SMU at Missouri

Saturday, October 26, 1946

SMU beat Missouri 17–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, SMU led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwaySMU4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1946
17
HomeMissouri5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1946
0

FinalHigh 80°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Southern Methodist Defeats Missouri

    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.

SMU leads 13–⁠8–⁠2 in 23 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
1996Missouri 27, SMU 26
1993SMU 10, Missouri 10
1973Missouri 17, SMU 7
1971Missouri 24, SMU 12
1967Missouri 21, SMU 0
1960Missouri 20, SMU 0

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