1982 Rice
0–11 (0–8 Southwest Conference), coached by Ray Alborn. Share
Schedule and results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs Louisiana | L 14–21 | 65% |
| Sep 18 | at Tulane | L 6–30 | 32% |
| Sep 25 | at LSU | L 13–52 | 32% |
| Oct 2 | vs 15Texas | L 7–34 | 21% |
| Oct 9 | at TCU | L 16–24 | 37% |
| Oct 16 | vs Texas Tech | L 21–23 | 46% |
| Oct 23 | at Texas A&M | L 7–49 | 21% |
| Oct 30 | at 5Arkansas | L 6–24 | 8% |
| Nov 6 | vs 2SMU | L 14–41 | 10% |
| Nov 13 | vs Baylor | L 13–35 | 34% |
| Nov 27 | at Houston | L 21–28 | 15% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Houston 28–21; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).
- Record
- 0–11
- Conference
- 0–8 9th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 138–361
- Coach
- Ray Alborn
- Elo
- 1288 −158 this season
- SP+ rating
- -18.9 No. 105 of 109; offense No. 90, defense No. 100
- SRS
- −16.3 No. 101 of 113 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Deron MillerTEAP-1
Second team
- Clenzie PiersonDLAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1982 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | 7–0–1 | 11–0–1 | 2 |
| Texas | 7–1 | 9–3 | 17 |
| Arkansas | 5–2–1 | 9–2–1 | 9 |
| Houston | 4–3–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–4–1 | 4–6–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Texas Tech | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| TCU | 2–6 | 3–8 | |
| Rice | 0–8 | 0–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.