CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1931 Rice

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Meagher.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1931, game by game: won vs. Texas A&M–Kingsville 37–0; won vs. Sam Houston 32–0; lost at Oklahoma 6–19; won at Texas 7–0; lost vs. SMU 12–21; won at Arizona 32–0; lost at TCU 6–7; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–7; won vs. Arkansas 26–12; won vs. Baylor 20–0+37−13Won 37–0 vs. Texas A&M–Kingsville+37Texas A&M–Kings…Won 32–0 vs. Sam Houston+32Sam HoustonLost 6–19 at Oklahoma-13OklahomaWon 7–0 at Texas+7TexasLost 12–21 vs. SMU-9SMUWon 32–0 at Arizona+32ArizonaLost 6–7 at TCU-1TCULost 0–7 vs. Texas A&M-7Texas A&MWon 26–12 vs. Arkansas+14ArkansasWon 20–0 vs. Baylor+20Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsTexas A&M–KingsvilleW 37–⁠086%
Sep 26vsSam HoustonW 32–⁠061%
Oct 3atOklahomaL 6–⁠1940%
Oct 10atTexasW 7–⁠023%
Oct 17vsSMUL 12–⁠2144%
Oct 23atArizonaW 32–⁠054%
Nov 7atTCUL 6–⁠732%
Nov 14vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠758%
Nov 21vsArkansasW 26–⁠1272%
Nov 28vsBaylorW 20–⁠062%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Baylor 20–⁠0; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
178–⁠66
Coach
Jack Meagher
Elo
1527 +70 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.5 No. 48 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Lou HassellOGCP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1931 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1931 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
TCU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠27–⁠3
Rice3–⁠36–⁠4
Texas2–⁠36–⁠4
Baylor1–⁠53–⁠6
Arkansas0–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1

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