Missouri at Iowa State

Saturday, October 28, 1939

Missouri beat Iowa State 21–⁠6. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 15–⁠12–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayMissouri8–⁠2 in 1939
21
HomeIowa State2–⁠7 in 1939
6

FinalHigh 45°F, low 26°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Missouri Gains Early Lead 10 Hand Iowa 21-6 Setback

    Evening star, October 29, 1939, page 31

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    Missouri Gains Early Lead 10 Hand Iowa 21–⁠6 Setback AMES, Iowa, Oct. %. (P)-Missouri’s Tigers, striking savagely three times In the first half, rushed through Iowa States Cyclones, 81 to 6, in a Big Six football game before approximately $4,000 home coming fans here today. The Tigers, with their ace toss er. Paul Christman. on the side lines the first half, pounded through faulty Iowa State line for two touchdowns in the first quarter and added a third in the second period, on Dan Wager’s pass to Ronald King in the end zone. Jack Wallace scored for Iowa State in the final period.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 30, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores or important footbal games played last afternoon: Washington State 0; Oregon State l3. Oregon 6; U.CL.A. Is. s. California 26; California 0. Purdue 6; Santa Clara 13. Montana l3; Idaho 0. Texas 26; Rice 12. Oklahoma 41; Oklahoma Aggies O. Texas A and M 20; Baylor 0. N. Carolina 30; Pennsylvania 6. University of Washington 8; Stan ford 5. Clemson 15; Navy ‘. Notre Dame T; Carnegie Tech 6. North Carolina 30; Penn G. Cornell 23; Ohio State IA. Yale T; Michigan 27. Dartmouth Is; Harvard 0. Pitt 13; Fordham 27 Wake Forest 0; Duke 6. Georgia 13; New York U 14. Arkansas 0; Villanova ‘. Virginia Military Institute ‘; Col umbia 26. Brown 12; Princeton 26 Florida T; Maryland O. Maine 0; Bates 6. Colgate ‘; Holy Cross 27. Ursinius IS; Army 46. Penn State 6; Syracuse 6, tie. Virginia 26; William and Mary 6 Arizona 6; Marquette 13. Missouri 21; Iowa State 6. Nebraska 25; Kansas State g. Auburn 6; Georgia Tech 2. Iowa 19 Wisconsin 13. Illinois 0: Northwestern 13. Alabama T; Mississippi State 0. Tulane IS; Mississippi 6.

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)

Missouri 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 72 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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