Missouri at Iowa State

Saturday, October 15, 1955

Iowa State beat Missouri 20–⁠14. It was their 48th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 26–⁠15–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayMissouri1–⁠9 in 1955
14
HomeIowa State1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1955
20

FinalHigh 57°F, low 30°FAttendance 8,314

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa State Pressed To Beat Missouri

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1955, page 1

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    Iowa State Pressed To Beat Missouri AAGES. lows, Oct. is az Iowa states pleasant three touchdown lead was turned into o struggle for survival In the fourth quarter today before the Cyclones eventually turned back Missouri 2O-l4. The Tigers struck fiercely for two touchdoWns In the ANAL period and were stopped twice within the Iowa 10, once by d tumble on the i-yard line and the other time ~ d stout Cyclone defense. II was winiess Missouri’s nth straight defeat and Coach Don Faurot’s Longest personal losing streak. II was lows States FIRST victory Of the season. Three soft touchdown passes thrown by Quarterback John Breckenridge accounted for Iowa States scoring. He found End Harold Potts void Of Missouri defenders on two occasions and hit Bruce Alexander In the end zone for the third score. a Mis:o MI. 2 9 lJJa AVH0 AtNtI i-s – sU--~-sU

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 52% to win. Iowa State won as Elo’s underdog.

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 56 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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