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1984 Rice

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Southwest Conference), coached by Watson Brown.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1984, game by game: lost at Minnesota 24–31; won vs. Lamar 36–19; lost at No. 16 Miami 3–38; lost vs. No. 1 Texas 13–38; lost at TCU 24–45; lost vs. Texas Tech 10–30; lost at Texas A&M 14–38; lost at Arkansas 6–28; lost vs. No. 17 SMU 17–31; lost vs. Baylor 40–46; lost at Houston 26–38+17−35Lost 24–31 at Minnesota-7MinnesotaWon 36–19 vs. Lamar+17LamarLost 3–38 at No. 16 Miami-35No. 16 MiamiLost 13–38 vs. No. 1 Texas-25No. 1 TexasLost 24–45 at TCU-21TCULost 10–30 vs. Texas Tech-20Texas TechLost 14–38 at Texas A&M-24Texas A&MLost 6–28 at Arkansas-22ArkansasLost 17–31 vs. No. 17 SMU-14No. 17 SMULost 40–46 vs. Baylor-6BaylorLost 26–38 at Houston-12Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atMinnesotaL 24–⁠3139%
Sep 22vsLamarW 36–⁠1959%
Sep 29at16MiamiL 3–⁠3811%
Oct 6vs1TexasL 13–⁠3812%
Oct 13atTCUL 24–⁠4524%
Oct 20vsTexas TechL 10–⁠3038%
Oct 27atTexas A&ML 14–⁠3820%
Nov 3atArkansasL 6–⁠2810%
Nov 10vs17SMUL 17–⁠3114%
Nov 17vsBaylorL 40–⁠4627%
Dec 1atHoustonL 26–⁠3811%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 38–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 111th-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
213–⁠382
Coach
Watson Brown
Elo
1246 −80 this season
SP+ rating
-20.1 No. 101 of 106; offense No. 72, defense No. 105
SRS
−14.4 No. 96 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dick Hopkins

1984 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU6–⁠210–⁠28
Houston6–⁠27–⁠5
TCU5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor4–⁠45–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠56–⁠5
Texas Tech2–⁠64–⁠7
Rice0–⁠81–⁠10

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