1990 Rice
5–6 (3–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Goldsmith. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas Tech 42–21Oct 20
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs Wake Forest | W 33–17 | 52% |
| Sep 8 | vs Tulane | L 10–21 | 60% |
| Sep 22 | vs Northwestern | W 31–14 | 65% |
| Sep 29 | at 13Houston | L 22–24 | 13% |
| Oct 6 | vs Texas | L 10–26 | 44% |
| Oct 13 | at TCU | L 28–38 | 21% |
| Oct 20 | vs Texas Tech | W 42–21 | 33% |
| Oct 27 | at Texas A&M | L 15–41 | 17% |
| Nov 3 | at Arkansas | W 19–11 | 27% |
| Nov 10 | vs SMU | W 30–28 | 74% |
| Nov 17 | vs Baylor | L 16–17 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Baylor 17–16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The tied 60th-best 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 1990.
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 3–5 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 256–258
- Coach
- Fred Goldsmith
- Elo
- 1428 +49 this season
- SP+ rating
- -3.1 No. 65 of 104; offense No. 63, defense No. 60
- SRS
- 0.1 No. 52 of 107 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Mike Heimerdinger
- Defensive coordinator
- Craig Bohl
Drafted in 1991
The 1991 draft| Rd 4 | Donald Hollas QB | Cincinnati Bengals |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 4 second teamFirst team
O.J. BriganceLBAP-1
Second team
- Trevor CobbRBAP-2
- Richard SeginaOLAP-2
- Trey TeichelmanOLUPI-2
- Clint ParsonsKUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1990 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8–0 | 10–2 | 12 |
| Houston | 7–1 | 10–1 | 10 |
| Texas A&M | 5–2–1 | 9–3–1 | 15 |
| Baylor | 5–2–1 | 6–4–1 | |
| TCU | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Rice | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Texas Tech | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| Arkansas | 1–7 | 3–8 | |
| SMU | 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.