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1928 Rice

2–⁠7 (0–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Claude Rothgeb.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1928, game by game: won vs. Sam Houston 24–6; lost vs. St. Edward’s 0–31; won vs. Trinity (Texas) 20–6; lost at SMU 13–53; lost vs. Texas 6–13; lost vs. Southwestern U 6–14; lost vs. TCU 0–7; lost at Texas A&M 0–19; lost vs. Baylor 14–25+18−40Won 24–6 vs. Sam Houston+18Sam HoustonLost 0–31 vs. St. Edward’s-31St. Edward’sWon 20–6 vs. Trinity (Texas)+14Trinity (Texas)Lost 13–53 at SMU-40SMULost 6–13 vs. Texas-7TexasLost 6–14 vs. Southwestern U-8Southwestern ULost 0–7 vs. TCU-7TCULost 0–19 at Texas A&M-19Texas A&MLost 14–25 vs. Baylor-11Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsSam HoustonW 24–⁠655%
Oct 6vsSt. Edward’sL 0–⁠3181%
Oct 13vsTrinity (Texas)W 20–⁠676%
Oct 20atSMUL 13–⁠5315%
Oct 27vsTexasL 6–⁠1326%
Nov 3vsSouthwestern UL 6–⁠1472%
Nov 10vsTCUL 0–⁠724%
Nov 16atTexas A&ML 0–⁠1913%
Nov 29vsBaylorL 14–⁠2531%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 25–⁠14; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠5 7th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
83–⁠174
Coach
Claude Rothgeb
Elo
1268 −109 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.7 No. 85 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 second team

Second team

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From Wikipedia’s 1928 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1928 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas5–⁠17–⁠2
Arkansas2–⁠17–⁠2
Baylor3–⁠28–⁠2
TCU3–⁠28–⁠2
SMU2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Texas A&M1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Rice0–⁠52–⁠7

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