Matchup Index

Rice Owls vs Texas State Bobcats

Rice Owls 2
Texas State Bobcats leads 4-2
wins
1920 to 2025
Texas State Bobcats have won 2 straight
Texas State Bobcats 4

Series timeline

▲ Rice Owls ahead (peak +1) ▼ Texas State Bobcats ahead (peak +2)
1920: Rice Owls 48-01923: Texas State Bobcats 19-61986: Texas State Bobcats 31-61987: Rice Owls 38-282023: Texas State Bobcats 45-21 (postseason)2025: Texas State Bobcats 41-10 (postseason)

Rice Owls Texas State Bobcats Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Rice Owls 1 (1920), Texas State Bobcats 2 (1923–1986). Current: Texas State Bobcats 2.

Splits

SplitRice Owls record
Regular season2-2
Postseason0-2
Hosted by Rice Owls2-2
Hosted by Texas State Bobcats0-1
Neutral site0-1
Last 6 seasons (1920 to 2025)2-4
Largest Rice Owls win48-0 (1920)
Largest Texas State Bobcats win41-10 (2025)

Postseason meetings

SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025Jan 2, 2026Texas State Bobcats 41-10 Neutral site Bowls
2023Dec 26, 2023Texas State Bobcats 45-21 at Texas State Bobcats Bowls (SR Week 19)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025 Jan 2, 2026 Texas State Bobcats 41-10 Neutral site Bowls Postseason
2023 Dec 26, 2023 Texas State Bobcats 45-21 at Texas State Bobcats Bowls (SR Week 19) Postseason
1980s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1987 Sep 26, 1987 Rice Owls 38-28 at Rice Owls Week 5
1986 Sep 20, 1986 Texas State Bobcats 31-6 at Rice Owls Week 4
1920s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1923 Oct 27, 1923 Texas State Bobcats 19-6 at Rice Owls Week 6
1920 Nov 19, 1920 Rice Owls 48-0 at Rice Owls Week 9

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.

College football results follow Sports Reference coverage, which omits some early games against non-major opponents.