Oklahoma State at Missouri

Saturday, October 8, 1949

No. 20 Missouri beat Oklahoma State 21–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayOklahoma State4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1949
7
Home20Missouri7–⁠4 in 1949
21

FinalHigh 87°F, low 68°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Missouri Defeats Oklahoma A. & M.

    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.

Missouri leads 29–⁠24 in 53 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Oklahoma State 38, Missouri 33Liberty Bowl
2013Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31Cotton Bowl
2011Oklahoma State 45, Missouri 24
2009Oklahoma State 33, Missouri 17
2008Oklahoma State 28, Missouri 23
2005Missouri 38, Oklahoma State 31

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