Iowa State at Missouri

Saturday, October 24, 1942

Missouri beat Iowa State 45–⁠6. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 18–⁠12–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayIowa State3–⁠6 in 1942
6
HomeMissouri8–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
45

FinalHigh 56°F, low 37°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 7,094

In the newspapers

  • The The daily monitor leader's story

    The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., October 26, 1942, page 1 (results column)

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    Paul Sarringhaus and Gene Fekete, Ohio State backs – Between them they gained 268 of Buckeyes 324 yards from scrimmage and did all the teams scoring in 20–⁠6 victory over Northwestern. Bob Longacre, William and Mary quarterback – Scored two touchdowns, one on 30 yard punt return, and COM pleted 40-yard touchdown pass to lead Clio route of George Washington. Bob Perina, Princeton half back – He was big gun in 32–⁠13 victory over Brown, scoring one touchdown, passing to another and keeping Bears in hole with his kicking. Bob Steuber, Missouri half back – Scored three touch downs, one on 57-yard run, passed for a fourth and aver aged 81 yards in Is tries as Tigers swamped Iowa State, 45–⁠6. Chuck Taylor, Stanford guard – Stole ball from rival backfield ace and dashed 80 yards to touchdown in 1916 victory over Southern Cal. Bobby Williams, Penn State halfback – Playing in his first varsity game, completed 54yard pass for touchdown that beat Colgate, 1910. Joe Swan, Pennsylvania end – His blocking and tackling featured 42–⁠12 rout of Columbia, in which Penn gained AT yards OH ground. Russ Mosley, Alabama half back – His running and pass ing set up both touchdowns, one of which he scored, in 14–⁠0 win over Kentucky. Tom Farmer, Iowa quarter back – Passed to winning touchdown and kicked both i’m portant extra points in 1913 squeeze over Indiana. Eddie McCovern, Rose Poly halfback – Scored six touch downs and kicked seven extra points in 69–⁠7 victory over Earlham.

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 83% 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 69 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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