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1967 Rice

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Bo Hagan.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1967, game by game: lost at LSU 14–20; won vs. Navy 21–7; won vs. Northwestern 50–6; won vs. SMU 14–10; lost at Texas 6–28; lost at Texas Tech 10–24; lost vs. Arkansas 9–23; lost vs. Texas A&M 3–18; lost at TCU 10–14; won vs. Baylor 27–25+44−22Lost 14–20 at LSU-6LSUWon 21–7 vs. Navy+14NavyWon 50–6 vs. Northwestern+44NorthwesternWon 14–10 vs. SMU+4SMULost 6–28 at Texas-22TexasLost 10–24 at Texas Tech-14Texas TechLost 9–23 vs. Arkansas-14ArkansasLost 3–18 vs. Texas A&M-15Texas A&MLost 10–14 at TCU-4TCUWon 27–25 vs. Baylor+2Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atLSUL 14–⁠2025%
Sep 30vsNavyW 21–⁠744%
Oct 14vsNorthwesternW 50–⁠654%
Oct 21vsSMUW 14–⁠1058%
Oct 28atTexasL 6–⁠2825%
Nov 4atTexas TechL 10–⁠2439%
Nov 11vsArkansasL 9–⁠2344%
Nov 18vsTexas A&ML 3–⁠1842%
Nov 25atTCUL 10–⁠1434%
Dec 2vsBaylorW 27–⁠2560%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Baylor 27–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
164–⁠175
Coach
Bo Hagan
Elo
1408 −13 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.0 No. 52 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team

First team

  • Leland WinstonOTAP-1
  • Jay CollinsDEAP-1
  • Hugo HollasDefensive halfbacksAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠17–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠4
Texas4–⁠36–⁠4
TCU4–⁠34–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
SMU3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠54–⁠6
Baylor0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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