SMU RICE FOOTBALL HISTORY

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FROM WIKI

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See also: Battle for the Mayor's Cup

Rice and SMU have been in the same conference with each other since the 1910s and have played each other 87 times as of 2009 with SMU leading the series 46-40-1. The rivalry is due to the fact that Rice and SMU were two of four private schools in the old Southwest Conference. Both were the two smallest schools in the conference, were located in the two largest cities of any teams in the conference and have historically been considered the two best private universities in Texas.