1912 Rice Grays football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1912 Rice Grays football Independent 3–2 Philip Arbuckle 1st R. E. Cummings West End Park none The 1912 Rice Grays football team was an American football team that represented Rice Institute as an independent during the 1912 college football season. The team compiled a 3–2 record and was outscored by a total of 125 to 40.Rice Owls 2017 Football Fact Book Rice University 2017 187 https://www.huddle.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/17rice_guide.pdf Rice Institute opened its doors in the fall of 1912, and its first football team was made up of 21 students from the incoming freshmen class.Physical Development Keynote of Institute's Athletics Houston Daily Post October 6, 1912 43 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29994330/physical_development_keynote_of/ Newspapers.comPersonnel of Rice Eleven: Arbuckle Has Twenty-One Freshmen Grays to Play Today Houston Daily Post November 28, 1912 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29995687/personnel_of_rice_eleven_arbuckle_has/ Newspapers.com In its first game, the team defeated Houston High School by a 7–6 score. In its first intercollegiate football game, the team defeated 1912 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston Normal by a 20–6 score in Huntsville, Texas. Philip Arbuckle was hired in 1912 as the football coach and the head of the entire Rice athletic program. Arbuckle was at the time a 28-year-old Illinois native and University of Chicago graduate.The Rice Institute Coach: Philip H. Arbuckle Is Man on Whom the Athletic Destiny of School Depends Houston Daily Post October 6, 1912 43 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29994921/the_rice_institute_coach_philip_h/ Newspapers.com The team played its two home games during the 1912 season at West End Park in Houston. Plans were set in motion to build athletic field on the campus with seating for 12,000 persons to be opened in 1913.Finest Stadium In South Houston Daily Post October 6, 1912 43 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29995130/finest_stadium_in_south/ Newspapers.com At the end of the 1912 season, end George Journeay was selected to be the captain of the 1913 Rice team.Rice's 1913 Captain Is George Journeay Houston Daily Post December 17, 1912 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29995941/rices_1913_captain_is_george_journeay/ Newspapers.com Schedule y October 26 vs. Houston High School West End Park Houston, TX W 7-6 Rice Freshmen Won Debut: Journeay's Brilliant Forty Yard Run on Forward Pass Downed Houston High Houston Daily Post October 27, 1912 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29994134/rice_freshmen_won_debut/ Newspapers.com October 30 at Orange High School West End Park Orange, TX W 13-0 Rice Won From Orange: Institute Freshmen Defeated Lea's High School Eleven by 13 to 0 Score Houston Daily Post October 31, 1912 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29993865/rice_won_from_orange/ Newspapers.com November 9 at Sam Houston Normal Pritchett Field Huntsville, TX W 20-6 Rice Won At Huntsville: Fumbles by Normal Enabled Arbuckle's Freshmen to Run Score to 20 to 6 Houston Daily Post November 10, 1912 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29993627/rice_won_at_huntsville/ Newspapers.com November 15 at 1912 Southwestern Pirates Southwestern (TX) Georgetown, TX L 0-32 Rice Was Blanked By S.U.: Arbuckle's Freshmen Grays Fought Pluckily but Could Not Gain When Close to Goal Houston Daily Post November 16, 1912 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29993384/rice_was_blanked_by_su/ Newspapers.com November 28 1912 Austin Kangaroos Austin West End Park Houston, TX L 0-81 Austin Slaughtered Freshmen Grays By Record Score of Texas Season Houston Daily Post November 29, 1912 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29993100/austin_slaughtered_freshmen_grays_by/ Newspapers.com References Rice Category:Rice Owls football seasons Rice Grays football