Baylor at Rice

Saturday, December 1, 1951

No. 9 Baylor beat Rice 34–⁠13. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 16–⁠14–⁠2.

Away9Baylor8–⁠2–⁠1 in 1951
34
HomeRice5–⁠5 in 1951
13

FinalHigh 68°F, low 56°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, December 2, 1951, page 1

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    Navy scored twice before Army could run a play yesterday after noon in the annual Army–Navy football game at Philadelphia. and went on to trim the Cadets. 42–⁠7 This was the most one-sided Navy victory in the long series Feature of the game was a 101yard scoring run with an intercepted pass by John Raster. the only Plebe on the Navy team. The game was witnessed by few more than $4,000 fans-the lowest attendance in many years. The last big Saturday of the football season was 0ne Of ira ditional games and, as usual, ira ditional upsets. Texas Christian became the Southwest Conference champion by beating Southern Methodist, 1872. The triumph earned TCU a place in the Cotton Bowl against Kentucky. Baylor downed Rice, 34–⁠13. and will play

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)

Baylor 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Baylor leads 50–⁠30–⁠2 in 82 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Baylor 21, Rice 13
2016Baylor 38, Rice 10
2015Baylor 70, Rice 17
2011Baylor 56, Rice 31
2010Baylor 30, Rice 13
2007Baylor 42, Rice 17

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