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1992 Rice

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Goldsmith.

Schedule and results

Rice in 1992, game by game: lost at Air Force 21–30; lost at Duke 12–17; won vs. Sam Houston 45–14; lost vs. Texas 21–23; won vs. SMU 28–13; lost at No. 5 Texas A&M 9–35; won at TCU 29–12; won vs. Texas Tech 34–3; won vs. Baylor 34–31; won vs. Navy 27–22; lost at Houston 34–61+31−27Lost 21–30 at Air Force-9Air ForceLost 12–17 at Duke-5DukeWon 45–14 vs. Sam Houston+31Sam HoustonLost 21–23 vs. Texas-2TexasWon 28–13 vs. SMU+15SMULost 9–35 at No. 5 Texas A&M-26No. 5 Texas A&MWon 29–12 at TCU+17TCUWon 34–3 vs. Texas Tech+31Texas TechWon 34–31 vs. Baylor+3BaylorWon 27–22 vs. Navy+5NavyLost 34–61 at Houston-27Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atAir ForceL 21–⁠3024%
Sep 19atDukeL 12–⁠1744%
Sep 26vsSam HoustonW 45–⁠1478%
Oct 3vsTexasL 21–⁠2346%
Oct 10vsSMUW 28–⁠1362%
Oct 17at5Texas A&ML 9–⁠3513%
Oct 24atTCUW 29–⁠1244%
Nov 7vsTexas TechW 34–⁠352%
Nov 14vsBaylorW 34–⁠3146%
Nov 21vsNavyW 27–⁠2286%
Nov 28atHoustonL 34–⁠6151%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 61–⁠34; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 39th-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 1992.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
294–⁠261
Coach
Fred Goldsmith
Elo
1480 +42 this season
SP+ rating
-4.9 No. 74 of 105; offense No. 52, defense No. 78
SRS
−2.6 No. 65 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Heimerdinger
Defensive coordinator
Craig Bohl

All-Southwest Conference

8 first team

First team

  • Bert EmanuelQBAP-1
  • Trevor CobbRBAP-1
  • Jimmy LeeWR
  • Billy BaldwinOT
  • Mike AppelbaumOG
  • Matt SignDL
  • Emmett WaldronLB
  • Sean WashingtonSecondary

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠012–⁠17
Baylor4–⁠37–⁠5
Texas4–⁠36–⁠5
Rice4–⁠36–⁠5
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU2–⁠55–⁠6
Houston2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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