1964 Rice
4–5–1 (3–3–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat TCU 31–0Nov 21
By 31 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs LSU | L 0–3 | 47% |
| Oct 3 | vs West Virginia | W 24–0 | 59% |
| Oct 10 | at Stanford | L 7–34 | 59% |
| Oct 17 | at SMU | W 7–6 | 54% |
| Oct 24 | vs 6Texas | L 3–6 | 28% |
| Oct 31 | vs Texas Tech | T 6–6 | 58% |
| Nov 7 | at 4Arkansas | L 0–21 | 23% |
| Nov 14 | vs Texas A&M | W 19–8 | 69% |
| Nov 21 | vs TCU | W 31–0 | 64% |
| Nov 28 | at Baylor | L 20–27 | 41% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Baylor 27–20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 33rd-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 1964.
- Record
- 4–5–1
- Conference
- 3–3–1 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 117–111
- Coach
- Jess Neely
- Elo
- 1509 −21 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.2 No. 35 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1965
The 1965 draft| Rd 2 | Malcolm Walker LB | Dallas Cowboys |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Malcolm WalkerCUPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1964 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 7–0 | 11–0 | 2 |
| Texas | 6–1 | 10–1 | 5 |
| Baylor | 4–3 | 5–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 3–3–1 | 6–4–1 | |
| Rice | 3–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
| SMU | 0–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.