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1947 Rice

6–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1947, game by game: lost at LSU 14–21; tied at USC 7–7; won vs. Tulane 33–0; lost at SMU 0–14; lost at No. 3 Texas 0–12; won vs. Texas Tech 40–7; won vs. Arkansas 26–0; won vs. Texas A&M 41–7; won at TCU 7–0; won vs. Baylor 34–6+34−14Lost 14–21 at LSU-7LSUTied 7–7 at USC0USCWon 33–0 vs. Tulane+33TulaneLost 0–14 at SMU-14SMULost 0–12 at No. 3 Texas-12No. 3 TexasWon 40–7 vs. Texas Tech+33Texas TechWon 26–0 vs. Arkansas+26ArkansasWon 41–7 vs. Texas A&M+34Texas A&MWon 7–0 at TCU+7TCUWon 34–6 vs. Baylor+28Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atLSUL 14–⁠2139%
Oct 4atUSCT 7–⁠742%
Oct 11vsTulaneW 33–⁠075%
Oct 18atSMUL 0–⁠1444%
Oct 25at3TexasL 0–⁠1223%
Nov 1vsTexas TechW 40–⁠762%
Nov 8vsArkansasW 26–⁠066%
Nov 15vsTexas A&MW 41–⁠773%
Nov 22atTCUW 7–⁠054%
Nov 29vsBaylorW 34–⁠680%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Baylor 34–⁠6; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 7: 20
  4. Wk 8: 18
  5. Wk 9: 17
  6. Final: 18

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 1947.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 15
Points
202–⁠74
Coach
Jess Neely
Elo
1649 +64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
23.8 No. 4 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠23
Texas5–⁠110–⁠15
Rice4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠118
TCU2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Arkansas1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas A&M1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠55–⁠5

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