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1965 Rice

2–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1965, game by game: won vs. Louisiana Tech 14–0; lost at No. 7 LSU 14–42; lost vs. Duke 21–41; lost vs. SMU 14–17; won at No. 5 Texas 20–17; lost at Texas Tech 0–27; lost vs. No. 2 Arkansas 0–31; lost vs. Texas A&M 13–14; lost at TCU 14–42; lost vs. Baylor 13–17+14−31Won 14–0 vs. Louisiana Tech+14Louisiana TechLost 14–42 at No. 7 LSU-28No. 7 LSULost 21–41 vs. Duke-20DukeLost 14–17 vs. SMU-3SMUWon 20–17 at No. 5 Texas+3No. 5 TexasLost 0–27 at Texas Tech-27Texas TechLost 0–31 vs. No. 2 Arkansas-31No. 2 ArkansasLost 13–14 vs. Texas A&M-1Texas A&MLost 14–42 at TCU-28TCULost 13–17 vs. Baylor-4Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsLouisiana TechW 14–⁠091%
Sep 25at7LSUL 14–⁠4230%
Oct 2vsDukeL 21–⁠4153%
Oct 16vsSMUL 14–⁠1767%
Oct 23at5TexasW 20–⁠1713%
Oct 30atTexas TechL 0–⁠2731%
Nov 6vs2ArkansasL 0–⁠3122%
Nov 13vsTexas A&ML 13–⁠1467%
Nov 20atTCUL 14–⁠4228%
Nov 27vsBaylorL 13–⁠1741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 17–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
123–⁠248
Coach
Jess Neely
Elo
1395 −111 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.6 No. 77 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Jim ViningOTAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠010–⁠13
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠3
TCU5–⁠26–⁠5
Texas3–⁠46–⁠4
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M1–⁠63–⁠7
Rice1–⁠62–⁠8

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