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Baylor–Rice football rivalry
Baylor Bears
Rice Owls
First meetingNovember 20, 1914
Rice, 14–13
Latest meetingSeptember 21, 2019
Baylor, 21–13
Next meetingTBD
TrophyNone
Statistics
Meetings total82
All-time seriesBaylor leads 50–30–2
Largest victoryBaylor, 70–17 (2015)
Longest win streakBaylor, 9 (1993–present)
Current win streakBaylor, 9 (1993–present)
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The Baylor–Rice football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Baylor Bears and Rice Owls.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

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The schools both reside 183 miles from each other within the U.S. state of Texas.[6] From 1915 to 1995, the teams were members of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and met on an annual basis from 1924 to 1995 with the exception of 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.[7][8][9] From 1924 to 1975, the game was played exclusively on either the fourth weekend in November or the first weekend in December as the regular season finale for both teams, except for 1963 when Baylor's scheduled game against SMU and Rice's scheduled game against TCU were moved back two weeks from November 23 due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22.[9] After the Southwest Conference added Houston as a full-time member in 1976,[10][11] the annual game between the Bears and Owls was moved to the middle of November where it was played through 1995, with the exception of 1991 when the game was played in mid-October.[12]

After the breakup of the SWC following the 1995 season,[13] Baylor was among the four SWC schools invited to join the new Big 12 Conference while Rice was left out.[14][15] This brought an end to the annual rivalry between the Bears and Owls, but the teams have faced off intermittently since that time, most recently in 2019.[16] The 2016 meeting between the schools was notable for a controversial halftime performance of the Marching Owl Band, who formed a Roman numeral IX in a mocking reference to Title IX and the Baylor University sexual assault scandal.[17][18] The Rice University administration apologized the next day for the gesture.[19][20] However, as of May 2025, there are no plans for the teams to meet again on the football field.[citation needed]

Game results

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Baylor victoriesRice victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 November 20, 1914 Houston, TX Rice 14–13
2 October 8, 1915 Houston, TX Baylor 26–0
3 October 11, 1919 Waco, TX Rice 8–0
4 October 9, 1920 Houston, TX Rice 28–0
5 October 8, 1921 Waco, TX Baylor 17–14
6 October 14, 1922 Houston, TX Baylor 31–0
7 November 27, 1924 Houston, TX Baylor 17–9
8 November 26, 1925 Houston, TX Tie7–7
9 November 25, 1926 Houston, TX Baylor 9–7
10 November 24, 1927 Houston, TX Rice 19–12
11 November 29, 1928 Houston, TX Baylor 25–14
12 November 30, 1929 Houston, TX Baylor 19–0
13 November 29, 1930 Waco, TX Baylor 7–4
14 November 28, 1931 Houston, TX Rice 20–0
15 November 26, 1932 Houston, TX Rice 12–0
16 December 2, 1933 Waco, TX Baylor 7–6
17 December 1, 1934 Waco, TX Rice 32–0
18 November 30, 1935 Houston, TX Baylor 8–0
19 November 28, 1936 Houston, TX Baylor 10–7
20 November 27, 1937 Houston, TX Rice 13–7
21 November 26, 1938 Houston, TX Baylor 21–6
22 December 2, 1939 Houston, TX Baylor 10–7
23 November 30, 1940 Houston, TX Rice 21–12
24 November 29, 1941 Houston, TX Rice 28–14
25 November 28, 1942 Waco, TX Rice 20–0
26 December 1, 1945 Houston, TX Baylor 17–14
27 November 30, 1946 Houston, TX Rice 38–6
28 November 29, 1947 Houston, TX Rice 34–6
29 November 27, 1948 Waco, TX Tie7–7
30 November 26, 1949 Houston, TX Rice 21–7
31 December 2, 1950 Waco, TX Baylor 33–7
32 December 1, 1951 Houston, TX Baylor 34–14
33 November 29, 1952 Waco, TX Rice 20–14
34 November 28, 1953 Houston, TX Rice 41–19
35 November 27, 1954 Waco, TX Rice 20–14
36 November 26, 1955 Houston, TX Baylor 15–7
37 December 1, 1956 Waco, TX Baylor 46–13
38 November 30, 1957 Houston, TX Rice 20–0
39 November 29, 1958 Waco, TX Rice 33–21
40 November 28, 1959 Houston, TX Baylor 23–21
41 November 26, 1960 Waco, TX Baylor 12–7
42 December 2, 1961 Houston, TX Rice 26–14
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
43 December 1, 1962 Waco, TX Baylor 28–15
44 November 30, 1963 Houston, TX Baylor 21–12
45 November 28, 1964 Waco, TX Baylor 27–20
46 November 27, 1965 Houston, TX Baylor 17–13
47 November 26, 1966 Waco, TX Baylor 21–14
48 December 2, 1967 Houston, TX Rice 27–25
49 November 30, 1968 Waco, TX Baylor 16–7
50 November 29, 1969 Houston, TX Rice 34–6
51 November 28, 1970 Waco, TX Rice 28–23
52 November 27, 1971 Houston, TX Rice 23–0
53 December 2, 1972 Waco, TX Baylor 28–14
54 December 1, 1973 Houston, TX Rice 27–0
55 November 30, 1974 Waco, TX Baylor 24–3
56 November 29, 1975 Houston, TX Baylor 25–7
57 November 13, 1976 Houston, TX Baylor 28–6
58 November 12, 1977 Waco, TX Baylor 24–14
59 November 18, 1978 Houston, TX Rice 24–10
60 November 17, 1979 Waco, TX Baylor 45–14
61 November 15, 1980 Houston, TX Baylor 16–6
62 November 14, 1981 Waco, TX Rice 17–14
63 November 13, 1982 Houston, TX Baylor 35–13
64 November 12, 1983 Waco, TX Baylor 48–14
65 November 17, 1984 Houston, TX Baylor 46–40
66 November 16, 1985 Waco, TX Baylor 34–10
67 November 15, 1986 Houston, TX Baylor 23–17
68 November 14, 1987 Waco, TX Baylor 34–31
69 November 12, 1988 Houston, TX Baylor 20–10
70 November 18, 1989 Waco, TX Rice 6–3
71 November 17, 1990 Houston, TX Baylor 17–16
72 October 12, 1991 Waco, TX Rice 20–17
73 November 14, 1992 Houston, TX Rice 34–31
74 November 13, 1993 Waco, TX Baylor 38–14
75 November 12, 1994 Houston, TX Baylor 19–14
76 November 18, 1995 Waco, TX Baylor 34–6
77 September 8, 2007 Waco, TX Baylor 42–17
78 September 25, 2010 Houston, TX Baylor 30–13
79 September 24, 2011 Waco, TX Baylor 56–31
80 September 26, 2015 Waco, TX Baylor 70–17
81 September 16, 2016 Houston, TX Baylor 38–10
82 September 21, 2019 Houston, TX Baylor 21–13
Series: Baylor leads 50–30–2

Game results sources:[21][22][23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Baylor gets history lesson before playing old SWC rival Rice". The Seattle Times. September 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Bears Renew Old SWC Rivalry With Rice". Baylor.
  3. ^ "Baylor Set to Renew Southwest Conference Rivalry With Rice". September 17, 2019 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Baylor and Rice renew old rivalry".
  5. ^ "John Werner's College Predictions: Baylor-Rice brings back SWC memories". 23 September 2011.
  6. ^ "5 things Baylor fans need to know about Rice, including the status of its starting QB and a historic stadium". Dallas News. September 18, 2019.
  7. ^ "A Look Back at the Southwest Conference". Texas Almanac.
  8. ^ "The History and Legacy of the Southwest Conference". Texas State Historical Association.
  9. ^ a b "Winsipedia - Baylor Bears vs. Rice Owls football series history games list". Winsipedia.
  10. ^ "An Inauspicious Start". Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
  11. ^ Leland, Starns (November 3, 2023). "SWC Rewind: Cougars took massive first step in Waco in 1976". The Cougar.
  12. ^ "Owls and Baylor Meet for 82nd Time". Rice University Athletics.
  13. ^ "'I don't wish either of them well': The demise of the Southwest Conference, 25 years later". ESPN.com. December 2, 2020.
  14. ^ Fertak, Auston. "The Break-Up of the Southwest Conference" (PDF). Houston History. Vol. 10, no. 3.
  15. ^ "'Everybody's looking for TV sets': The oral history of the formation of the Big 12 Conference". SI. August 16, 2016.
  16. ^ "Baylor 21-13 Rice (Sep 21, 2019) Game Recap". ESPN.
  17. ^ "Rice marching band forms 'IX' at half vs. Baylor". ESPN.com. September 17, 2016.
  18. ^ "Rice band mocks Baylor during halftime show". KABB. September 17, 2016.
  19. ^ "Rice University statement on MOB performance". news2.rice.edu.
  20. ^ Payne, Marissa; Bieler, Des (September 20, 2016). "Rice apologizes for band mocking Baylor's sexual assault scandal in halftime show". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  21. ^ "Football History vs Rice University". Baylor.
  22. ^ "Rice University Athletics Football History vs Baylor University". Rice University Athletics.
  23. ^ "mcubed.net : NCAA Football : Series Records : Baylor vs. Rice". mcubed.net.
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