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1927 Rice

2–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by John Heisman.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1927, game by game: lost at Loyola (LA) 0–13; won vs. Sam Houston 20–13; tied vs. St. Edward’s 0–0; lost at SMU 6–34; lost at Texas 0–27; lost vs. Southwestern U 12–14; lost vs. Centenary (LA) 7–33; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–14; won vs. Baylor 19–12+7−28Lost 0–13 at Loyola (LA)-13Loyola (LA)Won 20–13 vs. Sam Houston+7Sam HoustonTied 0–0 vs. St. Edward’s0St. Edward’sLost 6–34 at SMU-28SMULost 0–27 at Texas-27TexasLost 12–14 vs. Southwestern U-2Southwestern ULost 7–33 vs. Centenary (LA)-26Centenary (LA)Lost 0–14 vs. Texas A&M-14Texas A&MWon 19–12 vs. Baylor+7Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atLoyola (LA)L 0–⁠1371%
Oct 1vsSam HoustonW 20–⁠1361%
Oct 8vsSt. Edward’sT 0–⁠079%
Oct 14atSMUL 6–⁠3423%
Oct 22atTexasL 0–⁠2720%
Oct 29vsSouthwestern UL 12–⁠1475%
Nov 5vsCentenary (LA)L 7–⁠3365%
Nov 11vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠1416%
Nov 24vsBaylorW 19–⁠1249%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Baylor 19–⁠12; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
2–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠3 6th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
64–⁠160
Coach
John Heisman
Elo
1316 −106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.9 No. 40 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

3 second team

Second team

  • MurrayRBAP-2
  • Emmanuel BradenRBMS-2
  • Merle ComstockOGMS-2

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1927 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠0–⁠1
SMU4–⁠17–⁠2
Arkansas2–⁠18–⁠1
Texas2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
TCU1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Rice1–⁠32–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.