SMU at Missouri
Saturday, October 26, 1946 Share
SMU beat Missouri 17–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, SMU led the series 2–1–1.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 52°F
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 27, 1946, page 1
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Southern Methodist Defeats Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo, Oct. 26.-(P)- Southern Methodist university did a convincing job of debunking the grid experts today, capitalizing on three University of Missouri miscues in the second quarter to upset the favored Tigers II to 0 as %, 900 partisan fans watched the interconference game here today. The Tigers were guilty of a weak kick and two fumDles in that period and those opportunities were all the Mustangs needed, for their fast-charging line kept the Missourians hard-oressed on their Of fensive maneuvers all afternoon. The Mustangs struck for their first touchdown early in the sec ond stanza with Frank Payne whipping a ten-yard pass to quarterback Bob Ramsey.
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 67% to win. SMU pulled the upset.
The series
Every SMU–Missouri gameSMU leads 13–8–2 in 23 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.
| 1996 | Missouri 27, SMU 26 | |
| 1993 | SMU 10, Missouri 10 | |
| 1973 | Missouri 17, SMU 7 | |
| 1971 | Missouri 24, SMU 12 | |
| 1967 | Missouri 21, SMU 0 | |
| 1960 | Missouri 20, SMU 0 |
Around this game
SMU
- Next gameat TexasNov. 2, 1946
- SeasonSMU in 1946
- ProgramSMU history and records
Missouri
- Next gameat NebraskaNov. 2, 1946
- SeasonMissouri in 1946
- ProgramMissouri history and records

