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Rivalry History

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.

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Series snapshot

Record
41-49-1
Current streak
SMU 1 game
Longest streak
SMU 10 games (1977-1986)
Avg. margin / points
-1.2 / 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.

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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

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Nov 4, 2023SMU at RiceRice 31, SMU 36Venue unavailableSMU
Nov 17, 2012SMU at RiceRice 36, SMU 14Venue unavailableRice
Nov 26, 2011Rice at SMURice 24, SMU 27Venue unavailableSMU
Oct 2, 2010SMU at RiceRice 31, SMU 42Venue unavailableSMU
Nov 7, 2009Rice at SMURice 28, SMU 31Venue unavailableSMU
Aug 30, 2008SMU at RiceRice 56, SMU 27Venue unavailableRice
Nov 10, 2007Rice at SMURice 43, SMU 42Venue unavailableRice
Nov 25, 2006SMU at RiceRice 31, SMU 27Venue unavailableRice
Nov 5, 2005Rice at SMURice 7, SMU 27Venue unavailableSMU
Oct 10, 2004SMU at RiceRice 44, SMU 10Venue unavailableRice