Santa Clara at Rice
Saturday, September 30, 1950 Share
Rice beat Santa Clara 27–7. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–1.
FinalHigh 88°F, low 70°FAttendance 68,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 1, 1950, page 43
Read the text
Rice Opens New Stadium In Win Over Santa Clara HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 30 Quarterback Vernon Glass tossed four touchdown passes tonight as Rice’s Owls opened their new 70,000-seat stadium with a 27-to-7 victory over Santa Clara. Rice limited the Californians to q net gain of 48 yards on passing and 124 rushing. Santa Clara scored on an intercepted pass early in the final pc riod after the Owls, backed by
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)
Rice 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Santa Clara–Rice gameTied 1–1 in two meetings.
| 1950 | Rice 27, Santa Clara 7 | |
| 1933 | Santa Clara 13, Rice 0 |
Around this game
Santa Clara
- Next gameat San José StateOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1950
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
Rice
- Next gamevs. LSUOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonRice in 1950
- ProgramRice history and records