Texas Tech at Rice

Saturday, November 3, 1945

Rice beat Texas Tech 13–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Rice led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayTexas Tech3–⁠5–⁠2 in 1945
0
HomeRice5–⁠6 in 1945
13

FinalHigh 78°F, low 58°FAttendance 17,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: ysEs .-.OOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 5, 1945, page 1 (results column)

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    ysEs .-.OOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the past weekend: West Washington, Z; Oregon, 0. st. Mary’s, %; use, 0. Washington State. 7; California, 7 (tie) oregon State, 3; Idaho, 0. Midwest Ohio State, Is; Northwestern IA. Michigan, 26; Minnesota, 0. Great Lakes, IL; Illinois, 6. Wisconsin, 81; Iowa, Z. Indiana, 46; Cornell Iowa, 6. Michigan State, IA; Missouri, 7. Iowa State, 40; Kansas State, ID. Nebraska, 27 Kansas, l3 Purdue, %; Pittsburgh, O. Marquette, 3d. Detroit, IL East Notre Dame, 6; Navy, g. CTie). Army, Sd; Villanova, 0. Columbia, “a; Cornell, &c. Penn, %; Princeton, 0. Temple, 20; Lafayette, O. Penn State, 90; Syracuse, O. Yale, 6; Dartmouth, O. Rutgers, IS; Lehigh, O. Connecticut, 33; Amherst, 0. Rochester, 10; N. Y. u, g. South Duke, IA Georgia Tech, 6. Alabama, 60; Kentucky, 10. Tulane, IA; Mississippi State, 49, Georgia, 34s Chattanooga, T. Tennessee, 90; North Carolina, g. Auburn, 10; Florida, 0. Wake Forest, SO; Presbyterian, O. VMI., 81; Vanderbilt, 10. William & Mary, 80; Maryland, IA. Virginia, 10; West Virginia, T. North Carolina State, 6; V.PI., 0. Florida A & M, 20; Tennessee State, l8. Louisiana State, 80; Mississippi, l3. Southwest Texas, II; SMU., Z. Rice, 13; Texas Tech, 0. Texas A & M, “a; Arkansas, 0. Texas Christian, Is; Oklahoma, 7. Baylor, 10; Southwestern 0. Rockies New Mexico, 10; Colorado, c. Utah, 33; Denver, 81. Colorado A IL NJ, 25; Colorado State, 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 Tech 51% to win. Rice won as Elo’s underdog.

Texas Tech leads 27–⁠20–⁠1 in 48 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2009Texas Tech 55, Rice 10
2007Texas Tech 59, Rice 24
1995Texas Tech 31, Rice 26
1994Rice 24, Texas Tech 21
1993Texas Tech 45, Rice 16
1992Rice 34, Texas Tech 3

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