Philip Arbuckle

Phillip Arbuckle
Biographical details
Born	September 6, 1882; Kingston, Illinois
Died	June 11, 1932 (aged 49); Houston, Texas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1911	Southwestern (TX)
1912–1917	Rice
1919–1923	Rice
1924	Louisiana Tech
Basketball
1910–1912	Southwestern (TX)
1922–1923	Rice
Baseball
1908–1911	Southwestern (TX)
1913–1917	Rice
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1908–1912	Southwestern (TX)
1912–1924	Rice
Head coaching record
Overall	60–44–14 (football); 13–10 (basketball); 71–75–8 (baseball)

Philip Heckman Arbuckle (September 6, 1882 – June 11, 1932) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 1908 to 1911, Rice University from 1912 to 1917 and 1919 to 1923, and Louisiana Tech University in 1924, compiling a career college football coaching record of 60–44–14. At Rice he tallied a 51–25–8 record. His 1919 team went 8–1, to mark his best season. His only losing season at Rice came in 1923. In 1924, he coached at Louisiana Tech, where he compiled a 1–6–1 record.

Arbuckle died in Houston, Texas, on June 11, 1932, of a pulmonary embolism caused by subacute bacterial endocarditis.^[1]

Rice University

Arbuckle served as Rice University's first athletic director and football coach in 1912. His teams played against local high schools until Rice joined the Southwest Conference in 1914.^[2] Arbuckle also served as the head coach of the baseball, basketball and track teams and taught English and history. He was succeeded by John Heisman in 1924 and inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Southwestern Pirates (Independent) (1908–1911)
1908	Southwestern	3–2
1909	Southwestern	1–4–2
1910	Southwestern	2–4–1
1911	Southwestern	2–3–2
Southwestern:		8–13–5
Rice Owls (Independent) (1912)
1912	Rice	3–2
Rice Owls (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913–1914)
1913	Rice	4–0
1914	Rice	3–2–3
Rice Owls (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association / Southwest Conference) (1915–1917)
1915	Rice	5–3
1916	Rice	6–1–2
1917	Rice	7–1
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1919–1923)
1919	Rice	8–1	3–1	2nd
1920	Rice	4–2–2	2–2–1	4th
1921	Rice	4–4–1	1–2–1	6th
1922	Rice	4–4	1–4	7th
1923	Rice	3–5	1–4	7th
Rice:		51–25–8
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924)
1924	Louisiana Tech	1–6–1
Louisiana Tech:		1–6–1
Total:		60–44–14

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1922–1923)
1922–23	Rice	10–9
Rice:		10–9
Total:		10–9

Baseball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference
Rice Owls (Independent) (1913–1913)
1913	Rice	3–3
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1914–1917)
1914	Rice	8–8–1
1915	Rice	5–13
1916	Rice	2–9	2–9
1917	Rice	8–5–1
Rice:		26–38–2
Total:		26–38–2

References

^ "Phil Arbuckle Summoned At Houston Home". Belvidere Daily Republican. Belvidere, Illinois. June 13, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
^ https://books.google.com/books?id=TzHEFs8QZYcC&pg=PT47&lpg=PT47&dq=phillip+arbuckle+rice&source=bl&ots=uVND9xfiLP&sig=qb_GM2zF0VD2350MZnXVvRLePWA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFsQ6AEwDmoVChMIvf_YqorZxgIVg5aICh3gMwPX#v=onepage&q=phillip%20arbuckle%20rice&f=false
^ http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00340/rice-00340p1.html

[1] "Phil Arbuckle Summoned At Houston Home". Belvidere Daily Republican. Belvidere, Illinois. June 13, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

[2] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=TzHEFs8QZYcC&pg=PT47&lpg=PT47&dq=phillip+arbuckle+rice&source=bl&ots=uVND9xfiLP&sig=qb_GM2zF0VD2350MZnXVvRLePWA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFsQ6AEwDmoVChMIvf_YqorZxgIVg5aICh3gMwPX#v=onepage&q=phillip%20arbuckle%20rice&f=false

[3] ttp://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00340/rice-00340p1.html

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