Herbert Rice

{{short description|American football coach}} {{for|the New Zealand cricketer|Herbert Rice (cricketer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Herbert Rice | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|3|10}} | birth_place = [[Wilmington, Delaware]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|12|30|1876|3|10}} | death_place = [[Claymont, Delaware]], U.S. | alma_mater = | coach_years1 = 1897–1901 | coach_team1 = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]] | overall_record = 11–18–4 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Herbert Leigh Rice''' (March 10, 1876 – December 30, 1932)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/12/31/archives/judge-herbert-u-rice.html|title=Judge Herbert U Rice|newspaper=The New York Times|date=31 December 1932}}</ref><ref>"Judge Herbert L. Rice", ''Chester Times'', December 31, 1932, Chester, Pennsylvania</ref> was an American [[college football]] head coach who was [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware football]] program's second head coach. He compiled a 11–18–4 record from 1897 through 1901. During the 1899 season, he played quarterback and halfback for the professional [[Duquesne Country and Athletic Club]] of [[Pittsburgh]].<ref name="return">{{cite news|newspaper=Evening Journal|location=Wilmington, DE|date=December 1, 1899|page=1|title=H. L. Rice To Return|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114124363/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Rice was later a prominent judge in [[Delaware]]. He died of a heart attack in 1932.

==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]] | conf = Independent | startyear = 1897 | endyear = 1901 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1897 college football season|1897]] | name = [[1897 Delaware football team|Delaware]] | overall = 1−5−1<ref>p. 123 ''Delaware College Yearbook 1899''</ref> | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1898 college football season|1898]] | name = [[1898 Delaware football team|Delaware]] | overall = 2–5–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1899 college football season|1899]] | name = [[1899 Delaware football team|Delaware]] | overall = 1–0{{efn|Rice resigned after the first game of the [[1899 Delaware football team|1899 season]] (vs. [[Wilmington High School (Delaware)|Wilmington High School]]) to play football for the [[Duquesne Country and Athletic Club]] of Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Morning News|location=Wilmington, DE|date=October 4, 1899|page=4|title=Delaware's Snappy Play|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114123841/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Morning News|location=Wilmington, DE|date=October 4, 1899|page=4|title=H. L. Rice To Play Football|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114123805/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He returned from Pittsburgh in December, after Delaware's season was over.<ref name="return"/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Evening Journal|location=Wilmington, DE|date=December 4, 1899|page=2|title=Social and Personal Notes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114124494/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> }} | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1900 college football season|1900]] | name = [[1900 Delaware football team|Delaware]] | overall = 2–4–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1901 college football season|1901]] | name = [[1901 Delaware football team|Delaware]] | overall = 5–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Delaware | overall = 11–18–4 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 11–18–4 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}

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