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1963 Rice

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1963, game by game: won vs. LSU 21–12; lost at Penn State 7–28; won vs. Stanford 23–13; won vs. SMU 13–7; lost at No. 1 Texas 6–10; won at Texas Tech 17–3; won vs. Arkansas 7–0; lost vs. Texas A&M 6–13; lost vs. Baylor 12–21; won at TCU 33–7+26−21Won 21–12 vs. LSU+9LSULost 7–28 at Penn State-21Penn StateWon 23–13 vs. Stanford+10StanfordWon 13–7 vs. SMU+6SMULost 6–10 at No. 1 Texas-4No. 1 TexasWon 17–3 at Texas Tech+14Texas TechWon 7–0 vs. Arkansas+7ArkansasLost 6–13 vs. Texas A&M-7Texas A&MLost 12–21 vs. Baylor-9BaylorWon 33–7 at TCU+26TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsLSUW 21–⁠1229%
Oct 5atPenn StateL 7–⁠2822%
Oct 12vsStanfordW 23–⁠1365%
Oct 19vsSMUW 13–⁠767%
Oct 26at1TexasL 6–⁠1019%
Nov 2atTexas TechW 17–⁠356%
Nov 9vsArkansasW 7–⁠044%
Nov 16vsTexas A&ML 6–⁠1378%
Nov 30vsBaylorL 12–⁠2153%
Dec 7atTCUW 33–⁠736%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat TCU 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 27th-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 1963.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
145–⁠114
Coach
Jess Neely
Elo
1546 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.9 No. 20 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 3John Mims OTLos Angeles Rams

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Paul PiperBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Russell WaytBUPI-2
  • Jerry KelleyEAP-2
  • John SylvesterEUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠011–⁠01
Baylor6–⁠18–⁠3
Rice4–⁠36–⁠4
Arkansas3–⁠45–⁠5
TCU2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Texas Tech2–⁠55–⁠5
SMU2–⁠54–⁠7
Texas A&M1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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