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Rice vs SMU Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Rice and SMU.

PROGRAM ONERice41 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD41–49–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOSMU49 recorded wins
91Recorded meetings
1916Earliest documented
2023Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

91 games
  1. 1916
    Rice146 — 3SMU
    Nov 17, 1916Rice won
  2. 1918
    Rice13 — 0SMU
    Nov 30, 1918Rice won
  3. 1919
    Rice21 — 14SMU
    Nov 8, 1919Rice won
  4. 1920
    Rice10 — 0SMU
    Nov 6, 1920Rice won
  5. 1921
    Rice7 — 0SMU
    Nov 5, 1921Rice won
  6. 1926
    Rice0 — 20SMU
    Nov 6, 1926SMU won
  7. 1927
    Rice6 — 34SMU
    Oct 14, 1927SMU won
  8. 1928
    Rice13 — 53SMU
    Oct 20, 1928SMU won
  9. 1929
    Rice0 — 34SMU
    Nov 23, 1929SMU won
  10. 1930
    Rice0 — 32SMU
    Nov 22, 1930SMU won
  11. 1931
    Rice12 — 21SMU
    Oct 17, 1931SMU won
  12. 1932
    Rice13 — 0SMU
    Oct 8, 1932Rice won
  13. 1933
    Rice7 — 13SMU
    Oct 14, 1933SMU won
  14. 1934
    Rice9 — 0SMU
    Oct 13, 1934Rice won
  15. 1935
    Rice0 — 10SMU
    Oct 19, 1935SMU won
  16. 1936
    Rice0 — 9SMU
    Dec 5, 1936SMU won
  17. 1937
    Rice15 — 7SMU
    Dec 4, 1937Rice won
  18. 1938
    Rice25 — 14SMU
    Dec 3, 1938Rice won
  19. 1939
    Rice6 — 13SMU
    Dec 9, 1939SMU won
  20. 1940
    Rice6 — 7SMU
    Dec 7, 1940SMU won
  21. 1941
    Rice6 — 0SMU
    Dec 6, 1941Rice won
  22. 1942
    Rice13 — 7SMU
    Dec 5, 1942Rice won
  23. 1943
    Rice0 — 12SMU
    Oct 16, 1943SMU won
  24. 1944
    Rice21 — 10SMU
    Oct 21, 1944Rice won
  25. 1945
    Rice18 — 21SMU
    Oct 20, 1945SMU won
  26. 1946
    Rice21 — 7SMU
    Oct 19, 1946Rice won
  27. 1947
    Rice0 — 14SMU
    Oct 18, 1947SMU won
  28. 1948
    Rice7 — 33SMU
    Oct 16, 1948SMU won
  29. 1949
    Rice41 — 27SMU
    Oct 15, 1949Rice won
  30. 1950
    Rice21 — 42SMU
    Oct 21, 1950SMU won
  31. 1951
    Rice28 — 7SMU
    Oct 20, 1951Rice won
  32. 1952
    Rice14 — 21SMU
    Oct 18, 1952SMU won
  33. 1953
    Rice7 — 12SMU
    Oct 17, 1953SMU won
  34. 1954
    Rice6 — 20SMU
    Oct 16, 1954SMU won
  35. 1955
    Rice0 — 20SMU
    Oct 15, 1955SMU won
  36. 1956
    Rice13 — 14SMU
    Oct 20, 1956SMU won
  37. 1957
    Rice27 — 21SMU
    Oct 19, 1957Rice won
  38. 1958
    Rice13 — 7SMU
    Oct 18, 1958Rice won
  39. 1959
    Rice13 — 13SMU
    Oct 17, 1959Tie
  40. 1960
    Rice47 — 0SMU
    Oct 15, 1960Rice won
  41. 1961
    Rice10 — 0SMU
    Oct 21, 1961Rice won
  42. 1962
    Rice7 — 15SMU
    Oct 20, 1962SMU won
  43. 1963
    Rice13 — 7SMU
    Oct 19, 1963Rice won
  44. 1964
    Rice7 — 6SMU
    Oct 17, 1964Rice won
  45. 1965
    Rice14 — 17SMU
    Oct 16, 1965SMU won
  46. 1966
    Rice24 — 28SMU
    Oct 15, 1966SMU won
  47. 1967
    Rice14 — 10SMU
    Oct 21, 1967Rice won
  48. 1968
    Rice24 — 32SMU
    Oct 19, 1968SMU won
  49. 1969
    Rice14 — 34SMU
    Oct 18, 1969SMU won
  50. 1970
    Rice0 — 10SMU
    Oct 17, 1970SMU won
  51. 1971
    Rice10 — 16SMU
    Oct 16, 1971SMU won
  52. 1972
    Rice14 — 29SMU
    Oct 21, 1972SMU won
  53. 1973
    Rice16 — 27SMU
    Oct 20, 1973SMU won
  54. 1974
    Rice14 — 19SMU
    Oct 19, 1974SMU won
  55. 1975
    Rice28 — 17SMU
    Oct 18, 1975Rice won
  56. 1976
    Rice41 — 34SMU
    Nov 6, 1976Rice won
  57. 1977
    Rice24 — 41SMU
    Nov 5, 1977SMU won
  58. 1978
    Rice0 — 58SMU
    Nov 11, 1978SMU won
  59. 1979
    Rice17 — 35SMU
    Sep 8, 1979SMU won
  60. 1980
    Rice14 — 34SMU
    Nov 8, 1980SMU won
  61. 1981
    Rice12 — 33SMU
    Nov 7, 1981SMU won
  62. 1982
    Rice14 — 41SMU
    Nov 6, 1982SMU won
  63. 1983
    Rice6 — 20SMU
    Nov 5, 1983SMU won
  64. 1984
    Rice17 — 31SMU
    Nov 10, 1984SMU won
  65. 1985
    Rice15 — 40SMU
    Nov 9, 1985SMU won
  66. 1986
    Rice3 — 45SMU
    Sep 13, 1986SMU won
  67. 1989
    Rice35 — 6SMU
    Sep 2, 1989Rice won
  68. 1990
    Rice30 — 28SMU
    Nov 10, 1990Rice won
  69. 1991
    Rice31 — 10SMU
    Nov 9, 1991Rice won
  70. 1992
    Rice28 — 13SMU
    Oct 10, 1992Rice won
  71. 1993
    Rice31 — 24SMU
    Nov 6, 1993Rice won
  72. 1994
    Rice17 — 10SMU
    Nov 5, 1994Rice won
  73. 1995
    Rice34 — 24SMU
    Oct 28, 1995Rice won
  74. 1996
    Rice35 — 17SMU
    Oct 19, 1996Rice won
  75. 1997
    Rice6 — 24SMU
    Nov 1, 1997SMU won
  76. 1998
    Rice23 — 17SMU
    Sep 5, 1998Rice won
  77. 1999
    Rice2 — 27SMU
    Oct 30, 1999SMU won
  78. 2000
    Rice43 — 14SMU
    Nov 4, 2000Rice won
  79. 2001
    Rice20 — 37SMU
    Nov 24, 2001SMU wonGerald J. Ford Stadium
  80. 2002
    Rice27 — 15SMU
    Oct 26, 2002Rice wonRice Stadium
  81. 2003
    Rice41 — 20SMU
    Nov 15, 2003Rice wonGerald J. Ford Stadium
  82. 2004
    Rice44 — 10SMU
    Oct 10, 2004Rice wonRice Stadium
  83. 2005
    Rice7 — 27SMU
    Nov 5, 2005SMU wonGerald J. Ford Stadium
  84. 2006
    Rice31 — 27SMU
    Nov 25, 2006Rice wonRice Stadium
  85. 2007
    Rice43 — 42SMU
    Nov 10, 2007Rice wonGerald J. Ford Stadium
  86. 2008
    Rice56 — 27SMU
    Aug 30, 2008Rice wonRice Stadium
  87. 2009
    Rice28 — 31SMU
    Nov 7, 2009SMU wonGerald J. Ford Stadium
  88. 2010
    Rice31 — 42SMU
    Oct 2, 2010SMU wonRice Stadium
  89. 2011
    Rice24 — 27SMU
    Nov 26, 2011SMU wonGerald J. Ford Stadium
  90. 2012
    Rice36 — 14SMU
    Nov 17, 2012Rice wonRice Stadium
  91. 2023
    Rice31 — 36SMU
    Nov 4, 2023SMU wonRice Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Rice vs SMU31–36SMU won
2012Rice vs SMU36–14Rice won
2011Rice vs SMU24–27SMU won
2010Rice vs SMU31–42SMU won
2009Rice vs SMU28–31SMU won
2008Rice vs SMU56–27Rice won
2007Rice vs SMU43–42Rice won
2006Rice vs SMU31–27Rice won
2005Rice vs SMU7–27SMU won
2004Rice vs SMU44–10Rice won
2003Rice vs SMU41–20Rice won
2002Rice vs SMU27–15Rice won
2001Rice vs SMU20–37SMU won
2000Rice vs SMU43–14Rice won
1999Rice vs SMU2–27SMU won
1998Rice vs SMU23–17Rice won
1997Rice vs SMU6–24SMU won
1996Rice vs SMU35–17Rice won
1995Rice vs SMU34–24Rice won
1994Rice vs SMU17–10Rice won
1993Rice vs SMU31–24Rice won
1992Rice vs SMU28–13Rice won
1991Rice vs SMU31–10Rice won
1990Rice vs SMU30–28Rice won
1989Rice vs SMU35–6Rice won
1986Rice vs SMU3–45SMU won
1985Rice vs SMU15–40SMU won
1984Rice vs SMU17–31SMU won
1983Rice vs SMU6–20SMU won
1982Rice vs SMU14–41SMU won
1981Rice vs SMU12–33SMU won
1980Rice vs SMU14–34SMU won
1979Rice vs SMU17–35SMU won
1978Rice vs SMU0–58SMU won
1977Rice vs SMU24–41SMU won
1976Rice vs SMU41–34Rice won
1975Rice vs SMU28–17Rice won
1974Rice vs SMU14–19SMU won
1973Rice vs SMU16–27SMU won
1972Rice vs SMU14–29SMU won
1971Rice vs SMU10–16SMU won
1970Rice vs SMU0–10SMU won
1969Rice vs SMU14–34SMU won
1968Rice vs SMU24–32SMU won
1967Rice vs SMU14–10Rice won
1966Rice vs SMU24–28SMU won
1965Rice vs SMU14–17SMU won
1964Rice vs SMU7–6Rice won
1963Rice vs SMU13–7Rice won
1962Rice vs SMU7–15SMU won
1961Rice vs SMU10–0Rice won
1960Rice vs SMU47–0Rice won
1959Rice vs SMU13–13Tie
1958Rice vs SMU13–7Rice won
1957Rice vs SMU27–21Rice won
1956Rice vs SMU13–14SMU won
1955Rice vs SMU0–20SMU won
1954Rice vs SMU6–20SMU won
1953Rice vs SMU7–12SMU won
1952Rice vs SMU14–21SMU won
1951Rice vs SMU28–7Rice won
1950Rice vs SMU21–42SMU won
1949Rice vs SMU41–27Rice won
1948Rice vs SMU7–33SMU won
1947Rice vs SMU0–14SMU won
1946Rice vs SMU21–7Rice won
1945Rice vs SMU18–21SMU won
1944Rice vs SMU21–10Rice won
1943Rice vs SMU0–12SMU won
1942Rice vs SMU13–7Rice won
1941Rice vs SMU6–0Rice won
1940Rice vs SMU6–7SMU won
1939Rice vs SMU6–13SMU won
1938Rice vs SMU25–14Rice won
1937Rice vs SMU15–7Rice won
1936Rice vs SMU0–9SMU won
1935Rice vs SMU0–10SMU won
1934Rice vs SMU9–0Rice won
1933Rice vs SMU7–13SMU won
1932Rice vs SMU13–0Rice won
1931Rice vs SMU12–21SMU won
1930Rice vs SMU0–32SMU won
1929Rice vs SMU0–34SMU won
1928Rice vs SMU13–53SMU won
1927Rice vs SMU6–34SMU won
1926Rice vs SMU0–20SMU won
1921Rice vs SMU7–0Rice won
1920Rice vs SMU10–0Rice won
1919Rice vs SMU21–14Rice won
1918Rice vs SMU13–0Rice won
1916Rice vs SMU146–3Rice won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.