I've posted a few items in the past about Rice's 1957 SWC Championship football team. My football coach at Dulles High School, Bobby Williams (Missouri City High '53), played on that team, so there's a local connection.
I got these items from the Rice History Corner, a blog about Rice University. The University's historical collection includes a scrapbook kept by a cheerleader during the '57 season. A couple of these images obviously come from that scrapbook.
I haven't researched the Houston papers for additional articles, but you'll see one from The Thresher, Rice's student newspaper. You'll notice that Bobby Williams returned a punt for an 80-yard touchdown. I may be mistaken, but I think he lead the SWC in punt return yardage that year.
I have a personal memory about this game. My father got 4 tickets, so our family could see the big game. I was 7-years old and relished every chance to attend a game.
Well, Saturday morning I woke up with an upset stomach and threw up big time. My parents said, "There's no way we're taking you," so I stayed with my grandparents while everyone else went. I was very unhappy.
