1968 Rice

0–⁠9–⁠1 (0–⁠7 Southwest Conference), coached by Bo Hagan.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1968, game by game: tied at Washington 35–35; lost vs. No. 14 LSU 7–21; lost vs. No. 15 Tennessee 0–52; lost at SMU 24–32; lost vs. No. 13 Texas 14–38; lost vs. Texas Tech 15–38; lost at No. 14 Arkansas 21–46; lost at Texas A&M 14–24; lost vs. TCU 14–24; lost at Baylor 7–16+7−52Tied 35–35 at Washington0WashingtonLost 7–21 vs. No. 14 LSU-14No. 14 LSULost 0–52 vs. No. 15 Tennessee-52No. 15 TennesseeLost 24–32 at SMU-8SMULost 14–38 vs. No. 13 Texas-24No. 13 TexasLost 15–38 vs. Texas Tech-23Texas TechLost 21–46 at No. 14 Arkansas-25No. 14 ArkansasLost 14–24 at Texas A&M-10Texas A&MLost 14–24 vs. TCU-10TCULost 7–16 at Baylor-9Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atWashingtonT 35–⁠3531%
Sep 28vs14LSUL 7–⁠2134%
Oct 5vs15TennesseeL 0–⁠5227%
Oct 19atSMUL 24–⁠3225%
Oct 26vs13TexasL 14–⁠3828%
Nov 2vsTexas TechL 15–⁠3837%
Nov 9at14ArkansasL 21–⁠4614%
Nov 16atTexas A&ML 14–⁠2421%
Nov 23vsTCUL 14–⁠2448%
Nov 30atBaylorL 7–⁠1633%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 16–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 103rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
0–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠326
Coach
Bo Hagan
Elo
1301 −137 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.6 No. 74 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Leland WinstonOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠16
Texas6–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
SMU5–⁠28–⁠314
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠3–⁠2
Baylor3–⁠43–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
TCU2–⁠53–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠9–⁠1

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