Oklahoma vs. Rice
Oklahoma and Rice first met in 1921 and have played 7 times; Oklahoma leads the series 7–0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Oklahoma 7–0, and Oklahoma has won the last 7. Share
- Oklahoma wins
- 7
- Rice wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1921
- Longest streak
- 7 Oklahoma
- Current streak
- 7 Oklahoma
- Last 10 meetings
- Oklahoma 7–0
- Most recent
- 2000
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 25.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oklahoma
- 5–0 Oklahoma’s record at home
- At Rice
- 0–2 Rice’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Oklahoma’s biggest win1978: Oklahoma 66, Rice 7by 59 points
Both programs through the years
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
1921 · The Rock Island Argus and daily union, Rock Island, Ill., Nov 25, 1921
1931 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 4, 1931
1938 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1938
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
| Sep 23, 2000 | 17Oklahoma 42, Rice 14 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Sep 29, 1979 | 3Oklahoma 63, Rice 21 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 23, 1978 | 3Oklahoma 66, Rice 7 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 1, 1938 | Oklahoma 7, Rice 6 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 2, 1937 | Oklahoma 6, Rice 0 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 3, 1931 | Oklahoma 19, Rice 6 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Nov 24, 1921 | Oklahoma 27, Rice 0 | at Oklahoma |
Every game is listed as played on the field.