I’ve mentioned before that for many years beginning in 1919 Rice held its homecoming celebration on Thanksgiving day. I’ve written about some of these events using odds and ends and partial football programs that I came across in the ordinary course of business but earlier this year loyal reader Robert Taylor ’74 donated an absolutely splendid complete program from the 1927 game against what was then our traditional Thanksgiving opponent, Baylor. Here is the entire thing–every page is a magical wonderland–read it all, including the ads, for a delightful immersion into that vanished Rice. (This is a pdf so put your cursor over it and you can scroll through from the bottom.) This is a real gem. I learned a lot from it.
This was a real bad season, by the way, the last under John Heisman. We went 2-6-1 but managed to pull this one out, beating Baylor 19-12.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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