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1988 Rice

0–⁠11 (0–⁠7 Southwest Conference), coached by Jerry Berndt.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1988, game by game: lost vs. Indiana 14–41; lost at Louisiana 16–41; lost vs. Texas 13–20; lost at TCU 10–21; lost vs. Texas Tech 36–38; lost at Texas A&M 10–24; lost at No. 11 Arkansas 14–21; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 11–54; lost vs. Baylor 10–20; lost vs. North Texas 17–33; lost at No. 14 Houston 14–45+7−43Lost 14–41 vs. Indiana-27IndianaLost 16–41 at Louisiana-25LouisianaLost 13–20 vs. Texas-7TexasLost 10–21 at TCU-11TCULost 36–38 vs. Texas Tech-2Texas TechLost 10–24 at Texas A&M-14Texas A&MLost 14–21 at No. 11 Arkansas-7No. 11 ArkansasLost 11–54 at No. 1 Notre Dame-43No. 1 Notre DameLost 10–20 vs. Baylor-10BaylorLost 17–33 vs. North Texas-16North TexasLost 14–45 at No. 14 Houston-31No. 14 Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsIndianaL 14–⁠4132%
Sep 24atLouisianaL 16–⁠4121%
Oct 1vsTexasL 13–⁠2030%
Oct 8atTCUL 10–⁠2120%
Oct 15vsTexas TechL 36–⁠3834%
Oct 22atTexas A&ML 10–⁠249%
Oct 29at11ArkansasL 14–⁠217%
Nov 5at1Notre DameL 11–⁠545%
Nov 12vsBaylorL 10–⁠2031%
Nov 19vsNorth TexasL 17–⁠3349%
Nov 26at14HoustonL 14–⁠457%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 45–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

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

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1988.

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠358
Coach
Jerry Berndt
Elo
1239 −115 this season
SP+ rating
-10.6 No. 79 of 102; offense No. 73, defense No. 77
SRS
−8.8 No. 79 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Ron Chismar

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2Courtney Hall CSan Diego Chargers

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike BoudousquieWRUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠010–⁠212
Texas A&M6–⁠17–⁠5
Houston5–⁠29–⁠318
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
Baylor2–⁠56–⁠5
Texas2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠11

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