Colorado at Missouri

Saturday, October 4, 1941

Missouri beat Colorado 21–⁠6. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 5–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayColorado3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1941
6
HomeMissouri8–⁠2 in 1941
21

FinalHigh 72°F, low 68°F, 3.22 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Missouri Outsploshes Colorado in Ruin, 21-6

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1941, page 41

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    Missouri Outsploshes Colorado in Ruin, 21–⁠6 BY tIlE = ssUIId Ttu fTE66. COLUMBIA, Mo, Oct. 4.-Miseouri of the Big Six overwhelmed Colorado of the Big Seven, 81 to 6, today in a downpour that at times nearly obliterated the gridiron. The Tigers splaShed to two touch downs in the second quarter and another in the third after tallying on 2. safety in the opening period. Colorados touchdown came in the hnal quarter against second and third stringers.

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Missouri SpIdshes 10 Win Over Colorado

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 5, 1941, page 1

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    Missouri SpIdshes 10 Win Over Colorado COLUMBIA, Mo. Oct. 4 INS)-On a field ankle-deep with water and part of the time in binding rain, the University Of Missouri Tigers defeated the Colo RADIO Bunaloes. 21–⁠6, today. Missouri scored in the first three quarters, getting 2 points in Il safety in the first period, points in the second frame and 8 in the third. Colorado got her only touchdown In the last quarter with minutes left to play.

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Missouri leads 41–⁠31–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 66 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

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