Clemson vs. Rice

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

1. Clemson’s biggest win1959: Clemson 19, Rice 0by 19 points
2. Rice’s biggest win1949: Rice 33, Clemson 7by 26 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Clemson’s side (Howard 3–⁠2 against Neely). 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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  1951 · Evening star, Sep 30, 1951

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  1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1957

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.

• Clemson vs. South Carolina117 meetings, Clemson 70–⁠43–⁠4
• Clemson vs. NC State91 meetings, Clemson 60–⁠30–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Wake Forest90 meetings, Clemson 72–⁠17–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Georgia Tech88 meetings, Clemson 34–⁠52–⁠2
• 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