The Rice Owls were 7-3 in 1961. They fell to the Kansas Jayhawks, 33 to 7, in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 10 | 176 | 2,379 | 577 | 4.1 | 1,566 | 441 | 3.6 | 813 | 136 | 6.0 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 39th | 71st | 76th | 63rd | 60th | 54th | 61st | 62nd | 75th | 56th | |||||||||
Opponent | 10 | 125 | 2,648 | 3.9 | 1,580 | 484 | 3.3 | 1,068 | 196 | 5.4 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 77th | 67th | 33rd | 58th | 87th | 35th | 87th | 100th | 32nd | ||||||||||
Net | +51 | -269 | +577 | +0.2 | -14 | -43 | +0.3 | -255 | -60 | +0.5 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 38th | 73rd | 76th | 53rd | 60th | 74th | 45th | 88th | 99th | 46th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |