1977 Rice
1–10 (0–8 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Rice. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Idaho 31–10Sep 10
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs Idaho | W 31–10 | 58% |
| Sep 17 | vs 19Florida | L 3–48 | 37% |
| Sep 24 | at LSU | L 0–77 | 26% |
| Oct 1 | at 8Texas | L 15–72 | 17% |
| Oct 8 | vs TCU | L 15–35 | 69% |
| Oct 15 | at 15Texas Tech | L 7–42 | 10% |
| Oct 22 | vs 12Texas A&M | L 14–28 | 12% |
| Oct 29 | vs 8Arkansas | L 7–30 | 18% |
| Nov 5 | at SMU | L 24–41 | 22% |
| Nov 12 | at Baylor | L 14–24 | 17% |
| Nov 26 | vs Houston | L 21–51 | 18% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Houston 51–21; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).
- Record
- 1–10
- Conference
- 0–8 9th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 151–458
- Coach
- Homer Rice
- Elo
- 1265 −131 this season
- SP+ rating
- -24.4 No. 135 of 140; offense No. 82, defense No. 138
- SRS
- −15.5 No. 125 of 145 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
2 second teamSecond team
David HouserWRUPI-2- Joe BevillLBUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1977 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8–0 | 11–1 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 7–1 | 11–1 | 3 |
| Texas A&M | 6–2 | 8–4 | |
| Texas Tech | 4–4 | 7–5 | |
| Houston | 4–4 | 6–5 | |
| Baylor | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| SMU | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| TCU | 1–7 | 2–9 | |
| Rice | 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.