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1993 Rice

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

Schedule and results

Rice in 1993, game by game: lost at No. 18 Ohio State 7–34; won vs. Tulane 34–0; won vs. Sam Houston 14–13; won vs. Iowa State 49–21; lost at Texas 38–55; won vs. TCU 34–19; lost at Texas Tech 16–45; lost vs. No. 11 Texas A&M 10–38; won at SMU 31–24; lost at Baylor 14–38; won vs. Houston 37–7+34−29Lost 7–34 at No. 18 Ohio State-27No. 18 Ohio StateWon 34–0 vs. Tulane+34TulaneWon 14–13 vs. Sam Houston+1Sam HoustonWon 49–21 vs. Iowa State+28Iowa StateLost 38–55 at Texas-17TexasWon 34–19 vs. TCU+15TCULost 16–45 at Texas Tech-29Texas TechLost 10–38 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M-28No. 11 Texas A&MWon 31–24 at SMU+7SMULost 14–38 at Baylor-24BaylorWon 37–7 vs. Houston+30Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at18Ohio StateL 7–⁠3427%
Sep 11vsTulaneW 34–⁠074%
Sep 18vsSam HoustonW 14–⁠1384%
Sep 25vsIowa StateW 49–⁠2165%
Oct 2atTexasL 38–⁠5545%
Oct 9vsTCUW 34–⁠1973%
Oct 16atTexas TechL 16–⁠4549%
Oct 23vs11Texas A&ML 10–⁠3826%
Nov 6atSMUW 31–⁠2453%
Nov 13atBaylorL 14–⁠3843%
Nov 26vsHoustonW 37–⁠770%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Houston 37–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 46th-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 1993.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
284–⁠294
Coach
Fred Goldsmith
Elo
1463 −24 this season
SP+ rating
-5.7 No. 70 of 105; offense No. 48, defense No. 81
SRS
−1.0 No. 57 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Heimerdinger
Defensive coordinator
Craig Bohl

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 2Bert Emanuel WRAtlanta Falcons

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Yoncy EdmondsRBAP-1
  • Nathan BennettDBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠010–⁠29
Texas5–⁠25–⁠5–⁠1
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠6
Rice3–⁠46–⁠5
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
SMU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Houston1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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