The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas.
The game ball from the 1995 Bayou Bucket Classic, the last football game in Southwest Conference history
Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It sits on a 300-acre campus adjacent to the Houston Museum District and the Texas Medical Center.
Rice University
Administration Building, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas (postcard, circa 1912–1924)
John F. Kennedy speaking at Rice Stadium in 1962
George H. W. Bush meeting Vladimir Putin at Rice in 2001