Tulane at Rice

Saturday, November 11, 1916

Rice beat Tulane 23–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Rice led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayTulane4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1916
13
HomeRice6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1916
23

FinalHigh 80°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rice Defeats Tulane. % to 13

    Evening star, November 12, 1916, page 50

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    Rice Defeats Tulane. % to 13 HOUSTON, Tex, November 1l.-Rice defeated Tulane in the annual game between the two elevens here TODAY 90 to 13. Tulane made a brilliant rally In the last period, but was unable to overcome Rice’s lead. Barnes scored both touchdowns for the visitors after n series of passes and kicked one goal The weather was Sultry and both teams suffered.

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Rice Defeats Tulane

    The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., November 12, 1916, page 1

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    Rice Defeats Tulane Houston, Tex, November II Rice defeated Tulance in the annual game between the two elevens here today, 90 the last period but was unable to over come Rices lead. Barnes scored both touchdowns for the visitors, after a series of forward passes, and kicked one goal. The weather was sultry and both teams suffered

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Rice leads 20–⁠17–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Tulane 24, Rice 10
2023Tulane 30, Rice 28
2013Rice 17, Tulane 13
2012Rice 49, Tulane 47
2011Rice 19, Tulane 7
2010Tulane 54, Rice 49

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