1941 Rice Owls football team

1941 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–2–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Field
1941 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Texas A&M $ 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 4 Texas 4 1 1 8 1 1
TCU 4 1 1 7 3 1
Rice 3 2 1 6 3 1
SMU 2 4 0 5 5 0
Baylor 1 4 1 3 6 1
Arkansas 0 6 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice Institute as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Jess Neely, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record (3–2–1 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 167 to 121. The team played its home games at Rice Field in Houston.

Guard Art Goforth was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team.