Missouri at Iowa State

Saturday, October 26, 1935

Missouri and Iowa State tied 6–⁠6. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 12–⁠11–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayMissouri3–⁠3–⁠3 in 1935
6
HomeIowa State2–⁠4–⁠3 in 1935
6

FinalHigh 56°F, low 46°F, 0.34 in. of rainAttendance 7,315

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: KANSAS OUT FRONT IN BIG SIX STRUGGLE Wins Its Opener in Conference Play-Defending Champion Victim of Upset.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 27, 1935, page 32

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    KANSAS OUT FRONT IN BIG SIX STRUGGLE Wins Its Opener in Conference Play-Defending Champion Victim of Upset. X ANSAS CITY, October 26.-The University of Kansas took at least temporary lease on first place today in the scrambled Big Six Conference foot ball race by upSetting the defending champion. Kansas State, 9 to 2. at Lawrence, KanS. The underdog Jayhawkers counted field goal, then yielded an intentional safety and countered with a touchdown to pin defeat on 6 team which battled the University of Ne braska last week to a scoreless tie. 1t was Kansas Conference opener. Nebraska, getting Bauer and Card we’ll loose, smothered Coach “Biff” Jones University of Oklahoma eleven, 19 to o, at Lincoln. Nebr., making three touchdowns and missing several chances to push the score higher. Oklahoma and Nebraska entered the game each with victory over Iowa State. Nebraska also had the tie with Kansas State. In the conference debut for both teams, Missouri and Iowa State fought to a 6–⁠6 tie at Ames. Iowa Missouri’s touchdown on an intercepted lateral in the first period was matched by Iowa States third-period score on a pass and plunges. Both goal attempts failed.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Perfect Slate GridirOn List Sliced to II Nine Major College Teams Forced to Retreat in Week End Wars.

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 28, 1935, page 13 (results column)

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    Perfect Slate GridirOn List Sliced to II Nine Major College Teams Forced to Retreat in Week End Wars. NEW YORK, Oct. ga grid iron upAeaval that tossed nine teams out of the perfect class left only II major elevens unbeaten and united today. This select group was all that remanned Of 683 teams that started the season. The II giants follow: East-Army, Princeton, Dart mouth, Temple, New York u, SYRIA cuse. Midwest-Notre Dame, Ohio State, Minnesota, Iowa, Marquette. South-North Carolina. Southwest-Southern Methodist, Texas Christian, Baylor. Far West-California. U. C. L. A. BY a quirk in the schedule these II face some of the toughest going Of the season in this weeks battles, with six of the group singled out for combat involving each other. The three battles are California VS.. U. G. L. A, Notre Dame VS.. Ohio State and Texas Christian VS.. Bay lor. Not one of the teams with perfect records has a setup Saturday. The major calamities in October football farewell were Yale, Penn State, Villanova, Georgia, Mississippl, Purdue, Washington and Den yer. Army conquered Yale, 1913. Pittsburgh tumbled Penn State, 80. Detroit stopped Villanova, 1915. Alabama ruined Georgia’s perfect record, 1T. Marquette blasted Mississippi, 1871. Carnegie Tech scored the outstanding upset of the week by beating Purdue, TO. Stanford triumphed over Washington. &C Utah pulverized Denver, 39–⁠14 A minor casualty was Missouri, which was held to a 6–⁠6 tie by Iowa State

  • The Imperial Valley press's story

    Imperial Valley press, October 28, 1935, page 3 (results column)

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    feet records has a setup Saturday. The major calamities in Oct ober’s football farewell were Yale, Penn State, VillanOva, Georgia, Mississippi. Purdue, Washington and Denver. Army conquered Yale, 14-S. Pittsburgh tumbled Penn State, 90. Detroit stopped VillanOva, 1916. Alabama ruin ed GeOrgia’s perfect record, 17–⁠7. Marquette blasted Mississippi, 33–⁠7. Carnegie Tech scored the outstanding upset of the week by beating Purdue, 10. Stanford triumphed over Wash ington go Utah pulverized Den YER, 39–⁠14. A minor casualty was Missouri, which was held to a 6–⁠6 tie by Iowa State.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Iowa State 65% to win.

Officially, Missouri leads 61–⁠34–⁠9; as played, 61–⁠33–⁠9 in the 103 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.

Recent meetings
2011Missouri 52, Iowa State 17
2010Missouri 14, Iowa State 0
2009Missouri 34, Iowa State 24
2008Missouri 52, Iowa State 20
2007Missouri 42, Iowa State 28
2006Iowa State 21, Missouri 16

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