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1936 Rice

5–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Jimmy Kitts.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1936, game by game: won at Texas A&M–Kingsville 33–0; lost at LSU 7–20; lost at Duquesne 0–14; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–3; won at Georgia 13–6; won vs. Texas 7–0; won vs. George Washington 12–6; lost at Arkansas 14–20; won vs. Sam Houston 34–7; lost vs. TCU 0–13; lost vs. Baylor 7–10; lost vs. SMU 0–9+33−14Won 33–0 at Texas A&M–Kingsville+33Texas A&M–Kings…Lost 7–20 at LSU-13LSULost 0–14 at Duquesne-14DuquesneLost 0–3 vs. Texas A&M-3Texas A&MWon 13–6 at Georgia+7GeorgiaWon 7–0 vs. Texas+7TexasWon 12–6 vs. George Washington+6George Washingt…Lost 14–20 at Arkansas-6ArkansasWon 34–7 vs. Sam Houston+27Sam HoustonLost 0–13 vs. TCU-13TCULost 7–10 vs. Baylor-3BaylorLost 0–9 vs. SMU-9SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atTexas A&M–KingsvilleW 33–⁠087%
Sep 26atLSUL 7–⁠2034%
Oct 2atDuquesneL 0–⁠1443%
Oct 10vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠369%
Oct 17atGeorgiaW 13–⁠640%
Oct 24vsTexasW 7–⁠066%
Oct 31vsGeorge WashingtonW 12–⁠663%
Nov 7atArkansasL 14–⁠2049%
Nov 14vsSam HoustonW 34–⁠791%
Nov 21vsTCUL 0–⁠1346%
Nov 28vsBaylorL 7–⁠1059%
Dec 5vsSMUL 0–⁠954%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to SMU 9–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1936.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
127–⁠108
Coach
Jimmy Kitts
Elo
1499 −79 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.0 No. 35 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1937

The 1937 draft
Rd 7Buck Friedman OTChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

2 second team

Second team

  • J.W. FriedmanBAP-2
  • William ArdOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas5–⁠17–⁠318
TCU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠216
Texas A&M3–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Rice1–⁠55–⁠7
Texas1–⁠52–⁠6–⁠1

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