Missouri at Iowa State

Saturday, October 20, 1951

Iowa State beat Missouri 21–⁠14. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 24–⁠13–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayMissouri2–⁠8 in 1951 (3–⁠7 official)
14
HomeIowa State4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1951
21

FinalHigh 51°F, low 39°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 9,264

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa State Beats Missouri For First Time Since '3S

    Evening star, October 21, 1951, page 43

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    Iowa State Beats Missouri For First Time Since ’3S AMES. Iowa, Oct. 20. Iowa States Cyclones made passes ano pass interceptions count for a 81 to-14 victory over Missouri today for the first football win over the Tigers since 1888. Iowa States Emory Eichorn ran So yards on a pass interception to score in the first quarter, and Sophomore Dick Mann passed for one touchdown each in the second and third periods. Missouri never threatened until Tackle Don BorgShulte recovcred Cyclone tumble on the Iowa State nine early in the last quarter. Three plays later, pass from Harold Carter to Junior Wren was good for eight and a score. and they scored again with four minutes to go.

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)

Iowa State 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Missouri leads 61–⁠34–⁠9; as played, 61–⁠33–⁠9 in the 103 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2011Missouri 52, Iowa State 17
2010Missouri 14, Iowa State 0
2009Missouri 34, Iowa State 24
2008Missouri 52, Iowa State 20
2007Missouri 42, Iowa State 28
2006Iowa State 21, Missouri 16

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