Rice vs. Texas A&M

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

1. Rice’s biggest win1947: Rice 41, Texas A&M 7by 34 points
2. Texas A&M’s biggest win1982: Texas A&M 49, Rice 7by 42 points
3. Upset1963: Texas A&M 13, Rice 6Texas A&M had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1980: Rice 10, Texas A&M 6Rice had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1957: Rice 7, Texas A&M 6Rice had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1957: Rice 7, Texas A&M 6No. 1 Texas A&M at No. 20 Rice

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Rice’s side (Arbuckle 1–⁠3–⁠1 against Bible). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1926 · Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, Nov 13, 1926

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  1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 15, 1931

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  1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 18, 1940

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  1942 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1942

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  1946 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1946

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Rice vs. Texas97 meetings, Rice 21–⁠75–⁠1
• Rice vs. SMU91 meetings, Rice 41–⁠49–⁠1
• Rice vs. Baylor82 meetings, Rice 30–⁠50–⁠2
• Rice vs. TCU79 meetings, Rice 35–⁠41–⁠3
• Texas A&M vs. Texas113 meetings, Texas A&M 37–⁠71–⁠5
• Texas A&M vs. Baylor102 meetings, Texas A&M 64–⁠29–⁠9
• Texas A&M vs. TCU89 meetings, Texas A&M 54–⁠28–⁠7
• Texas A&M vs. Arkansas83 meetings, Texas A&M 38–⁠42–⁠3