1994 Rice
5–6 (4–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Ken Hatfield. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 12 Texas 19–17Oct 16
Texas was ranked No. 12, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs Tulane | L 13–15 | 77% |
| Sep 17 | at Kansas State | L 18–27 | 26% |
| Sep 24 | at Iowa State | W 28–18 | 54% |
| Oct 8 | vs Texas Tech | W 24–21 | 50% |
| Oct 16 | vs 12Texas | W 19–17 | 40% |
| Oct 22 | at 6Texas A&M | L 0–7 | 16% |
| Oct 29 | at TCU | L 25–27 | 45% |
| Nov 5 | vs SMU | W 17–10 | 75% |
| Nov 12 | vs Baylor | L 14–19 | 51% |
| Nov 19 | at Navy | L 17–29 | 66% |
| Nov 26 | at Houston | W 31–13 | 66% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Houston 31–13; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.
In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).
Southwest Conference champions4–3 in the conference, shared with Baylor, TCU, Texas and Texas Tech
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 4–3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 206–203
- Coach
- Ken Hatfield
- Elo
- 1453 −22 this season
- SP+ rating
- -5.6 No. 78 of 106; offense No. 94, defense No. 33
- SRS
- −3.0 No. 68 of 107 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- David Lee
- Defensive coordinator
- Wally Ake
- Offense
- Flexbone
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Chris CooleyOLAP-1
Second team
- N.D. KaluLBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1994 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0–1 | 10–0–1 | 8 |
| Texas | 4–3 | 8–4 | 25 |
| Baylor | 4–3 | 7–5 | |
| TCU | 4–3 | 7–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 4–3 | 6–6 | |
| Rice | 4–3 | 5–6 | |
| Houston | 1–6 | 1–10 | |
| SMU | 0–6–1 | 1–9–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.