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Rice vs. Southwestern U

Rice and Southwestern U first met in 1912 and have played 21 times; Rice leads the series 16–⁠5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Rice 6–⁠4.

Rice wins
16
Southwestern U wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1912
Longest streak
12 Rice
Current streak
1 Rice
Last 10 meetings
Rice 6–⁠4
Most recent
1946

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s5–⁠1
1920s8–⁠2
1930s1–⁠0
1940s2–⁠2
Average margin
19.6 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Rice
16–⁠4 Rice’s record at home
At Southwestern U
1–⁠0 Southwestern U’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Rice’s biggest win1916: Rice 54, Southwestern U 0by 54 points
  2. Southwestern U’s biggest win1912: Southwestern U 32, Rice 0by 32 points
  3. Upset1943: Southwestern U 21, Rice 7Southwestern U had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1927: Southwestern U 14, Rice 12Southwestern U had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1945: Southwestern U 13, Rice 7Southwestern U had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Rice and Southwestern U, 1912 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story of the 1930 game: VALLEY YOUTH STARS AT RICE Jamerson handspring In 1926 Victory Over Southwestern

    1930 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Sep 21, 1930

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1943 game: Southwestern University Of Texas Beats Rice Team,

    1943 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 28, 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

Oct 5, 1946Rice 48, Southwestern U 0at Rice
Oct 6, 1945Southwestern U 13, Rice 7at Rice
Dec 2, 1944Rice 18, Southwestern U 7at Rice
Nov 27, 1943Southwestern U 21, Rice 7at Rice
Sep 20, 1930Rice 32, Southwestern U 6at Rice
Oct 12, 1929Rice 14, Southwestern U 6at Rice
Nov 3, 1928Southwestern U 14, Rice 6at Rice
Oct 29, 1927Southwestern U 14, Rice 12at Rice
Oct 30, 1926Rice 7, Southwestern U 6at Rice
Oct 31, 1925Rice 19, Southwestern U 0at Rice
Oct 11, 1924Rice 20, Southwestern U 6at Rice
Nov 10, 1923Rice 12, Southwestern U 0at Rice
Oct 28, 1922Rice 28, Southwestern U 6at Rice
Oct 22, 1921Rice 28, Southwestern U 0at Rice
Oct 23, 1920Rice 19, Southwestern U 0at Rice
Oct 18, 1919Rice 22, Southwestern U 0at Rice
Nov 10, 1917Rice 34, Southwestern U 13at Rice
Oct 21, 1916Rice 54, Southwestern U 0at Rice
Oct 10, 1914Rice 12, Southwestern U 7at Rice
Nov 18, 1913Rice 53, Southwestern U 14at Rice
Nov 15, 1912Southwestern U 32, Rice 0at Southwestern U

Every game is listed as played on the field.