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1946 Rice

9–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1946, game by game: lost vs. LSU 6–7; won vs. Southwestern U 48–0; won at Tulane 25–6; won vs. SMU 21–7; won vs. No. 3 Texas 18–13; won vs. Texas Tech 41–6; lost at Arkansas 0–7; won at Texas A&M 27–10; won vs. TCU 13–0; won vs. Baylor 38–6; won vs. No. 8 Tennessee 8–0+48−7Lost 6–7 vs. LSU-1LSUWon 48–0 vs. Southwestern U+48Southwestern UWon 25–6 at Tulane+19TulaneWon 21–7 vs. SMU+14SMUWon 18–13 vs. No. 3 Texas+5No. 3 TexasWon 41–6 vs. Texas Tech+35Texas TechLost 0–7 at Arkansas-7ArkansasWon 27–10 at Texas A&M+17Texas A&MWon 13–0 vs. TCU+13TCUWon 38–6 vs. Baylor+32BaylorWon 8–0 vs. No. 8 Tennessee+8No. 8 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsLSUL 6–⁠738%
Oct 5vsSouthwestern UW 48–⁠082%
Oct 12atTulaneW 25–⁠644%
Oct 19vsSMUW 21–⁠757%
Oct 26vs3TexasW 18–⁠1330%
Nov 2vsTexas TechW 41–⁠659%
Nov 9atArkansasL 0–⁠754%
Nov 16atTexas A&MW 27–⁠1044%
Nov 23vsTCUW 13–⁠076%
Nov 30vsBaylorW 38–⁠684%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs8TennesseeOrange BowlW 8–⁠038%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 8–⁠0 in the Orange Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16
  2. Wk 3: 16
  3. Wk 4: 8
  4. Wk 5: 5
  5. Wk 6: 14
  6. Wk 7: 12
  7. Wk 8: 13
  8. Final: 10

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 1946.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Arkansas

Consensus All-AmericanWeldon Humble, OG

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 5
Points
245–⁠62
Coach
Jess Neely
Elo
1628 +180 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.0 No. 8 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 4Weldon Humble OGFlorida Seahawks (AAFC)

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Win WilliamsEAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠19–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠16–⁠3–⁠216
Texas4–⁠28–⁠215
Texas A&M3–⁠34–⁠6
SMU2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
TCU2–⁠42–⁠7–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠61–⁠8

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