Baylor at Rice
Saturday, November 26, 1938 Share
Baylor beat Rice 21–6. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 12–8–1.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 27, 1938, page 29
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Lain in Daze as Rice Takes 21–6 La(inq From Baylor ES tne associated PTeSS. HOUSTON, Tex, Nov 26.-Bullet Bill Patterson and the Baylor Bears passed, kicked and ran the Rice In stitute Owls ragged, overwhelming them, 81 to 6, here to6ay. 1t was Patterson’S final game for Baylor, and his 18th consecutive Co. minute performance. Patterson and that man who plays end for Baylor, Sam Boyd, bearded and “a years old, had Rice so be., fuddled in the last quarter that Ernie Lain was passing to Ken Whitlow, Rice center, and twice Rice lost the ball because Whitlow was ineligible to receive passes. Rice Draws Severe Penalty. Patterson set up the first Baylor touchdown in the first quarter by a series of forward passes that put the ball on the Rice 3-yard stripe. There he let Milton Merka, Baylor fullback, smash over. Nelson converted. In the third period Rice was pen allied half the distance to its goal line for unnecessary roughness, CIV ing Baylor the ball and a first down on the Rice 10. Then Bullet Bill and Fred Graham pulled up with first down on the Rice 8. Graham tapped the Rice line twice and Patterson on the fourth down tossed a pass into Boyd’s arms for Baylor’s second touchdown. Rice Scores on Interception. Later Patterson tossed a pass to Boyd on the Rice 10. Then he shot one to Malcolm Lider, substitute Baylor back, who was standing on the Rice 8, and sped over the goal for Baylor’s third score. Rice scored In the second when Bivins, substitute Baylor back, tried to lateral and Moose Hartman, Rice lineman, intercepted on the Baylor as and ran for a touchdown.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 28, 1938, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of principal games played on the Ma tion’s gridiron last Saturday after noon, practically the end of the football season for 1888: Oregon State 14; Oregon 0. Stanford g; Dartmouth 13. Mississippi 19; Mississippi State University of Washington 26; Washington State 0. Pittsburgh 0; Duke ‘. Fordham 25; New York Univer- sity 0. Army IA; Navy ‘. Holy Cross 29; Boston College ‘. Niagara 6; Duquesne IS. Georgia Tech 0; Georgie 0, tie. Auburn T; Florida g. Texas Christian 20; Southern Methodist ‘. Johns Hopkins O; St. Johns 0, tie. Tulane IA; Louisiana State o. Baylor 21; Rice 6. Oklahoma 19; Oklahoma Aggies 0. Marquette 9; Texas Tech 2l The inhabitants of Argentina are mostly of European blood. Only about two per cent of them show traces of n-Caucasian stock,
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)
Rice 53% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Baylor–Rice gameBaylor leads 50–30–2 in 82 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
| 2019 | Baylor 21, Rice 13 | |
| 2016 | Baylor 38, Rice 10 | |
| 2015 | Baylor 70, Rice 17 | |
| 2011 | Baylor 56, Rice 31 | |
| 2010 | Baylor 30, Rice 13 | |
| 2007 | Baylor 42, Rice 17 |
Around this game
Baylor
- Next gamevs. Centenary (LA)Dec. 3, 1938
- SeasonBaylor in 1938
- ProgramBaylor history and records
Rice
- Next gamevs. SMUDec. 3, 1938
- SeasonRice in 1938
- ProgramRice history and records

