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1950 Rice

6–⁠4 (2–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1950, game by game: won vs. Santa Clara 27–7; won vs. LSU 35–20; won at Pittsburgh 14–7; lost vs. No. 3 SMU 21–42; lost vs. No. 7 Texas 7–35; won vs. Texas Tech 13–7; won at Arkansas 9–6; won at No. 12 Texas A&M 21–13; lost vs. TCU 14–26; lost at Baylor 7–33+20−28Won 27–7 vs. Santa Clara+20Santa ClaraWon 35–20 vs. LSU+15LSUWon 14–7 at Pittsburgh+7PittsburghLost 21–42 vs. No. 3 SMU-21No. 3 SMULost 7–35 vs. No. 7 Texas-28No. 7 TexasWon 13–7 vs. Texas Tech+6Texas TechWon 9–6 at Arkansas+3ArkansasWon 21–13 at No. 12 Texas A&M+8No. 12 Texas A&MLost 14–26 vs. TCU-12TCULost 7–33 at Baylor-26Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsSanta ClaraW 27–⁠769%
Oct 7vsLSUW 35–⁠2070%
Oct 14atPittsburghW 14–⁠769%
Oct 21vs3SMUL 21–⁠4262%
Oct 28vs7TexasL 7–⁠3558%
Nov 4vsTexas TechW 13–⁠777%
Nov 11atArkansasW 9–⁠665%
Nov 18at12Texas A&MW 21–⁠1351%
Nov 25vsTCUL 14–⁠2679%
Dec 2atBaylorL 7–⁠3342%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 15
  2. Wk 4: 15

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 1950.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
168–⁠196
Coach
Jess Neely
Elo
1586 −69 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.9 No. 39 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 4Paul Giroski OTWashington Redskins

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠09–⁠23
Baylor4–⁠27–⁠3
Texas A&M3–⁠37–⁠4
TCU3–⁠35–⁠5
Rice2–⁠46–⁠4
SMU2–⁠46–⁠4
Arkansas1–⁠52–⁠8

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