1945 Rice
5–6 (3–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 9 Texas 7–6Oct 27
Texas was ranked No. 9, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vsCorpus Christi NAS | L 13–26 | 81% |
| Sep 29 | at LSU | L 0–42 | 24% |
| Oct 6 | vsSouthwestern U | L 7–13 | 72% |
| Oct 13 | vs Tulane | W 13–7 | 33% |
| Oct 20 | at SMU | L 18–21 | 38% |
| Oct 27 | at 9Texas | W 7–6 | 13% |
| Nov 3 | vs Texas Tech | W 13–0 | 49% |
| Nov 10 | vs Arkansas | W 26–7 | 53% |
| Nov 17 | vs Texas A&M | W 6–0 | 31% |
| Nov 24 | at TCU | L 13–14 | 39% |
| Dec 1 | vs Baylor | L 14–17 | 55% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Baylor 17–14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 64th-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 1945.
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 3–3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 130–153
- Coach
- Jess Neely
- Elo
- 1421 −1 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.0 No. 37 of 101 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1946
The 1946 draft| Rd 4 | Hamilton Nichols OG | Chicago Cardinals |
| Rd 6 | Ted Scruggs E | Chicago Bears |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Bob NemirB- Nick NicholsonOGAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Huey KeeneyBAP-2; UP-2
- Bruce BradbeerEAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1945 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–1 | 10–1 | 10 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 5–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| TCU | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Rice | 3–3 | 5–6 | |
| Baylor | 2–4 | 5–5–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.