1973 Rice Owls football team

1973 Rice Owls football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	5–6 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach	Al Conover (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

1973 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Texas Tech	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Rice	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Texas A&M	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Baylor	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their second year under head coach Al Conover, the team compiled a 5–6 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at No. 18 Houston*	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 6–24	43,917
September 22	Montana*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 21–10	18,000
September 29	at No. 10 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 9–24
October 13	No. 9 Notre Dame*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 0–28	50,321
October 20	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 16–27	25,000
October 27	at No. 19 Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 13–55	62,300
November 3	at No. 15 Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 6–19	37,400
November 10	Arkansas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 17–7	23,500
November 17	Texas A&M	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 24–20	45,000
November 24	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 14–9
December 1	Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 27–0	14,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

At Texas

Rice Owls (1–4) at #19 Texas Longhorns (3–2)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	7	0	0	6	13
Texas	7	13	14	21	55

at Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas

• Date: October 27, 1973
• Game time: 7:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C)
• Game attendance: 62,300
• Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Rice	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing	Marty Akins	5/6, 55 Yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	Roosevelt Leaks	29 Rush, 193 Yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	Pat Padgett	2 Rec, 48 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP RU UT 1 6:54 10 80 4:30 Rice Ed Lofton 13-yard touchdown reception from Tommy Kramer, Alan Pringle kick good 7 0 1 2:43 4 41 1:14 Texas Lonnie Bennett 5-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick good 7 7 2 8:02 2 28 0:39 Texas Roosevelt Leaks 25-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick no good 7 13 2 1:35 6 60 1:08 Texas Parker Alford 5-yard touchdown reception from Marty Akins, Billy Schott kick good 7 20 3 7:42 15 80 7:18 Texas Roosevelt Leaks 6-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick good 7 27 3 1:57 8 51 3:53 Texas Parker Alford 3-yard touchdown reception from Marty Akins, Billy Schott kick good 7 34 4 10:40 1 12 0:06 Texas Mike Presley 12-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick good 7 41 4 7:34 4 33 1:00 Rice Ardie Segars 25-yard touchdown reception from Claude Reed, 2-point pass failed 13 41 4 7:13 2 67 0:31 Texas Mike Presely 5-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick good 13 48 4 3:32 6 29 2:52 Texas Mike Presley 1-yard touchdown run, Billy Schott kick good 13 55 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 13 55

Personnel

1973 Rice Owls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 12 Reggie Anderson So QB Tommy Kramer   Ed Lofton QB Claude Reed   Ardie Segars	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 40 Preston Anderson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 17 Alan Pringle Jr	Head coach Al Conover Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt