1980 Rice
5–6 (4–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Ray Alborn. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Houston 35–7Nov 29
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | at Clemson | L 3–19 | 14% |
| Sep 20 | at Tulane | L 14–35 | 21% |
| Sep 27 | vs LSU | W 17–7 | 26% |
| Oct 4 | vs 5Texas | L 28–41 | 19% |
| Oct 11 | at TCU | W 28–24 | 42% |
| Oct 18 | vs Texas Tech | L 3–10 | 45% |
| Oct 25 | at Texas A&M | W 10–6 | 24% |
| Nov 1 | at Arkansas | W 17–16 | 14% |
| Nov 8 | vs 18SMU | L 14–34 | 27% |
| Nov 15 | vs 12Baylor | L 6–16 | 20% |
| Nov 29 | at Houston | W 35–7 | 13% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Houston 35–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 4–4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 175–215
- Coach
- Ray Alborn
- Elo
- 1449 +98 this season
- SP+ rating
- 0.4 No. 68 of 133; offense No. 94, defense No. 46
- SRS
- 4.4 No. 52 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Robert HubbleTECoaches-1- Robert WilliamsonLBCoaches-1
From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1980 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 8–0 | 10–2 | 14 |
| SMU | 5–3 | 8–4 | 20 |
| Houston | 5–3 | 7–5 | |
| Texas | 4–4 | 7–5 | |
| Rice | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Arkansas | 3–5 | 7–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| TCU | 1–7 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.