Rice at SMU

Saturday, October 20, 1945

SMU beat Rice 21–⁠18. It was their 25th meeting; after it, SMU led the series 13–⁠12.

AwayRice5–⁠6 in 1945
18
HomeSMU5–⁠6 in 1945
21

FinalHigh 79°F, low 57°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    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.

SMU leads 49–⁠41–⁠1 in 91 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023SMU 36, Rice 31
2012Rice 36, SMU 14
2011SMU 27, Rice 24
2010SMU 42, Rice 31
2009SMU 31, Rice 28
2008Rice 56, SMU 27

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