1966 Rice
2–8 (1–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Jess Neely. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat TCU 21–10Nov 19
By 11 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs LSU | W 17–15 | 32% |
| Oct 1 | at 10Tennessee | L 3–23 | 20% |
| Oct 8 | vs 2UCLA | L 24–27 | 28% |
| Oct 15 | at SMU | L 24–28 | 32% |
| Oct 22 | vs Texas | L 6–14 | 38% |
| Oct 29 | vs Texas Tech | L 19–35 | 53% |
| Nov 5 | at 8Arkansas | L 20–31 | 10% |
| Nov 12 | vs Texas A&M | L 6–7 | 45% |
| Nov 19 | vs TCU | W 21–10 | 43% |
| Nov 26 | at Baylor | L 14–21 | 25% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Baylor 21–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).
- Record
- 2–8
- Conference
- 1–6 8th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 154–211
- Coach
- Jess Neely
- Elo
- 1381 −48 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 6.2 No. 39 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
3 first teamFirst team
Lester LehmanFBAP- Jim SwansonOGUPI
- Chuck LatouretteSAP; UPI
From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1966 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | 6–1 | 8–3 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 5–2 | 8–2 | |
| Texas | 5–2 | 7–4 | |
| Texas A&M | 4–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| TCU | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Rice | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.