Creighton vs. Rice

Creighton and Rice first met in 1932 and have played 4 times; Rice leads the series 3–⁠1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Rice 3–⁠1, and Rice has won the last 2.

Creighton wins
1
Rice wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
2 Rice
Current streak
2 Rice
Last 10 meetings
Rice 3–⁠1
Most recent
1935

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠3
Average margin
20.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Creighton
1–⁠1 Creighton’s record at home
At Rice
2–⁠0 Rice’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 Creighton and Rice, 1932 on13001500170019351940

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 Imperial Valley press's story of the 1935 game: MIDWEST POWER MACHINES HEAD FOOTBALLS PARADE

    1935 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 14, 1935

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 12, 1935Rice 14, Creighton 0at Rice
Oct 20, 1934Rice 47, Creighton 13at Creighton
Oct 21, 1933Creighton 14, Rice 13at Creighton
Oct 29, 1932Rice 41, Creighton 7at Rice

Every game is listed as played on the field.