Arizona vs. Rice

Arizona and Rice have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Rice leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Rice 4–⁠0, and Rice has won the last 4.

Arizona wins
0
Rice wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1916
Longest streak
4 Rice
Current streak
4 Rice
Last 10 meetings
Rice 4–⁠0
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠2
Average margin
22.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arizona
0–⁠1 Arizona’s record at home
At Rice
3–⁠0 Rice’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arizona and Rice, 1916 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The El Paso herald's story of the 1916 game: TEXAS u. CLAIMS TROPHY Defeats Texas A & NJ in Big Turkey Day Contest At Austin, 81 To Z. RICE INSTITUTE WALLOPS ARIZONA

    1916 · El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., Dec 1, 1916

  • The Bisbee daily review's story of the 1922 game: Rice Doubles Score on Arizona Eleven by Winning, 14-7

    1922 · Bisbee daily review, Dec 1, 1922

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story of the 1930 game: RICE DEFEATS ARIZONA 2l-O Jamerson, Valley Player Again Is Institutes Star Back

    1930 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 12, 1930

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 23, 1931Rice 32, Arizona 0at Arizona
Oct 11, 1930Rice 21, Arizona 0at Rice
Nov 25, 1922Rice 14, Arizona 7at Rice
Nov 30, 1916Rice 47, Arizona 16at Rice

Every game is listed as played on the field.