Austin at Rice

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  The Waxahachie daily light. (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, Texas, October 14, 1916, page 6

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  Rice 40. Austin College 0. HOUSTON, Tex. Oct. 14.-With second string men in every position on the team at one time or another, Rice defeated Austin College on Rice Field, 40 to 0. Austin made first down but three times, twice by straight football, once by forward pass The Wis itors showed no consistent ability to gain ground. The most spectacular feat OF the game resulted from an attempted forward pass by Austin, which Dele Vale of Rice intercepted in a mass of players and, squirning out from the midst, ran IS yards for touch down.

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  Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], October 14, 1916, page 8

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  HOUSTON Texas, oct. 1S. -- with second string men in every position ON the team at one dime or another Rice defeated Austin college on Rice field. 40 to 0. Austin made first down but throc times, twice by straight football. once by a forward pass. The visitors showed no consistent ability to gain ground.

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.

Rice leads 3–⁠1–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.