Arkansas vs. Rice

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

1. Arkansas’s biggest win1983: Arkansas 35, Rice 0by 35 points
2. Rice’s biggest win1953: Rice 47, Arkansas 0by 47 points
3. Upset1980: Rice 17, Arkansas 16Rice had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1972: Rice 23, Arkansas 20Rice had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1990: Rice 19, Arkansas 11Rice had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1954: Arkansas 28, Rice 15No. 15 Rice at No. 4 Arkansas
7. Ranked showdown1960: Arkansas 3, Rice 0No. 10 Rice at No. 16 Arkansas

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Thomsen 1–⁠3 against Meagher). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1919 · The news scimitar, Memphis, Tenn., Nov 28, 1919

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  1923 · San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., Oct 14, 1923

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  1930 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 19, 1930

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  1933 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Nov 13, 1933

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  1937 · Evening star, Nov 7, 1937

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Arkansas vs. Texas A&M83 meetings, Arkansas 42–⁠38–⁠3
• Arkansas vs. Texas80 meetings, Arkansas 23–⁠57
• Arkansas vs. SMU73 meetings, Arkansas 37–⁠31–⁠5
• Arkansas vs. Ole Miss72 meetings, Arkansas 37–⁠34–⁠1
• Rice vs. Texas97 meetings, Rice 21–⁠75–⁠1
• Rice vs. SMU91 meetings, Rice 41–⁠49–⁠1
• Rice vs. Baylor82 meetings, Rice 30–⁠50–⁠2
• Rice vs. Texas A&M82 meetings, Rice 27–⁠52–⁠3