Rice at Baylor

Saturday, November 29, 1930

Baylor beat Rice 7–⁠4. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 8–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayRice8–⁠4 in 1930
4
HomeBaylor6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1930
7

FinalHigh 65°F, low 59°F, 0.87 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BAYLOR BEATS RICE, IA Bears Take Second Place to Texas in Conference Race.

    Evening star, November 30, 1930, page 73

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    BAYLOR BEATS RICE, IA Bears Take Second Place to Texas in Conference Race. WACO, Tex, November 30 (P.- Baylor’s veteran gridiron array ended a successful season with a 7-to-4 VIC tory over the young Rice eleven today on a sloppy field. Fumbles were frequent, sustained Of fenses were impossible and both teams used the punt as their chief weapon. The victory gave the Bears second place in the final conference standing. They lost only to Texas, the champion, but were tied by Southern Methodist.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Baylor 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Baylor leads 50–⁠30–⁠2 in 82 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Baylor 21, Rice 13
2016Baylor 38, Rice 10
2015Baylor 70, Rice 17
2011Baylor 56, Rice 31
2010Baylor 30, Rice 13
2007Baylor 42, Rice 17

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