCU

Saturday, November 22, 1941

Rice and No. 19 TCU tied 0–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 13–⁠4–⁠3.

AwayRice6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1941
0
Home19TCU7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1941
0

FinalHigh 64°F, low 49°F, 0.08 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Designation Of Various Bowl Contest Foes Now Chief Task Southeastern and Pacific Leagues Remain Most Needing Qualification

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 24, 1941, page 18 (results column)

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    Designation Of Various Bowl Contest Foes Now Chief Task Southeastern and Pacific Leagues Remain Most Needing Qualification NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Except for the Army–Navy clash at Phlladelphia Saturday and some widely spaced games here and there not much Is left of the football season except allocating the various teams to the equally various bowls. OF the four unbeaten powers. Minnesota isn’t interested in a bowl invitation because of a Big Ten ruling. Except for that the Gophers, who haven’t lost since late IN 1899, probably could designate their own January l sojourning place. Texas A. & M. still has two major opponents to play although 1t clinched the Southwest Conference flag Saturday when Texas Chris tian, It’s only remaining rival, was tied. Duke and Duquesne, their schedules completed, are sitting about in nervous expectation. How Conferences Shape Up. Here’s how the various confer ences shape up with only one big week end left In the season: Big Ten: Minnesota retained its title by submerging Wisconsin, Al to 6, for its l7th triumph in a row. Michigan and Ohio State. participants In Saturdays 20-to-20 thrill er, likewise tied for second. Fourth place went to Northwestern, which closed Bob Zuppke’s career as coach Of the Illini with a 27-to-0 setback. By conference rule the season ends the Saturday before the last Thurs day In November and the teams are forbidden to compete In post-sesson games. Pacific Coast: Any one Of four teams, including Stanford, can become the coast team in the Rose Bowl. That delicate piece of mystery was engineered last Saturday by Oregon when it spilled Washing ton. 10 to 16. oregon and Oregon State meet Saturday and If the latter wins It’s almost a sure-shot choice for the big bowl. The Beavers whipped Montana, 27 to o, to get in shape for their big game this week end. Stanford has its climactic game with California. Ole Miss and State Clash. southeastern: Mississippi and Mississippi State will do much to clarity the picture in their meeting at oxford Saturday. Ole Miss trimmed Arkansas Saturday, while the Staters walloped little Millsaps, ~ TO 8, in warmups for the big game. Third-place Vanderbilt, after spilling Alabama, visits Ten nessee, victor over Kentucky, and Georgia Tech and Georgia collide to share interest with the annual L. S. U.-Tulane struggle. Missouri Valley: Tulsa retained the conference title by drubbing Drake, 20 tot Southern: Dukes unblemished record already assures it of title share, while William and Mary’s In dians can draw abreast of the Blue Devils this week by defeating North Carolina State, Dukes 56to-6 vic tim Saturday. South Carolina has only a tie to mar its loop record and meets Penn State this week. Other games find Wake Forest meet ing Texas Tech, Sewanee at The Citadel, Richmond at Virginia Tech and Clemson at Auburn. Utah Retains Its Title. Rocky Mountains Big Seven: Utah keeps the title with record of five wins and two ties. Ike Arm strong’s Utes, idle Saturday. backed into the title when Colorado State spilled Brigham Young. 22–⁠7. Big Six: Missouri’s bowl-hungry Tigers smashed Kansas, 46 to 6, with Harry Ice carrying the ball eight times for total gain of 240 yards. Nebraska beat Iowa, IA to 13, and Oklahoma whipped Marquette 81 to II. The two winners meet Saturday at Lincoln. with the Sooners needing vivctory for undisputed second place. The defending Huskers can gain a share of the runnerup spot If they win. East. Harvard is the Big Three Mig OCobiiIS 1 dlc. II W “, dS Vic clincher. The weeks card is topped by the Army–Navy clash, but also includes the traditional Fordham- New York University game. The Rams, winner over St. Mary’s, IS to 7, still are in the bowl limelight despite their loss to Pittsburgh. The Panthers tackle Carnegie Tech in another traditional squabble and Boston College meets Holy Cross. More Fireworks Seen. Southwest: The fireworks carry on here. The undefeated Aggies won a clear claim to the crown by resting Saturday when Texas Christian was tied by Rice, 0 to 0. Thursday. the Texas Turkey Day, the Aggies seek to avenge the 7-to-0 upset the Uni. versity Of Texas hung on them q year ago. With bowl rumors and possibili. ties thicker than a gulf fog, tn, topsy-turvy race also offers a Sat urday program of Rice VS.. Baylor and T. c. U. against Southern Meth.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL @ {2{3SW5 IFS Mr

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 24, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @ {2{3SW5 IFS Mr The following are final scores or important games of football played last Saturday afternoon: Oregon 19; Washington l3. Oregon State 27; Montana 0. Washington State 59; Gonzaga 0. San Jose State O; San Fran cisco 20. Santa Clara 3l; UCLA IS. Mississippi State 49; Millsaps 6. Montana State 0; Idaho 39. Pennsylvania 16; Cornell 0. Boston College 19; Boston Uni versity ‘. Lafayette AT; Lehigh 2. Yale 0; Harvard IA. Temple 31; Holy Cross l3. West Virginia 6; Army ‘. Penn State 31; Pittsburgh ‘. Ohio 20; Michigan 20, tie. Ohio Wesleyan T; Michigan State 31. St. Mary’s ‘; Fordham 35. Georgia Tech ‘: Florida IA. Clemson 34; Furman 6. Navy 23; Princeton o. Duke 55; North Carolina G. Bucknell 42; Albright 0. Colgate 30; Columbia 2l. Tennessee 20; Kentucky ‘. Southern California Is; Notre Dame 20 Iowa 13; Nebraska IA. Rice 0; Texas Christian 0. Dartmouth 0; Georgia 35. Missouri 45; Kansas 6. Kansas State 12; Iowa State l2 tie. Alabama 0; Vanderbilt ‘. Arkansas O; Mississippi l8. Baylor o; Southern Methodist II Drake G. Tulsa 20. Wisconsin G; Minnesota Al.

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)

TCU 68% to win.

TCU leads 41–⁠35–⁠3 in 79 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2000TCU 37, Rice 0
1999Rice 42, TCU 21
1998Rice 14, TCU 12
1997Rice 38, TCU 19
1996Rice 30, TCU 17
1995TCU 33, Rice 28

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