Cornell at Rice
Saturday, October 2, 1954 Share
No. 16 Rice beat Cornell 41–20. It was their second meeting; Rice leads the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 91°F, low 76°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 4, 1954, page 16 (results column)
Read the text
Saturdays Stors Len Dawson, Purdue-Threw four touchdown passes in a 27–14 upset triumph over Notre Dame. Royce Flippin, Princeton Scored three touchdowns-on runs of 81, 40 and 4 yards-and passed 20 yards for another in Tigers 54–20 victory over CO. lumbia. H0palOng Cassidy, Ohio State Scored two touchdowns and put on a one-man show of pass catching and running in 21–13 victory over California. FlOrian Helinski, Indiana Threw two touchdown passes and also scored as Hoosiers routed the College of the Pacific, 34–6. Charley Sumner, William and Mary-Had touchdown runs of SO and IS yards and threw a touchdown pass in 27–7 conquest of Pennsylvania. Dicky Moegle, Rice-Included a brilliant 78-yard run among four touchdowns while leading Rice to a 41–20 victory over Cornell.
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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell–Rice gameRice leads 2–0 in two meetings.
| 1954 | Rice 41, Cornell 20 | |
| 1953 | Rice 28, Cornell 7 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gamevs. HarvardOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonCornell in 1954
- ProgramCornell history and records
Rice
- Next gameat WisconsinOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonRice in 1954
- ProgramRice history and records