Texas at Rice

Saturday, October 28, 1944

Rice beat Texas 7–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Texas led the series 20–⁠11.

AwayTexas5–⁠4 in 1944
0
HomeRice5–⁠6 in 1944
7

FinalHigh 78°F, low 54°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: FOOTBALL SCORES BIG TEN

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 29, 1944, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES BIG TEN BIG TEN Michigan 40. Purdue IA. Indiana 81. Iowa O. Great Lakes 40, Wisconsin y. Notre Dame Is, Illinois 7. HIGH SCHOOL Mackenzie 10. u. d. High 6. FordSon 19, Royal Oak -. TNTERSECTIONAL Army II, Duke 7. EAST Navy %, Pennsylvania Q. w. Virginia %. Penn. State q. DreXel Is. Lehigh 6. Boston Col. 19, Syracuse y. Dartmouth IA. Brown Is. Yale 80. Rochester 0. Lafayette 19, Rutgers 6. Norwich Is, Maine 6. Pitt 26, Chatham AAB 0. Connecticut Is. Brooklyn Coll 0. n. Y. L. as. n. Y. c. c. 0. Colgate s. Columbia 0. Muhlenberg 1S, F. and NJ. s. Pittsburgh 26. Chatham A. A. B, o. Navy PlebeS Is, Scranton 6. MIDWEST Iowa State IA, Kansas State O. Miami 10. Denison 0. Murray Tchrs. Is, Illinois Yves 13 Wichita IA, Rockhurst L. Drake SO, Doane 0. Ball. Wash. 20, Wooster 20 st. Thomas Is. Lawrence 6. Capitol IA, Muskingum Is. Wheaton IA, Elmhurst Z. DeKalb y, Concordia 6. SOUTH Florida ID. Maryland s. y. Caro-. State 10. VIM. & Mary 2. Arkansas %, Mississippi Is Florida A. NJ. 20, Hampton O Virginia “a V. NJ. l. 0. Tennessee 26. Clemson Z. L. S. u. Is. Georgia Z. n. c. Preflight IA. Jax MAS Is. Tulane q, Southern Methodist Z SOUTHWEST Texas A. M. Is, Texas Az. o. Rice 7. Texas 0. Texas A. M. 81, n. Tex. Az. 0. Okla. A. NJ. as. Tulsa 40. Prairie View 40, Ark. State 6 FAR WEST Denver 80. Utah State 6. Washington 33. California Z. SO. California “a. St. Marys Z. Utah 10. Nevada IA.

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)

Texas 69% to win. Rice pulled the upset.

Texas leads 75–⁠21–⁠1 in 97 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 37, Rice 10
2021Texas 58, Rice 0
2019Texas 48, Rice 13
2015Texas 42, Rice 28
2011Texas 34, Rice 9
2010Texas 34, Rice 17

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