The Zeitgeist List · rivalries
Bayou Bucket
See both programs’ full 91-year Zeitgeist History, side by side →Houston leads the all-time series 35–12. They've met 47 times since 1971. Houston once took 7 straight.
Stature & the series, 1971–2025
Both programs’ standing over time in their colors, with every meeting beneath — read down to see who was bigger and who won.
all-time
12–35
Houston leads
streak
2
Houston in a row
longest run
7
Houston
biggest win
64
Houston, 1989
first met
1971
47 meetings
The coaching duels
Ray Alborn vs Bill Yeoman1–5
Al Conover vs Bill Yeoman2–2
David Bailiff vs Kevin Sumlin2–2
Mike Bloomgren vs Dana Holgorsen1–3
Fred Goldsmith vs John Jenkins0–3
Ken Hatfield vs Kim Helton1–2
Recent meetings
2025Houston35–9
2024Houston33–7
2023Rice43–41
2022Houston34–27
2021Houston44–7
2018Houston45–27
2017Houston38–3
2013Houston31–26
2012Houston35–14
2011Houston73–34
2010Rice34–31
2009Houston73–14
2008Rice56–42
2007Houston56–48