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Northwestern vs Rice Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthwestern3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWORice4 recorded wins
7Recorded meetings
1967Earliest documented
2011Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

7 games
  1. 1967
    Northwestern6 — 50Rice
    Oct 14, 1967Rice won
  2. 1990
    Northwestern14 — 31Rice
    Sep 22, 1990Rice won
  3. 1991
    Northwestern7 — 36Rice
    Sep 14, 1991Rice won
  4. 1997
    Northwestern34 — 40Rice
    Sep 20, 1997Rice won
  5. 1998
    Northwestern23 — 14Rice
    Sep 19, 1998Northwestern won
  6. 2010
    Northwestern30 — 13Rice
    Sep 18, 2010Northwestern wonRice Stadium
  7. 2011
    Northwestern28 — 6Rice
    Nov 12, 2011Northwestern wonRyan Field
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2011Northwestern vs Rice28–6Northwestern won
2010Northwestern vs Rice30–13Northwestern won
1998Northwestern vs Rice23–14Northwestern won
1997Northwestern vs Rice34–40Rice won
1991Northwestern vs Rice7–36Rice won
1990Northwestern vs Rice14–31Rice won
1967Northwestern vs Rice6–50Rice 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.