1970 Rice
5–5 (3–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Bo Hagan. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat VMI 42–0Sep 19
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs VMI | W 42–0 | 70% |
| Sep 26 | at LSU | L 0–24 | 20% |
| Oct 3 | vs California | W 28–0 | 44% |
| Oct 17 | at SMU | L 0–10 | 39% |
| Oct 24 | vs 2Texas | L 21–45 | 18% |
| Oct 31 | vs Texas Tech | L 0–3 | 40% |
| Nov 7 | at 7Arkansas | L 14–38 | 13% |
| Nov 14 | at Texas A&M | W 18–17 | 45% |
| Nov 21 | vs TCU | W 17–15 | 52% |
| Nov 28 | at Baylor | W 28–23 | 57% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Baylor 28–23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The tied 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 3–4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 168–175
- Coach
- Bo Hagan
- Elo
- 1436 +35 this season
- SP+ rating
- 2.5 No. 57 of 117; offense No. 80, defense No. 26
- SRS
- 8.3 No. 40 of 123 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1971
The 1971 draft| Rd 7 | Brownie Wheless OT | Detroit Lions |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Roger RoitschMGAP-1- Bucky AllhouseDBAP-1
Second team
- Mike TylerDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1970 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7–0 | 10–1 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 6–1 | 9–2 | 11 |
| Texas Tech | 5–2 | 8–4 | |
| Rice | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
| SMU | 3–4 | 5–6 | |
| TCU | 3–4 | 4–6–1 | |
| Baylor | 1–6 | 2–9 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–7 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.