Baylor at Rice

Saturday, November 30, 1963

Baylor beat Rice 21–⁠12. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Baylor led the series 22–⁠20–⁠2.

AwayBaylor8–⁠3 in 1963
21
HomeRice6–⁠4 in 1963
12

FinalHigh 70°F, low 46°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: 'Bama Upset

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 2, 1963, page 1 (results column)

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    ‘Bama Upset Auburn gained the Orange Bowl spot opposite Nebraska on the strength If its 1913 upset OF Alabama, engineered largely through the efforts Of substitute quarterback, Mailon Kent. Despite the setback, Alabama made 1t into the Sugar, where 1t will oppose Mississippi, which had to have a fourth-period field goal to tie Mississippi State 1910. Brilliant Don Trull scored all three touchdowns in the 21–⁠12 Baylor victory over Rice which put the Bears in the Bluebonnet against LSU. Dartmouth gained a share of the Ivy League title with Princeton by upsetting the Tigers, 1921, while Yale knocked off Harvard, 20–⁠6.

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)

Rice 53% to win. Baylor won as Elo’s underdog.

Baylor leads 50–⁠30–⁠2 in 82 meetings, counting the 38 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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