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Rice-SMU
Rice and SMU have met 91 times since 1916. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 41-49-1
- Current streak
- SMU 1 game
- Longest streak
- SMU 10 games (1977-1986)
- Avg. margin / points
- 15.7 / 39.2
Series overview
Rice 41-49-1 SMU. Current streak: SMU 1 game.
Last five meetings
Rice 1 | SMU 4
Largest margin
143 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1916 through 2023.
- 91 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Nov 4, 2023.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Rice and SMU have a tracked series that starts in 1916 and spans 91 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Mayor's Cup gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Historical or inactive series
- Years
- 1916-2023
- Busiest era
- 1930s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 10 years (2012-2023)
- 1930s10 games
- 1940s10 games
- 1950s10 games
- 1960s10 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
3 featured games
Latest meeting
2023 - Nov 4, 2023
Rice 31, SMU 36. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
1959 - Oct 17, 1959
Rice 13, SMU 13. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
1916 - Nov 17, 1916
Rice 146, SMU 3. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Rice 1, SMU 4 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Rice 5, SMU 5 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Balanced scoring profile; average total 39.2, average margin 15.7.
- Current streak
- SMU 1 game
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Dean Connors
Rice, 2023
Rushing Yards: 771
JT Daniels
Rice, 2023
Passing Yards: 2443
Luke McCaffrey
Rice, 2023
Receiving Yards: 992
Jake Bailey
SMU, 2023
Receiving Yards: 528
Jaylan Knighton
SMU, 2023
Rushing Yards: 745
Preston Stone
SMU, 2023
Passing Yards: 3197
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
David Bailiff
Rice - 2009-2012 - 17-32
June Jones
SMU - 2009-2012 - 30-23
Mike Bloomgren
Rice - 2023 - 6-7
Rhett Lashlee
SMU - 2023 - 11-3
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 72F, 1 windy.
Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.
Rice team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
SMU team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Rice season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
SMU season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Rice weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
SMU weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2023 | SMU at Rice | Rice 31, SMU 36 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Nov 17, 2012 | SMU at Rice | Rice 36, SMU 14 | Venue unavailable | Rice |
| Nov 26, 2011 | Rice at SMU | Rice 24, SMU 27 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Oct 2, 2010 | SMU at Rice | Rice 31, SMU 42 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Nov 7, 2009 | Rice at SMU | Rice 28, SMU 31 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Aug 30, 2008 | SMU at Rice | Rice 56, SMU 27 | Venue unavailable | Rice |
| Nov 10, 2007 | Rice at SMU | Rice 43, SMU 42 | Venue unavailable | Rice |
| Nov 25, 2006 | SMU at Rice | Rice 31, SMU 27 | Venue unavailable | Rice |
| Nov 5, 2005 | Rice at SMU | Rice 7, SMU 27 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Oct 10, 2004 | SMU at Rice | Rice 44, SMU 10 | Venue unavailable | Rice |
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