Homer Rice
Homer Rice went 12–28–1 as a head coach, 1967–1977, at Cincinnati and Rice. Share
- Record
- 12–28–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1968 5–4–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Cincinnati | 3–6 | 3rd | |||
| 1968 | Cincinnati | 5–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1969–75: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1976 | Rice | 3–8 | T–7th | |||
| 1977 | Rice | 1–10 | 9th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 0–11 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 15 | 5–10 | 33% |
| Conference games | 24 | 6–18 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 11 | 8–2–1 | 77% |
| At home | 24 | 9–15 | 38% |
| On the road | 17 | 3–13–1 | 21% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 9–3 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 3–25–1 | 12% |
His own 41 games on file, 1967–1977, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Yeoman 1968–1977 | 0–3 | Houston | 3 |
Homer Rice’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Houstonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Texas Techseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Louisvilleseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Wichita Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Miami (OH)series | 2 | 1–1 |
| SMUseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| TCUseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Xavierseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Wartburg Central HS (TN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1952–53 | Spring City HS (TN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1954–61 | Ft. Thomas Highlands HS (KY) high school | Head coach | |
| 1962–65 | Kentucky | Assistant coach | |
| 1966 | Oklahoma | Backs coach | |
| 1967–68 | Cincinnati | Head coach | |
| 1976–77 | Rice | Head coach | |
| 1978–79 | Cincinnati Bengals NFL | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Charley BradshawKentucky
- Jim MacKenzieOklahoma
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ray CallahanCincinnati
- Ralph StaubCincinnati
- Ray AlbornRice, Lamar
- Charles StudleyCincinnati, Massachusetts
- Frank GanszKansas City Chiefs
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Bradshaw | Kentucky | 1962–65 | Assistant coach | |
| Jim MacKenzie | Oklahoma | 1966 | Backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Callahan | Cincinnati, 1967–68: assistant coach | Cincinnati | |
| Ralph Staub | Cincinnati, 1968: offensive line coach | Cincinnati | |
| Ray Alborn | Rice, 1976–77: assistant coach | Rice, Lamar | |
| Charles Studley | Cincinnati Bengals, 1978: defensive line coach | Cincinnati, Massachusetts | |
| Frank Gansz | Cincinnati Bengals, 1979: tight ends coach and special teams coordinator | Kansas City Chiefs |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Statues
Statues: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons; links only.