Rice beat LSU in 1961 or 1962/

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Rice is a dish best served cold

Rice used to have a great team when they were coached by Jess Neely. They were always a tough game for the tigers back then.

I don't remember but they used to play every year and there were a few close games. Is Rice the one that Carlos Carson had 5 or 6 td catches? Gotta look that one up. Love to have that passing game now, lol.

I was at the 1980 game...definitely a low moment, but if I recall Rice also beat Arkansas that year too..

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Is Rice the one that Carlos Carson had 5 or 6 td catches? Gotta look that one up. Love to have that passing game now, lol.

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4 of those TD passes to Carson came from none other than one Steve Ensminger. I shite you not.

Rice beat LSU 16-3 in the first game of the 1961 season. The game was in Houston. That 1961 LSU team went on to win 10 straight games and beat Colorado in the Orange Bowl. Rice also tied LSU 6-6 in 1962 and beat the Tigers 21-12 in 1963. Rice was a good team under Coach Jess Neely during that period. I didn’t see the 1961 game in Houston but I did see the tie game in 1962 that was in Tiger Stadium. The Tigers have won the last 5 games with Rice by decisive scores and lead the series with 37 wins to 13 losses and 5 ties.

I listened to the 1961 game on WWL when Rice beat LSU in the first game of the season - then went on to win the rest of the regular season games and destroyed the Big7 champ, Colorado, in the Orange Bowl.

Tiger fans were very optimistic going into the 1962 season - ranked #5 in the AP preseason poll. I was a junior for the 62 season and watched in disbelief as Rice tied us in Tiger Stadium.

Ironically, Rice also tied Texas that season (the only regular season blemish on Texas's record that season).

LSU finished the season ranked #7 and beat #4 Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

I was at the game in Houston in 1974 when Charlie Mac opted to kick a late field goal to tie them 10-10. 75% of the people there were Tiger fans and left the stadium bitching about McClendon. I was a student at LSU in 1980 when they beat Jerry Stoval's team in Houston in a driving rainstorm. That was the year we couldn't even accomplish the snap from center. Rice actually had pretty good teams back in the Southwestern Conference days.

Rice last beat LSU in 1980.