Rice vs. Western Kentucky
Rice and Western Kentucky have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2015; Western Kentucky leads the series 4–0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Western Kentucky 4–0, and Western Kentucky has won the last 4. Share
- Rice wins
- 0
- Western Kentucky wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 2015
- Longest streak
- 4 Western Kentucky
- Current streak
- 4 Western Kentucky
- Last 10 meetings
- Western Kentucky 4–0
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 31.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Rice
- 0–2 Rice’s record at home
- At Western Kentucky
- 2–0 Western Kentucky’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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
| Mike White Western Kentucky | 25 of 31, 517 yards, 3 TD | 2016 Passing | |
| Bailey Zappe Western Kentucky | 34 of 42, 482 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT | 2021 Passing | |
| Brandon Doughty Western Kentucky | 28 of 38, 409 yards, 4 TD | 2015 Passing | |
| Mitchell Tinsley Western Kentucky | 10 catches, 198 yards, 2 TD | 2021 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
Every game
| Nov 12, 2022 | Western Kentucky 45, Rice 10 | at Western Kentucky | ||
| Nov 13, 2021 | Western Kentucky 42, Rice 21 | at Rice | ||
| Sep 1, 2016 | Western Kentucky 46, Rice 14 | at Western Kentucky | ||
| Oct 3, 2015 | Western Kentucky 49, Rice 10 | at Rice |
Every game is listed as played on the field.