LSU vs. Rice

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

1. LSU’s biggest win1977: LSU 77, Rice 0by 77 points
2. Rice’s biggest win1940: Rice 23, LSU 0by 23 points
3. Upset1980: Rice 17, LSU 7Rice had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1963: Rice 21, LSU 12Rice had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1966: Rice 17, LSU 15Rice had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from LSU’s side (Moore 4–⁠1 against Kitts). 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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  1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 20, 1924

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  1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 3, 1932

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  1934 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1934

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  1939 · Evening star, Oct 15, 1939

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  1943 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1943

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.

• LSU vs. Mississippi State115 meetings, LSU 75–⁠37–⁠3
• LSU vs. Ole Miss110 meetings, LSU 64–⁠42–⁠4
• LSU vs. Tulane90 meetings, LSU 63–⁠20–⁠7
• LSU vs. Alabama89 meetings, LSU 26–⁠58–⁠5
• 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