Rice vs. Southern Miss
Rice and Southern Miss have 13 meetings on file, the first in 2007; Southern Miss leads the series 7–6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Southern Miss 6–4. Share
- Rice wins
- 6
- Southern Miss wins
- 7
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 2007
- Longest streak
- 5 Southern Miss
- Current streak
- 1 Southern Miss
- Last 10 meetings
- Southern Miss 6–4
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 17.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Rice
- 3–3 Rice’s record at home
- At Southern Miss
- 3–3 Southern Miss’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Rice first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Rice’s biggest win2012: Rice 44, Southern Miss 17by 27 points
- Southern Miss’s biggest win2015: Southern Miss 65, Rice 10by 55 points
- Upset2007: Rice 31, Southern Miss 29Rice had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2020: Rice 30, Southern Miss 6Rice had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Nick Mullens Southern Miss | 25 of 36, 591 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT | 2016 Passing | |
| Chase Clement Rice | 30 of 43, 444 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT | 2008 Passing | |
| Austin Davis Southern Miss | 32 of 61, 461 yards, 4 TD | 2008 Passing | |
| Jack Abraham Southern Miss | 25 of 34, 428 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT | 2018 Passing | |
| Frank Gore Jr. Southern Miss | 21 carries, 329 yards, 2 TD | 2022 Rushing | |
| Allenzae Staggers Southern Miss | 6 catches, 292 yards, 3 TD | 2016 Receiving |
Named most valuable
| Frank Gore Jr. Southern Miss | 2022 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Dec 17, 2022 | Southern Miss 38, Rice 24 | Hancock Whitney Stadium | LendingTree Bowl | |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Rice 24, Southern Miss 19 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 31, 2020 | Rice 30, Southern Miss 6 | at Southern Miss | ||
| Oct 26, 2019 | Southern Miss 20, Rice 6 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 22, 2018 | Southern Miss 40, Rice 22 | at Southern Miss | ||
| Nov 11, 2017 | Southern Miss 43, Rice 34 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 1, 2016 | Southern Miss 44, Rice 28 | at Southern Miss | ||
| Nov 14, 2015 | Southern Miss 65, Rice 10 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 27, 2014 | Rice 41, Southern Miss 23 | at Southern Miss | ||
| Oct 27, 2012 | Rice 44, Southern Miss 17 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 1, 2011 | Southern Miss 48, Rice 24 | at Southern Miss | ||
| Oct 18, 2008 | Rice 45, Southern Miss 40 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 3, 2007 | Rice 31, Southern Miss 29 | at Southern Miss |
Every game is listed as played on the field.