Missouri at Colorado

Saturday, November 9, 1940

Missouri beat Colorado 21–⁠6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 4–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayMissouri6–⁠3 in 1940
21
HomeColorado5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1940
6

FinalHigh 56°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Christmon Tosser and Catcher As Missouri Beats Colorado

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 33

    Read the text

    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.

Missouri leads 41–⁠31–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Missouri 26, Colorado 0
2009Missouri 36, Colorado 17
2008Missouri 58, Colorado 0
2007Missouri 55, Colorado 10
2006Missouri 28, Colorado 13
2005Colorado 41, Missouri 12

Around this game