Rice vs. Stanford
Rice and Stanford first met in 1957 and have played 6 times; the series is tied 3–3. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–3, and Stanford has won the last 3. Share
- Rice wins
- 3
- Stanford wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1957
- Longest streak
- 3 Rice
- Current streak
- 3 Stanford
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 3–3
- Most recent
- 2017
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 27.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Rice
- 2–0 Rice’s record at home
- At Stanford
- 2–1 Stanford’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 win1957: Rice 34, Stanford 7by 27 points
- Stanford’s biggest win2017: Stanford 62, Rice 7by 55 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
1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 7, 1957
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
| Aug 26, 2017 | 14Stanford 62, Rice 7 | Allianz Stadium | ||
| Nov 26, 2016 | Stanford 41, Rice 17 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 10, 1964 | Stanford 34, Rice 7 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 12, 1963 | Rice 23, Stanford 13 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 27, 1958 | Rice 30, Stanford 7 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 5, 1957 | Rice 34, 17Stanford 7 | at Rice |
Every game is listed as played on the field.