1956 Rice Owls football team

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1956 Southwest Conference football standings

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

The 1956 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1956 college football season. The Owls were led by 17th-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in sixth.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Alabama*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 20–13
October 6	LSU*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 23–14
October 13	at Florida*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 0–7
October 20	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 13–14
October 27	Texas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 28–7
November 3	Utah*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 27–0
November 10	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 12–27
November 17	at No. 5 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 7–21
November 24	No. 18 TCU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 17–20
December 1	at No. 15 Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 13–46
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game