Rice vs. Santa Clara

Rice and Santa Clara first met in 1933 and have played 2 times; the series is tied 1–⁠1. Over the last 2 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Rice wins
1
Santa Clara wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1933
Longest streak
1 Santa Clara
Current streak
1 Rice
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1950

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Rice and Santa Clara, 1933 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: SANTA CLARA WINNER OVER TEXAS ELEVEN Californians Win B to 0 in First lntersectional Clash on Coast

    1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 6, 1933

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Rice Opens New Stadium In Win Over Santa Clara

    1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 1, 1950

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 30, 1950Rice 27, Santa Clara 7at Rice
Nov 4, 1933Santa Clara 13, Rice 0at Santa Clara

Every game is listed as played on the field.