CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

1969 Rice

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Bo Hagan.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1969, game by game: won vs. VMI 55–0; lost vs. LSU 0–42; lost at California 21–31; lost vs. SMU 14–34; lost at No. 2 Texas 0–31; lost at Texas Tech 14–24; lost vs. No. 4 Arkansas 6–30; won vs. Texas A&M 7–6; lost at TCU 17–21; won vs. Baylor 34–6+55−42Won 55–0 vs. VMI+55VMILost 0–42 vs. LSU-42LSULost 21–31 at California-10CaliforniaLost 14–34 vs. SMU-20SMULost 0–31 at No. 2 Texas-31No. 2 TexasLost 14–24 at Texas Tech-10Texas TechLost 6–30 vs. No. 4 Arkansas-24No. 4 ArkansasWon 7–6 vs. Texas A&M+1Texas A&MLost 17–21 at TCU-4TCUWon 34–6 vs. Baylor+28Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsVMIW 55–⁠058%
Sep 27vsLSUL 0–⁠4230%
Oct 4atCaliforniaL 21–⁠3122%
Oct 18vsSMUL 14–⁠3437%
Oct 25at2TexasL 0–⁠318%
Nov 1atTexas TechL 14–⁠2423%
Nov 8vs4ArkansasL 6–⁠3015%
Nov 15vsTexas A&MW 7–⁠634%
Nov 22atTCUL 17–⁠2125%
Nov 29vsBaylorW 34–⁠663%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Baylor 34–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
168–⁠225
Coach
Bo Hagan
Elo
1350 −17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.0 No. 60 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Roger RoitschDTUPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠011–⁠01
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠27
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠5
TCU4–⁠34–⁠6
SMU3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠53–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠70–⁠10

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