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1975 Rice

2–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Al Conover. Officially 3–⁠8. Mississippi State forfeited to Rice. The season’s Wikipedia article records 2–⁠9, the results on the field.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1975, game by game: won at Houston 24–7; lost vs. Vanderbilt 6–9; lost at LSU 13–16; lost vs. Mississippi State 14–28; won vs. SMU 28–17; lost at No. 8 Texas 9–41; lost at Texas Tech 24–28; lost vs. Arkansas 16–20; lost vs. No. 3 Texas A&M 14–33; lost at TCU 21–28; lost vs. Baylor 7–25+17−32Won 24–7 at Houston+17HoustonLost 6–9 vs. Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltLost 13–16 at LSU-3LSULost 14–28 vs. Mississippi State-14Mississippi Sta…Won 28–17 vs. SMU+11SMULost 9–41 at No. 8 Texas-32No. 8 TexasLost 24–28 at Texas Tech-4Texas TechLost 16–20 vs. Arkansas-4ArkansasLost 14–33 vs. No. 3 Texas A&M-19No. 3 Texas A&MLost 21–28 at TCU-7TCULost 7–25 vs. Baylor-18Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atHoustonW 24–⁠722%
Sep 20vsVanderbiltL 6–⁠952%
Sep 27atLSUL 13–⁠1638%
Oct 11vsMississippi StateL 14–⁠28won by forfeit50%
Oct 18vsSMUW 28–⁠1747%
Oct 25at8TexasL 9–⁠4118%
Nov 1atTexas TechL 24–⁠2833%
Nov 8vsArkansasL 16–⁠2035%
Nov 15vs3Texas A&ML 14–⁠3323%
Nov 22atTCUL 21–⁠2866%
Nov 29vsBaylorL 7–⁠2550%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 25–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1975.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
176–⁠252
Coach
Al Conover
Elo
1371 −78 this season
SP+ rating
-5.7 No. 91 of 132; offense No. 90, defense No. 88
SRS
0.7 No. 64 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 5Rodney Norton LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Larry Brune DBMinnesota Vikings

All-Southwest Conference

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠27
Texas6–⁠110–⁠26
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠211
Texas Tech4–⁠36–⁠5
SMU2–⁠54–⁠7
Baylor2–⁠53–⁠6–⁠2
Rice1–⁠62–⁠9
TCU1–⁠61–⁠10

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