It Happened Against Rice

Series: Stanford trails, 1-3 (.250)
At Stanford: Tied, 1-1 (.500)
At Rice: Stanford trails, 0-2 (.000)
Neutral: Tied, 0-0
First meeting: 1957 at Rice - Stanford 7, Rice 34
Last meeting: 1964 at Stanford - Stanford 34, Rice 7
Last Stanford win: 1964 at Stanford - Stanford 34, Rice 7
Last Rice win: 1963 at Rice - Stanford 13, Rice 23
Longest Stanford win streak: 1 (1964)
Longest Rice win streak: 3 (1957-63)
Largest Stanford victory: 34-7 (1964 at Stanford)
Largest Rice victory: 34-7 (1957 at Rice)
Series streak: Stanford - W1 
• This will be the first time Stanford plays Rice since 1964, when the two teams met at Stanford Stadium.

• Saturday marks the first time since 2001 that Stanford ends the season against a team other than a conference opponent or Notre Dame. The 2001 finale at San Jose State was moved to the end of the season due to 9/11. The last time Stanford had a scheduled game to end the year against a non-Notre Dame nonconference opponent was in 1972, when Stanford played at Hawaii.
 
• The last time Stanford played a non-Notre Dame nonconference regular-season finale at home against a college opponent was Nov. 26, 1938, when Tiny Thornhill's Stanford team beat Dartmouth, 23-13, to cap a 3-6 season. 
 
• The Rice game, originally to be played on Sept. 10, was pushed back to allow the teams to finish the regular seasons on Thanksgiving weekend -- in line with most major-college programs -- and to create a bye in Stanford's schedule. Otherwise, the Cardinal would have played 12 consecutive weeks.

• This will mark the first time the Owls have closed a season out of conference since 1944 when they defeated Southwestern, and the first time they have done so on the road.
 
Last Matchup Against Rice - Oct. 10, 1964
• Stanford came into the matchup as the underdog but decisively beat the Owls, 34-7.
 
• The game was tied 7-7 at halftime before Stanford took complete control, going on to blank Rice in the second half while scoring 27 unanswered points.
 
• Jack Chappie had a pick-six to break the tie and Jake Lodato had another interception which led to a field goal to make the score 17-7.
 
• Guy Rounsaville intercepted two passes -- one a pick-six -- and Roger Clay also had an interception, which resulted in a field goal for Stanford's final score of the game.
 
It Happened Against Rice
1957 - Stanford struggled on both sides of the ball during a 34-7 setback in Houston. The Cardinal went into halftime down, 21-0, due to a porous defense that gave up 12 first downs and 347 total yards in the first half. Stanford managed to score one touchdown in the second half and Chuck Shea led the Cardinal in rushing with 47 yards. 
 
1958 - Quarterback Dick Norman completed 17 of 25 passes -- and each of his first nine attempts -- as Stanford fell to Rice, 30-7.
 
1963 - The Cardinal led 13-6 at halftime but failed to generate any offense in the second half and fell, 23-13.
 
1964 - Stanford got its first win against Rice despite three first-half fumbles, one of which set up the only Owl touchdown. The Cardinal recorded four interceptions and did not concede a touchdown to Rice in the second half.