Rice at SMU
Saturday, October 20, 1945 Share
SMU beat Rice 21–18. It was their 25th meeting; after it, SMU led the series 13–12.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 57°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1945, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
FOOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend Columbia, 31 Colgate, T. Penn State, 46; Bucllnell, ‘. Army, 55; Melville Raiders, B. Holy Cross, 25; Brown, 0. New London Subs, IS; Harvard, T. Illinois, 2; Wisconsin, (tie). Minnesota, 30; Northwestern, ‘. Purdue, 15; Ohio State, 1a Notre Dame, 39; Pittsburgh, g. Michigan State, 27; Wayne, ‘. Missouri, A. Kansas State, T. Indiana, 52: Iowa, 20. Louisiana State, 32; Georgia, 0. Alabama, 25; Tennessee, ‘. Virginia Tech, 21; Maryland, 13. William and Mary, 13; Virginia Military Institute, 9. Auburn, 20; Tulane, IA. North Carolina, 20; Cherry Point, A. Texas, 34; Arkansas, ‘. Miami (Ohio), 34; Ohio Univer- sity, 0. Iowa State, 27; Nebraska, ‘. Oklahoma, 39; Kansas, T. Tulsa, 40; Nevada, 0. North Dakota U, 20; North Da- kota State, 12. Vanderbilt, 19; Kentucky, 6. Oklahoma A & M, 46; Utah, 6. Colorado, 31; Colorado College, 0. Utah State, 13; Colorado A & M, Washington, IS; Oregon State, Southern California, 52; College of Pacific, 0. Oregon, 26; Washington State, 13. Idaho, 46; Montana, o. Southern Methodist, 21 Rice, 18 Texas Christian, IS; Texas A & M, 12. Louisiana Tech, 29; Southwestern, IA. Corpus Christi Naval Air, 30; Pensacola Naval Air, 0. Navy, 20; Georgia Tech, 69. Baylor, ?; Texas, ‘ (tie). Sundays Scores Villanova, IA; Detroit, 0. St. Marys (CalifD, 58; McClel- Ian Field, 0.
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)
SMU 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rice–SMU gameSMU leads 49–41–1 in 91 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2023 | SMU 36, Rice 31 | |
| 2012 | Rice 36, SMU 14 | |
| 2011 | SMU 27, Rice 24 | |
| 2010 | SMU 42, Rice 31 | |
| 2009 | SMU 31, Rice 28 | |
| 2008 | Rice 56, SMU 27 |
Around this game
Rice
- Next gameat TexasOct. 27, 1945
- SeasonRice in 1945
- ProgramRice history and records
SMU
- Next gameat TulaneOct. 27, 1945
- SeasonSMU in 1945
- ProgramSMU history and records

