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1959 Rice

1–⁠7–⁠2 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1959, game by game: lost at No. 1 LSU 3–26; lost at Duke 7–24; tied vs. No. 17 Florida 13–13; tied vs. No. 15 SMU 13–13; lost at No. 3 Texas 6–28; lost vs. No. 12 Clemson 0–19; lost vs. No. 16 Arkansas 10–14; won vs. Texas A&M 7–2; lost at No. 10 TCU 6–35; lost vs. Baylor 21–23+7−29Lost 3–26 at No. 1 LSU-23No. 1 LSULost 7–24 at Duke-17DukeTied 13–13 vs. No. 17 Florida0No. 17 FloridaTied 13–13 vs. No. 15 SMU0No. 15 SMULost 6–28 at No. 3 Texas-22No. 3 TexasLost 0–19 vs. No. 12 Clemson-19No. 12 ClemsonLost 10–14 vs. No. 16 Arkansas-4No. 16 ArkansasWon 7–2 vs. Texas A&M+5Texas A&MLost 6–35 at No. 10 TCU-29No. 10 TCULost 21–23 vs. Baylor-2Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19at1LSUL 3–⁠2627%
Oct 3atDukeL 7–⁠2443%
Oct 10vs17FloridaT 13–⁠1342%
Oct 17vs15SMUT 13–⁠1343%
Oct 24at3TexasL 6–⁠2825%
Oct 31vs12ClemsonL 0–⁠1938%
Nov 7vs16ArkansasL 10–⁠1440%
Nov 14vsTexas A&MW 7–⁠256%
Nov 21at10TCUL 6–⁠3517%
Nov 28vsBaylorL 21–⁠2358%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 23–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-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 1959.

Record
1–⁠7–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
86–⁠197
Coach
Jess Neely
Elo
1443 −94 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.1 No. 58 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Rufus KingOGAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Boyd KingCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas5–⁠19–⁠29
Texas5–⁠19–⁠24
TCU5–⁠18–⁠37
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor2–⁠44–⁠6
Rice1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Texas A&M0–⁠63–⁠7

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