Missouri at Colorado

Saturday, October 13, 1951

Colorado beat Missouri 34–⁠13. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 11–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayMissouri2–⁠8 in 1951 (3–⁠7 official)
13
HomeColorado7–⁠3 in 1951
34

FinalHigh 64°F, low 43°FAttendance 21,331

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Colorado Whips Missouri, 34-13, in Explosive Attack

    Evening star, October 14, 1951, page 48

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    Colorado Whips Missouri, 34–⁠13, in Explosive Attack BOULDER. Colo. Oct. 49, Colorado’s explosive football team, set off by Fullback Ralph Curtis, blasted out three touchdowns in seven minutes of the second quarter to power the Golden Buffaloes to a 34–⁠13 triumph over Missouri today. The victory snapped Missouri’s 10 straight wins over Colorado and kept the Buffaloes atop the Big Seven Conference with a 20 record. Except for two lapses, Colorado’s defenders stopped Missouri’s Junior Wren, a classy triple-threat thereafter and handspring in the Tigers attack.

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)

Colorado 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Missouri leads 41–⁠31–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Missouri 26, Colorado 0
2009Missouri 36, Colorado 17
2008Missouri 58, Colorado 0
2007Missouri 55, Colorado 10
2006Missouri 28, Colorado 13
2005Colorado 41, Missouri 12

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