1933 Rice

3–⁠8 (1–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Meagher.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1933, game by game: won vs. Texas A&M–Kingsville 7–0; lost at LSU 0–13; won vs. Loyola (LA) 13–0; lost vs. SMU 7–13; lost at Creighton 13–14; lost at Texas 0–18; lost at Santa Clara 0–13; won vs. Arkansas 7–6; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–27; lost at TCU 3–26; lost at Baylor 6–7+13−27Won 7–0 vs. Texas A&M–Kingsville+7Texas A&M–Kings…Lost 0–13 at LSU-13LSUWon 13–0 vs. Loyola (LA)+13Loyola (LA)Lost 7–13 vs. SMU-6SMULost 13–14 at Creighton-1CreightonLost 0–18 at Texas-18TexasLost 0–13 at Santa Clara-13Santa ClaraWon 7–6 vs. Arkansas+1ArkansasLost 0–27 vs. Texas A&M-27Texas A&MLost 3–26 at TCU-23TCULost 6–7 at Baylor-1Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 7–⁠6; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
56–⁠137
Coach
Jack Meagher
Elo
1405 −131 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.0 No. 78 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Fred LauterbachOTAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas4–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
TCU4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠1
Baylor4–⁠26–⁠4
Texas A&M2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Texas2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
SMU2–⁠44–⁠7–⁠1
Rice1–⁠53–⁠8

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