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1986 Rice

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Jerry Berndt.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1986, game by game: won vs. Lamar 28–14; lost vs. SMU 3–45; lost vs. Texas State 6–31; lost vs. Texas 14–17; won at TCU 37–31; lost vs. Texas Tech 21–49; lost at No. 10 Texas A&M 10–45; lost at No. 13 Arkansas 14–45; lost vs. No. 18 Baylor 17–23; won vs. Air Force 21–17; won at Houston 14–13+14−42Won 28–14 vs. Lamar+14LamarLost 3–45 vs. SMU-42SMULost 6–31 vs. Texas State-25Texas StateLost 14–17 vs. Texas-3TexasWon 37–31 at TCU+6TCULost 21–49 vs. Texas Tech-28Texas TechLost 10–45 at No. 10 Texas A&M-35No. 10 Texas A&MLost 14–45 at No. 13 Arkansas-31No. 13 ArkansasLost 17–23 vs. No. 18 Baylor-6No. 18 BaylorWon 21–17 vs. Air Force+4Air ForceWon 14–13 at Houston+1Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsLamarW 28–⁠1469%
Sep 13vsSMUL 3–⁠4530%
Sep 20vsTexas StateL 6–⁠3169%
Oct 4vsTexasL 14–⁠1729%
Oct 11atTCUW 37–⁠3127%
Oct 18vsTexas TechL 21–⁠4937%
Oct 25at10Texas A&ML 10–⁠459%
Nov 1at13ArkansasL 14–⁠459%
Nov 15vs18BaylorL 17–⁠2316%
Nov 22vsAir ForceW 21–⁠1718%
Nov 29atHoustonW 14–⁠1339%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Houston 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
185–⁠330
Coach
Jerry Berndt
Elo
1338 −32 this season
SP+ rating
-14.5 No. 88 of 101; offense No. 72, defense No. 87
SRS
−12.9 No. 89 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference

3 second team

Second team

  • Kenny MajorTEAP-2
  • Dwain TurnerDLAP-2
  • Steve KiddSecondaryAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠19–⁠313
Baylor6–⁠29–⁠312
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠315
Texas Tech5–⁠37–⁠5
SMU5–⁠36–⁠5
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
TCU1–⁠73–⁠8
Houston0–⁠81–⁠10

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