Navy at Rice
Saturday, October 13, 1951 Share
Rice beat Navy 21–14. It was their first meeting; after it, Rice led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 62°FAttendance 58,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 14, 1951, page 46
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Navy to Rice 24 sU Passes Beat Notre Dame 272o Bulldogs Suffer Worst Defeat in Last I Years Terps Score in Every Quarter; Mighty No Leeds in Yordoge Continued From First Page.) lerton. Two touchdowns were made by the Speedy Chet Hanulak. Bob Ward, playing before many of the South’s most influential sports writer’s, made a further move towards second All-America bid with an outstanding performance both on offenSe. and defense, but he had great help. Dick ModZelewski gave an in spring performance at tackle, ably
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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Rice gameTied 7–7 in 14 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 2025 | Navy 21, Rice 13 | |
| 2024 | Rice 24, Navy 10 | |
| 2009 | Navy 63, Rice 14 | |
| 2005 | Navy 41, Rice 9 | |
| 2004 | Navy 14, Rice 13 | |
| 2003 | Navy 38, Rice 6 |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 20, 1951
- SeasonNavy in 1951
- ProgramNavy history and records
Rice
- Next gameat SMUOct. 20, 1951
- SeasonRice in 1951
- ProgramRice history and records

