1944 Rice
5–6 (2–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Galveston Field 57–0Sep 23
By 57 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vsGalveston Field | W 57–0 | 86% |
| Sep 30 | vsRandolph Field | L 0–59 | 81% |
| Oct 7 | vs LSU | W 14–13 | 35% |
| Oct 14 | at Tulane | L 0–21 | 30% |
| Oct 21 | vs SMU | W 21–10 | 51% |
| Oct 28 | vs Texas | W 7–0 | 31% |
| Nov 4 | vs Texas Tech | L 7–13 | 63% |
| Nov 11 | at Arkansas | L 7–12 | 47% |
| Nov 18 | vs Texas A&M | L 6–19 | 32% |
| Nov 25 | vs TCU | L 6–9 | 38% |
| Dec 2 | vsSouthwestern U | W 18–7 | 70% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Southwestern U 18–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 79th-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 1944.
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 2–3 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 143–163
- Coach
- Jess Neely
- Elo
- 1383 −72 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −4.6 No. 59 of 95 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
George WalmsleyBAP-1- H.J. NicholsOGAP-1
Second team
- Bill ScruggsBAP-2
- Harold TateCAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1944 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 3–1–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Texas | 3–2 | 5–4 | |
| Arkansas | 2–2–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–3 | 7–4 | |
| SMU | 2–3 | 5–5 | |
| Rice | 2–3 | 5–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.