1956 Rice
4–6 (1–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Utah 27–0Nov 3
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs Alabama | W 20–13 | 70% |
| Oct 6 | vs LSU | W 23–14 | 56% |
| Oct 13 | at Florida | L 0–7 | 43% |
| Oct 20 | vs SMU | L 13–14 | 49% |
| Oct 27 | vs Texas | W 28–7 | 61% |
| Nov 3 | vs Utah | W 27–0 | 57% |
| Nov 10 | at Arkansas | L 12–27 | 37% |
| Nov 17 | at 5Texas A&M | L 7–21 | 22% |
| Nov 24 | vs 18TCU | L 17–20 | 41% |
| Dec 1 | at 15Baylor | L 13–46 | 23% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Baylor 46–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 41st-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 1956.
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 1–5 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 160–169
- Coach
- Jess Neely
- Elo
- 1480 +3 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.3 No. 41 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
2 second teamSecond team
King HillBAP-2- Larry WhitmireOTAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1956 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0 | 9–0–1 | 5 |
| TCU | 5–1 | 8–3 | 14 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 9–2 | 11 |
| Arkansas | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Rice | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Texas | 0–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.