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1991 Rice

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Goldsmith.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1991, game by game: won at Northwestern 36–7; won at Tulane 28–19; lost vs. Iowa State 27–28; lost at Texas 7–28; won at No. 8 Baylor 20–17; lost vs. TCU 28–39; lost at Texas Tech 20–40; lost vs. No. 12 Texas A&M 21–38; won at SMU 31–10; lost vs. Houston 21–41; lost at Arkansas 0–20+29−21Won 36–7 at Northwestern+29NorthwesternWon 28–19 at Tulane+9TulaneLost 27–28 vs. Iowa State-1Iowa StateLost 7–28 at Texas-21TexasWon 20–17 at No. 8 Baylor+3No. 8 BaylorLost 28–39 vs. TCU-11TCULost 20–40 at Texas Tech-20Texas TechLost 21–38 vs. No. 12 Texas A&M-17No. 12 Texas A&MWon 31–10 at SMU+21SMULost 21–41 vs. Houston-20HoustonLost 0–20 at Arkansas-20Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atNorthwesternW 36–⁠756%
Sep 21atTulaneW 28–⁠1956%
Sep 28vsIowa StateL 27–⁠2867%
Oct 5atTexasL 7–⁠2832%
Oct 12at8BaylorW 20–⁠1722%
Oct 19vsTCUL 28–⁠3953%
Oct 26atTexas TechL 20–⁠4044%
Nov 2vs12Texas A&ML 21–⁠3823%
Nov 9atSMUW 31–⁠1063%
Nov 16vsHoustonL 21–⁠4142%
Nov 23atArkansasL 0–⁠2037%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 70th-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 1991.

Doak Walker AwardTrevor Cobb, RB

Consensus All-AmericanTrevor Cobb, RB

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
239–⁠287
Coach
Fred Goldsmith
Elo
1407 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-9.7 No. 80 of 104; offense No. 62, defense No. 80
SRS
−4.3 No. 65 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Heimerdinger
Defensive coordinator
Craig Bohl

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Matt SignDLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M8–⁠010–⁠212
Baylor5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠4
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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