Rice vs. Texas
Rice and Texas first met in 1914 and have played 97 times; Texas leads the series 75–21–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 10–0, and Texas has won the last 16. Share
- Rice wins
- 21
- Texas wins
- 75
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1914
- Longest streak
- 28 Texas
- Current streak
- 16 Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas 10–0
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–5 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–7–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–8 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 4 meetings: Rice 3, Texas 1; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 20.7 points; 27 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Rice
- 13–28–1 Rice’s record at home
- At Texas
- 45–8 Texas’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–2 Rice first
- Shutouts
- 24
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Rice’s biggest win1958: Rice 34, Texas 7by 27 points
- Texas’s biggest win1915: Texas 59, Rice 0by 59 points
- Upset1965: Rice 20, Texas 17Rice had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1945: Rice 7, Texas 6Rice had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1931: Rice 7, Texas 0Rice had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1949: Rice 17, Texas 15No. 9 Rice at No. 10 Texas
- Ranked showdown1946: Rice 18, Texas 13No. 3 Texas at No. 16 Rice
- Ranked showdown1957: Texas 19, Rice 14No. 13 Rice at No. 19 Texas
Coach against coach
| Years | Rice | Series | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–1922 | Phillip Arbuckle | 0–3 | Berry Whitaker |
| 1924–1926 | John Heisman | 1–2 | Edward Stewart |
| 1929–1933 | Jack Meagher | 2–3 | Clyde Littlefield |
| 1934–1936 | Jimmy Kitts | 3–0 | Jack Chevigny |
| 1937–1939 | Jimmy Kitts | 2–1 | Dana Bible |
| 1940–1946 | Jess Neely | 4–3 | Dana Bible |
| 1947–1950 | Jess Neely | 1–3 | Blair Cherry |
| 1951–1956 | Jess Neely | 3–3 | Edwin Price |
| 1957–1966 | Jess Neely | 3–6–1 | Darrell Royal |
| 1967–1970 | Bo Hagan | 0–4 | Darrell Royal |
| 1972–1975 | Al Conover | 0–4 | Darrell Royal |
| 1978–1983 | Ray Alborn | 0–6 | Fred Akers |
| 1989–1991 | Fred Goldsmith | 0–3 | David McWilliams |
| 1994–1997 | Ken Hatfield | 1–2 | John Mackovic |
| 1998–2005 | Ken Hatfield | 0–5 | Mack Brown |
| 2007–2011 | David Bailiff | 0–4 | Mack Brown |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Rice’s side (Arbuckle 0–3 against Whitaker). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
| Jamaal Charles Texas | 16 carries, 189 yards, 3 TD | 2005 Rushing | |
| Jordan Shipley Texas | 5 catches, 155 yards, 2 TD | 2008 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1917 · Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Oct 29, 1917
1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 4, 1923
1925 · San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., Oct 25, 1925
1926 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1926
1928 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 29, 1928
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.
Photos
Brian Robison playing for the Texas Longhorns in 2006Photo: KeithJJ on Pixabay, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons 
College football game – The University of Texas Longhorns vs the Rice University Owls, 16 September 2006.Photo: Johntex, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons 
Tailback Jamaal Charles carries the ball in a College football game – The University of Texas Longhorns vs the Rice University Owls, 16 September 2006.Photo: User:Johntex, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons 
Selvin Young scores a touchdown during a College football game – The University of Texas Longhorns vs the Rice University Owls, 16 September 2006.Photo: User:Johntex, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).
Every game
| Sep 2, 2023 | 11Texas 37, Rice 10 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 18, 2021 | Texas 58, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 14, 2019 | 12Texas 48, Rice 13 | NRG Stadium | ||
| Sep 12, 2015 | Texas 42, Rice 28 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 3, 2011 | Texas 34, Rice 9 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 4, 2010 | 5Texas 34, Rice 17 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 20, 2008 | 7Texas 52, Rice 10 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 22, 2007 | 7Texas 58, Rice 14 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 16, 2006 | 8Texas 52, Rice 7 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 17, 2005 | 2Texas 51, Rice 10 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 25, 2004 | 5Texas 35, Rice 13 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 20, 2003 | 13Texas 48, Rice 7 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 18, 1999 | Texas 18, Rice 13 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 26, 1998 | Texas 59, Rice 21 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 27, 1997 | Texas 38, Rice 31 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 7, 1995 | 20Texas 37, Rice 13 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 16, 1994 | Rice 19, 12Texas 17 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 2, 1993 | Texas 55, Rice 38 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 3, 1992 | Texas 23, Rice 21 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 5, 1991 | Texas 28, Rice 7 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 6, 1990 | Texas 26, Rice 10 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 7, 1989 | Texas 31, Rice 30 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 1, 1988 | Texas 20, Rice 13 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 3, 1987 | Texas 45, Rice 26 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 4, 1986 | Texas 17, Rice 14 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 5, 1985 | 20Texas 44, Rice 16 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 6, 1984 | 1Texas 38, Rice 13 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 1, 1983 | 2Texas 42, Rice 6 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 2, 1982 | 15Texas 34, Rice 7 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 12, 1981 | 8Texas 31, Rice 3 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 4, 1980 | 5Texas 41, Rice 28 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 6, 1979 | 4Texas 26, Rice 9 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 16, 1978 | 7Texas 34, Rice 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 1, 1977 | 8Texas 72, Rice 15 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 2, 1976 | Texas 42, Rice 15 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 25, 1975 | 8Texas 41, Rice 9 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 26, 1974 | 13Texas 27, Rice 6 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 27, 1973 | 19Texas 55, Rice 13 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 28, 1972 | 10Texas 45, Rice 9 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 23, 1971 | 16Texas 39, Rice 10 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 24, 1970 | 2Texas 45, Rice 21 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 25, 1969 | 2Texas 31, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 26, 1968 | 13Texas 38, Rice 14 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 28, 1967 | Texas 28, Rice 6 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 22, 1966 | Texas 14, Rice 6 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 23, 1965 | Rice 20, 5Texas 17 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 24, 1964 | 6Texas 6, Rice 3 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 26, 1963 | 1Texas 10, Rice 6 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 27, 1962 | Rice 14, 1Texas 14 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 28, 1961 | Texas 34, Rice 7 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 22, 1960 | 20Rice 7, 16Texas 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 24, 1959 | 3Texas 28, Rice 6 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 25, 1958 | Rice 34, 4Texas 7 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 26, 1957 | 19Texas 19, 13Rice 14 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 27, 1956 | Rice 28, Texas 7 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 22, 1955 | Texas 32, Rice 14 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 23, 1954 | Rice 13, Texas 7 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 24, 1953 | Rice 18, Texas 13 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 25, 1952 | 20Texas 20, Rice 7 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 27, 1951 | 10Texas 14, Rice 6 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 28, 1950 | 7Texas 35, Rice 7 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 22, 1949 | 9Rice 17, 10Texas 15 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 23, 1948 | Texas 20, Rice 7 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 25, 1947 | 3Texas 12, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 26, 1946 | 16Rice 18, 3Texas 13 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 27, 1945 | Rice 7, 9Texas 6 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 28, 1944 | Rice 7, Texas 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 23, 1943 | 16Texas 58, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 24, 1942 | 15Texas 12, Rice 7 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 25, 1941 | 2Texas 40, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 26, 1940 | Rice 13, 12Texas 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 28, 1939 | Texas 26, Rice 12 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 22, 1938 | Rice 13, Texas 6 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 23, 1937 | Rice 14, Texas 7 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 24, 1936 | Rice 7, Texas 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 26, 1935 | Rice 28, Texas 19 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 27, 1934 | Rice 20, Texas 9 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 28, 1933 | Texas 18, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 22, 1932 | Texas 18, Rice 6 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 10, 1931 | Rice 7, Texas 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 25, 1930 | Rice 6, Texas 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 26, 1929 | Texas 39, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 27, 1928 | Texas 13, Rice 6 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 22, 1927 | Texas 27, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 23, 1926 | Texas 20, Rice 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 24, 1925 | Texas 27, Rice 6 | at Texas | ||
| Nov 1, 1924 | Rice 19, Texas 6 | at Rice | ||
| Nov 3, 1923 | Texas 27, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Nov 4, 1922 | Texas 29, Rice 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 29, 1921 | Texas 56, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 30, 1920 | Texas 21, Rice 0 | at Rice | ||
| Nov 1, 1919 | Texas 32, Rice 7 | at Texas | ||
| Nov 16, 1918 | Texas 14, Rice 0 | at Rice | ||
| Oct 27, 1917 | Rice 13, Texas 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 7, 1916 | Texas 16, Rice 2 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 16, 1915 | Texas 59, Rice 0 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 17, 1914 | Texas 41, Rice 0 | at Texas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.