Rice–Texas football rivalry

Rice–Texas football rivalry
	Rice Owls Texas Longhorns
First meeting	October 17, 1914; Texas 41, Rice 0
Latest meeting	September 2, 2023; Texas 37, Rice 10
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Meetings total	97
All-time series	Texas leads, 75–21–1
Largest victory	Texas, 59–0 (1915)
Longest win streak	Texas, 28 (1966–1993)
Current win streak	Texas, 16 (1995–present)

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The Rice–Texas football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Rice Owls and Texas Longhorns.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Texas leads the series 75–21–1 through the 2023 season.^[8] The teams were conference rivals for 81 seasons in the Southwest Conference from 1915 through 1995. The Longhorns have largely dominated the series, as Rice has won only twice since 1960. 17 of the 21 Rice wins came between 1930 and 1960, a span over which it enjoyed a slight edge over the Longhorns.

Game results

Rice victories	Texas victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 17, 1914	Austin, TX	Texas	41–0
2	October 16, 1915	Austin, TX	Texas	59–0
3	October 7, 1916	Austin, TX	Texas	16–2
4	October 27, 1917	Austin, TX	Rice	13–0
5	November 16, 1918	Houston, TX	Texas	14–0
6	November 1, 1919	Austin, TX	Texas	32–7
7	October 30, 1920	Houston, TX	Texas	21–0
8	October 29, 1921	Austin, TX	Texas	56–0
9	November 4, 1922	Houston, TX	Texas	29–0
10	November 3, 1923	Austin, TX	Texas	27–0
11	November 1, 1924	Houston, TX	Rice	19–6
12	October 24, 1925	Austin, TX	Texas	27–6
13	October 23, 1926	Houston, TX	Texas	20–0
14	October 22, 1927	Austin, TX	Texas	27–0
15	October 27, 1928	Houston, TX	Texas	13–6
16	October 26, 1929	Austin, TX	Texas	29–0
17	October 25, 1930	Houston, TX	Rice	6–0
18	October 10, 1931	Austin, TX	Rice	7–0
19	October 22, 1932	Houston, TX	Texas	18–6
20	October 28, 1933	Austin, TX	Texas	18–0
21	October 27, 1934	Houston, TX	Rice	20–9
22	October 26, 1935	Austin, TX	Rice	28–19
23	October 24, 1936	Houston, TX	Rice	7–0
24	October 23, 1937	Austin, TX	Rice	14–7
25	October 22, 1938	Houston, TX	Rice	13–6
26	October 28, 1939	Austin, TX	Texas	26–12
27	October 26, 1940	Houston, TX	Rice	13–0
28	October 25, 1941	Austin, TX	#2 Texas	40–0
29	October 24, 1942	Houston, TX	#15 Texas	12–7
30	October 23, 1943	Austin, TX	#16 Texas	58–0
31	October 28, 1944	Houston, TX	Rice	7–0
32	October 27, 1945	Austin, TX	Rice	7–6
33	October 26, 1946	Houston, TX	#16 Rice	18–13
34	October 25, 1947	Austin, TX	#3 Texas	12–0
35	October 23, 1948	Houston, TX	Texas	20–7
36	October 22, 1949	Austin, TX	#9 Rice	17–15
37	October 28, 1950	Houston, TX	#7 Texas	35–7
38	October 27, 1951	Austin, TX	#10 Texas	14–6
39	October 25, 1952	Houston, TX	#20 Texas	20–7
40	October 24, 1953	Austin, TX	Rice	18–13
41	October 23, 1954	Houston, TX	Rice	13–7
42	October 22, 1955	Austin, TX	Texas	32–14
43	October 27, 1956	Houston, TX	Rice	28–7
44	October 26, 1957	Austin, TX	#19 Texas	19–14
45	October 25, 1958	Houston, TX	Rice	34–7
46	October 24, 1959	Austin, TX	#3 Texas	28–6
47	October 22, 1960	Houston, TX	#20 Rice	7–0
48	October 28, 1961	Austin, TX	#3 Texas	34–7
49	October 27, 1962	Houston, TX	Tie	14–14

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
50	October 26, 1963	Austin, TX	#1 Texas	10–6
51	October 24, 1964	Houston, TX	#6 Texas	6–3
52	October 23, 1965	Austin, TX	Rice	20–17
53	October 22, 1966	Houston, TX	Texas	14–6
54	October 28, 1967	Austin, TX	Texas	28–6
55	October 26, 1968	Houston, TX	#13 Texas	38–14
56	October 25, 1969	Austin, TX	#2 Texas	31–0
57	October 24, 1970	Houston, TX	#2 Texas	45–21
58	October 23, 1971	Austin, TX	#16 Texas	39–10
59	October 28, 1972	Houston, TX	#10 Texas	45–9
60	October 27, 1973	Austin, TX	#19 Texas	55–13
61	October 26, 1974	Houston, TX	#13 Texas	27–6
62	October 25, 1975	Austin, TX	#8 Texas	41–9
63	October 2, 1976	Houston, TX	Texas	42–15
64	October 1, 1977	Austin, TX	#8 Texas	72–15
65	September 16, 1978	Houston, TX	#7 Texas	34–0
66	October 6, 1979	Austin, TX	#4 Texas	26–9
67	October 4, 1980	Houston, TX	#5 Texas	41–28
68	September 12, 1981	Austin, TX	#8 Texas	31–3
69	October 2, 1982	Houston, TX	#15 Texas	34–7
70	October 1, 1983	Austin, TX	#2 Texas	42–6
71	October 6, 1984	Houston, TX	#1 Texas	38–13
72	October 5, 1985	Austin, TX	#20 Texas	44–16
73	October 4, 1986	Houston, TX	Texas	17–14
74	October 3, 1987	Austin, TX	Texas	45–26
75	October 1, 1988	Houston, TX	Texas	20–13
76	October 7, 1989	Austin, TX	Texas	31–30
77	October 6, 1990	Houston, TX	Texas	26–10
78	October 5, 1991	Austin, TX	Texas	28–7
79	October 3, 1992	Houston, TX	Texas	23–21
80	October 2, 1993	Austin, TX	Texas	55–38
81	October 16, 1994	Houston, TX	Rice	19–17
82	October 7, 1995	Austin, TX	#20 Texas	37–13
83	September 27, 1997	Houston, TX	Texas	38–31
84	September 26, 1998	Austin, TX	Texas	59–21
85	September 18, 1999	Austin, TX	Texas	18–13
86	September 20, 2003	Houston, TX	#13 Texas	48–7
87	September 25, 2004	Austin, TX	#5 Texas	35–13
88	September 17, 2005	Austin, TX	#2 Texas	51–10
89	September 16, 2006	Houston, TX	#8 Texas	52–7
90	September 22, 2007	Austin, TX	#7 Texas	58–14
91	September 20, 2008	Austin, TX	#7 Texas	52–10
92	September 4, 2010	Houston, TX	#5 Texas	34–17
93	September 3, 2011	Austin, TX	#24 Texas	34–9
94	September 12, 2015	Austin, TX	Texas	42–28
95	September 14, 2019	Houston, TX	#12 Texas	48–13
96	September 18, 2021	Austin, TX	Texas	58–0
97	September 2, 2023	Austin, TX	#11 Texas	37–10
Series: Texas leads 75–21–1^[1]

John F. Kennedy speech

On September 12, 1962, Rice Stadium hosted the speech in which President John F. Kennedy challenged Americans to meet his goal, set the previous year, to send a man to the Moon by the end of the decade. In the speech, he used a reference to the Rice-Texas rivalry to help frame his rhetoric:

But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the Moon! We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.^[9]

The soundbite proved to be rather prescient, as unranked and winless Rice would play undefeated #1 Texas to a 14 to 14 tie just over a month later in Houston. Rice would get their first win since the quote a few seasons later, upsetting #5 Texas in Austin. Following that victory however, Texas would win the next 28 games in the series, which is tied for the ninth-longest streak in NCAA Division I history and tied for the sixth-longest between conference opponents. Rice would finally snap the streak in 1994 with a 19–17 victory. Two seasons later, the Southwest Conference dissolved and the rivals joined separate conferences (Texas to the Big 12 and Rice to the WAC). The teams have played intermittently since 1995, with Texas winning each of the 15 contests as of 2023^[update].

References

^ ^a ^b "Winsipedia – Rice Owls vs. Texas Longhorns football series history". Winsipedia.
^ Bill Durnal (October 16, 1938). "Southwest's Most Bitter Feud Due Saturday in U.T.-Rice Tilt". Austin American-Statesman. p. 10. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. The Texas-Rice rivalry began in 1914 and has continued without interruption.
^ Weldon Hart (October 21, 1941). "Rice-Texas Rivalry Soon to Celebrate 12th Real Birthday, and It's No Genteel Ivy-Clad Business". Austin American-Statesman. p. P11. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. It remains that Texas-Rice rivalry. In its adult status as reached in 1930, has been full of sound and fury, signifying a genuine grudge
^ "More Fuel Heaped on Blaze of Rice-Texas Grid Rivalry". Austin American-Statesman. October 20, 1938. p. 17. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. The Rice-Texas series has been one of bitter rivalry since the Owls rose up and bumped off the great '30 Texas team that later won the championship. They repeated in '31 to add fuel to the fire.
^ Bill Parker (October 26, 1935). "El Paso Times from el Paso, Texas on October 26, 1935 · 10". El Paso Times. Associated Press. p. 10. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Blistering rivalry exists between these two teams. Rice must win to retain a chance at the Conference bunting.
^ "More Fuel Heaped on Blaze of Rice-Texas Grid Rivalry". Austin American-Statesman. October 16, 1938. p. 17. Retrieved July 31, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "When Rice beat Texas: Oct.16, 1994". Houston Chronicle. September 11, 2015. After 28 consecutive losses to the Longhorns, and with their long rivalry taking its final steps toward extinction, the Owls pushed the Longhorns around for all the world – or at least all of it wired into ESPN – to see.
^ "Winsipedia – Texas Longhorns vs. Rice Owls football series history". Winsipedia.
^ "John F. Kennedy Moon Speech – Rice Stadium". NASA. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

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[series-1] "Winsipedia – Rice Owls vs. Texas Longhorns football series history". Winsipedia.

[2] Bill Durnal (October 16, 1938). "Southwest's Most Bitter Feud Due Saturday in U.T.-Rice Tilt". Austin American-Statesman. p. 10. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. The Texas-Rice rivalry began in 1914 and has continued without interruption.

[3] Weldon Hart (October 21, 1941). "Rice-Texas Rivalry Soon to Celebrate 12th Real Birthday, and It's No Genteel Ivy-Clad Business". Austin American-Statesman. p. P11. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. It remains that Texas-Rice rivalry. In its adult status as reached in 1930, has been full of sound and fury, signifying a genuine grudge

[4] "More Fuel Heaped on Blaze of Rice-Texas Grid Rivalry". Austin American-Statesman. October 20, 1938. p. 17. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. The Rice-Texas series has been one of bitter rivalry since the Owls rose up and bumped off the great '30 Texas team that later won the championship. They repeated in '31 to add fuel to the fire.

[5] Bill Parker (October 26, 1935). "El Paso Times from el Paso, Texas on October 26, 1935 · 10". El Paso Times. Associated Press. p. 10. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Blistering rivalry exists between these two teams. Rice must win to retain a chance at the Conference bunting.

[6] "More Fuel Heaped on Blaze of Rice-Texas Grid Rivalry". Austin American-Statesman. October 16, 1938. p. 17. Retrieved July 31, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] "When Rice beat Texas: Oct.16, 1994". Houston Chronicle. September 11, 2015. After 28 consecutive losses to the Longhorns, and with their long rivalry taking its final steps toward extinction, the Owls pushed the Longhorns around for all the world – or at least all of it wired into ESPN – to see.

[8] "Winsipedia – Texas Longhorns vs. Rice Owls football series history". Winsipedia.

[transcript-9] "John F. Kennedy Moon Speech – Rice Stadium". NASA. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

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