Oklahoma State at Missouri
Saturday, October 8, 1949 Share
No. 20 Missouri beat Oklahoma State 21–7. It was their third meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 87°F, low 68°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1949, page 43
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Missouri Defeats Oklahoma A. & M. COLUMBIA, Mo-, Oct. g. The University of Missouri struck back savagely with a pair of third period touchdowns to defeat Oklahoma A. and M. 21–7 here today. Trailing after the opening period and gaining a deadlock by halftime. Missouri hit two quick payoffs for its first vic tory in three starts. For Okla homa A. and M. it was the first loss of the season after tieing Texas Christian and rolling over Denver 48–2 last week.
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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oklahoma State–Missouri gameMissouri leads 29–24 in 53 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.
| 2018 | Oklahoma State 38, Missouri 33 | Liberty Bowl |
| 2013 | Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31 | Cotton Bowl |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State 45, Missouri 24 | |
| 2009 | Oklahoma State 33, Missouri 17 | |
| 2008 | Oklahoma State 28, Missouri 23 | |
| 2005 | Missouri 38, Oklahoma State 31 |
Around this game
Oklahoma State
- Next gamevs. DrakeOct. 15, 1949
- SeasonOklahoma State in 1949
- ProgramOklahoma State history and records
Missouri
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 15, 1949
- SeasonMissouri in 1949
- ProgramMissouri history and records

