Missouri at Colorado
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Missouri beat Colorado 21–6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 4–3–1.
FinalHigh 56°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 33
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Christmon Tosser and Catcher As Missouri Beats Colorado pions get a touchdown Jump on the Big Six team in the second period. Down six points, Missouri went to work to cover u yards for its first touchdown near the end of the half. The visitors second touch down, which Christman scored, was the reward for 73-yard drive. Pitching Paul turned catcher to blaze the way for the third score. Stealing a Colorado pass on the enemy As, ne slammed through left guard for 10 yards, then passed to Jack Lister on the Colorado 8. Christman followed with a tanker rass to Harry Ice for the gift touch down.
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)
Colorado 51% to win. Missouri won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Missouri–Colorado gameMissouri leads 41–31–3 in 75 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.
| 2010 | Missouri 26, Colorado 0 | |
| 2009 | Missouri 36, Colorado 17 | |
| 2008 | Missouri 58, Colorado 0 | |
| 2007 | Missouri 55, Colorado 10 | |
| 2006 | Missouri 28, Colorado 13 | |
| 2005 | Colorado 41, Missouri 12 |
Around this game
Missouri
- Next gameat OklahomaNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonMissouri in 1940
- ProgramMissouri history and records
Colorado
- Next gamevs. BYUNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonColorado in 1940
- ProgramColorado history and records

