1930 Rice
8–4 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Meagher. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Southwestern U 32–6Sep 20
By 26 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vsSouthwestern U | W 32–6 | 73% |
| Sep 27 | vs Sam Houston | W 13–12 | 46% |
| Oct 4 | vsSt. Edward’s | W 20–0 | 71% |
| Oct 11 | vs Arizona | W 21–0 | 45% |
| Oct 18 | at Arkansas | L 6–7 | 32% |
| Oct 25 | vs Texas | W 6–0 | 29% |
| Nov 1 | vsSewanee | W 12–0 | 63% |
| Nov 8 | vs TCU | L 0–20 | 28% |
| Nov 15 | at Texas A&M | W 7–0 | 38% |
| Nov 22 | vs SMU | L 0–32 | 36% |
| Nov 29 | at Baylor | L 4–7 | 26% |
| Dec 6 | vs Iowa State | W 14–7 | 74% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Iowa State 14–7; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The tied 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).
- Record
- 8–4
- Conference
- 2–4 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 135–91
- Coach
- Jack Meagher
- Elo
- 1436 +109 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 2.0 No. 47 of 106 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Bill MorganOGAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1930 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4–1 | 8–1–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–1–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| TCU | 4–2 | 9–2–1 | |
| SMU | 2–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Arkansas | 2–2 | 3–6 | |
| Rice | 2–4 | 8–4 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.